Made In Brunel – Journeys fuelled by Ideas
14/01/2012 | Education
I spent the afternoon as a judge at an event organised by the 2012 'Made in Brunel" team. 1st and 2nd year students were briefed to create concepts around several themes with the aim of creating tangible ideas that could enhance the experience of the 'Made in Brunel' Show. I cannot disclose the winning idea, but am excited by several starting points the students have created which have the potential to be realized by the exhibition in June.
I graduated from Brunel in 2008, the first year entrants of that year are now the final year students who are running the 2012 'Made in Brunel' Show. What is great is that the energetic and enthusiastic vibes I knew at Brunel have not changed. Since graduation I have spent time studying at 5 other institutions around the world and begun tutoring at others. For me, Brunel's strength as an industrial design program arises from 2 things. Firstly, the way the course is facilitated fosters a positive and passionate community that has not got an 'us and them' attitude between most staff and students. Secondly, the workshops and the staff who man them are great, they are pretty much second to none and more importantly accessible. During my time at Brunel I learnt as much from the technicians as I did from the teaching staff.
Made in Brunel 2012 show ‘Journeys fuelled by Ideas’ will be held at the Bargehouse on London’s Southbank from 14th – 17th June 2012. If you