Julaila Abdul Rahman
lecturer
Department of Applied Arts and Design
Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design
Product Design (Industrial Design), Trend Transition (Industrial Design)
Asst. Prof. Dr. Julaila Binti Abdul Rahman is graduated from Takushoku University, Japan. She did her
Undergraduate, Master and PhD in Industrial Design Engineering area. She has working experience as a
Designer in an automotive company called as Perodua (M) Sdn. Bhd, for about 5 years from 2005 until
2010. She has involved in many Perodua Models; Myvi, Viva, and Alza, as a color (interior and exterior)
and fabric designer. As such, she is able to understand the whole working process of an Industrial Designer
and has wide experienced in collaboration work with other industry expertise such as Product Marketing,
Product Planning, Engineers, Sales, Testing, Top Management, vendors and suppliers.
With the experienced gained in Japan and as an industrial designer, she took a challenge tmore...
Asst. Prof. Dr. Julaila Binti Abdul Rahman is graduated from Takushoku University, Japan. She did her
Undergraduate, Master and PhD in Industrial Design Engineering area. She has working experience as a
Designer in an automotive company called as Perodua (M) Sdn. Bhd, for about 5 years from 2005 until
2010. She has involved in many Perodua Models; Myvi, Viva, and Alza, as a color (interior and exterior)
and fabric designer. As such, she is able to understand the whole working process of an Industrial Designer
and has wide experienced in collaboration work with other industry expertise such as Product Marketing,
Product Planning, Engineers, Sales, Testing, Top Management, vendors and suppliers.
With the experienced gained in Japan and as an industrial designer, she took a challenge to be as one of
the lecturers at Applied Arts and Design Department (AAD), Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental
Design (KAED), International Islamic University Malaysia. As a young lecturer, her research interest is to
explore the current needs and demands in Industrial Design areas such as in product, furniture and
automotive. She published many research articles on Industrial Design areas; automotive design trend,
service design, Japanese kawaii trend, trend transition among countries, PwDs; elderly products,
furniture; buluh, wood and many more. Currently, she is involves in research on Ablution Platform Design
in Mosques of Selangor and Kuala Lumpur Areas, as a part of her research grant activity (RIGS). Besides
that, she has high passion in sharing and developing a designer attitude among her Industrial Design
students to ensure that the students really understand and grab all the basic requirements to be an
excellent Industrial Designer that is needed in the current industry.
Industrial Design Engineering (Bachelor, Master & PhD)
Latest Additions
- Abdul Rahman, Julaila and Atef, Nagwaeen and Mohd. Din, Shamzani Affendy and Sapian, Abdul Razak (2026) Perodua Bezza as a mother-friendly car: perspectives of Malaysian women drivers. Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (MJSSH), Volume 11, Issue 8 (e004146). pp. 1-14. E-ISSN 2504-8562
- Atef, Nagwaen and Abdul Rahman, Julaila and Mohd. Din, Shamzani Affendy and Sapian, Abdul Razak (2026) Factors shaping Malaysian women drivers’ preferences for local cars: affordability, comfort and family needs. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION IN SOCIAL SCIENCE (IJRISS), X (VII). pp. 15763-15771. ISSN 2454-6186
- Abdul Rahman, Julaila and Dzulkiflee, Wan Nur Aisyah and Abdullah, Fazidah and Alias, Nur Ulfah Awatif Umairah and Ayob, Mohd Fairullazi and Che Haron, Roziha and Syed kamaruzaman, Sharifah Tahirah and Mohyin, Nur Affah (2025) Sociological impact in public toilet design: case study of KAED Malay Heritage Living Lab. Design Ideals Journal, 7 (2). pp. 73-82. E-ISSN 2735-1785
- Abdul Rahman, Julaila and Muhammad Aminuddin, Arif Salihin and Che Haron, Roziha and Hamat, Sufian and Raja Abdul Rahman, Raja Intan Suhaylah and Sofyan, Amar Firdaus and Ayob, Mohd Fairullazi and Che Abdullah, Siti Noorfairus and Alias, Nur Ulfah Awatif Umairah and Abdul Majid, Masidah and Abdul Rahim, Asiah (2025) Arunika: the enhancement of KAED courtyards through multi-motion design for wellness and leisure. Design Ideals Journal, 7 (2). pp. 53-62. E-ISSN 2735-1785
- Abdul Rahman, Julaila and Mansor, Mazlina and Raja Abdul Rahman, Raja Intan Suhaylah (2025) Exploring student experiences with product line-up analysis in industrial design curriculum. Journal of Architecture, Planning and Construction Management (JAPCM), 15 (2). pp. 80-88. ISSN 2231-9514 E-ISSN 2462-2222
- Abdul Rahman, Julaila and Mansor, Mazlina and Raja Abdul Rahman, Raja Intan Suhaylah and Syed kamaruzaman, Sharifah Tahirah and Ab Jalil, Nurlelawati and Syed Khuzzan Alhabshi, Sh Mazlina (2025) Creative gift workshop as a platform for entrepreneural empowerment. Journal of Architecture, Planning and Construction Management (JAPCM), 15 (2). pp. 202-210. ISSN 2231-9514 E-ISSN 2462-2222
- Raja Abdul Rahman, Raja Intan Suhaylah and Abdul Rahman, Julaila and Salihin, Arif (2025) Explorex: an innovative outdoor chair for enhanced comfort, safety, and portability. Design Ideals Journal, 7 (1). pp. 59-63. E-ISSN 2735-1785
- Atef, Nagwaeen and Abdul Rahman, Julaila and Mohd. Din, Shamzani Affendy and Kamaruddin, Zumahiran (2023) Characteristics of cabin design for female-friendly car. In: 6th International Conference on Architecture and Civil Engineering 2022 (ICACE 2022), 18th August 2022, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Roszlean, Norlin and Abdul Rahman, Julaila and Kamaruddin, Zumahiran (2021) LIPAT - a compact bedroom furniture for tenants in Malaysia. Design Ideal Journal, 3 (1). pp. 14-18. E-ISSN 2735-1785
- Abdul Rahman, Julaila and Noor Azahar, Hawa Syakirah and Jasmani, Ismail (2020) MOVAA -a mobile fashion trucks. Design Ideals Journal, Vol. 2 (2). pp. 25-30.
- Abdul Rahman, Julaila and Kamaruddin, Zumahiran and Masron, Nur Nabilah (2020) Sidecar motorcycle for service oriented mobileprenuer. In: Malaysian Technology Expo 2020, 20th-22nd February 2008, Kuala Lumpur.
- Abdul Rahman, Julaila and Masron, Nur Nabilah and Kamaruddin, Zumahiran (2020) Bitara –sidecar motorcycle for service-oriented mobileprenuer. Design Ideals Journal, 2 (1). pp. 44-48.
- Abdul Rahman, Julaila (2020) Sidecar motorcycle for mobilepreneur. [Copyright] (Unpublished)
- Abdul Rahman, Julaila and Amer, Nur Kamaliah and Atef, Nagwaen and Halim, Mohd Azam (2019) Stingless bee nest for housing area in Malaysia. Design Ideals, 1 (2). pp. 14-19.
- Abdul Rahman, Julaila and Ramdan, Nuur Hafizah and Kamaruddin, Zumahiran (2019) Fosseal - a sealer mechanism for food waste management. Design Ideals, 1 (2). pp. 34-40.
- Abdul Rahman, Julaila and Jasmani, Ismail and Ramdan, Nuur Hafizah (2019) Analyzing kitchen workspace for food trucks in selected areas of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor. South East Asia Journal of Contemporary Business, Economics and Law, Vol. 20, Issue 6 (December 2019). pp. 38-48. ISSN 2289-1560
- Abdul Rahman, Julaila and Jasmani, Ismail and Ramdan, Nuur Hafizah (2019) Analyzing kitchen workspace for food trucks in selected areas of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor. In: The 14th Kuala Lumpur International Communication, Education, Language and Social Science Conference (KLiCELS14), 23-24 November 2019, Bangi Resort Hotel, Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia..
- Abdul Rahman, Julaila and Zabidi, Nur Shahirah Nabilah and Kamaruddin, Zumahiran and Awang, Arita Hanim (2017) Portability and flexibility of physiotherapy tools for rehabilitation of people with obesity. In: 3rd Putrajaya International Conference on Children, Women, Elderly and Disabled People (PICCWED 3),, 28 - 29 Oct 2017, Bangi, Malaysia.
- Atef, Nagwaeen and Abdul Rahman, Julaila and Mohd. Din, Shamzani Affendy and Sapian, Abdul Razak (2019) A review of sustainable design in the automotive industry. In: National landscape Architectural Seminar, 22 April 2019, Kulliyyah of Architectural and Environmental Design, IIUM. (Unpublished)
- Ramdan, Nuur Hafizah and Abdul Rahman, Julaila and Zakariya, Khalilah (2019) Spatial analysis on local food truck in KL. Journal of Architecture, Planning and Construction Management (JAPCM), 9 (1). pp. 81-93.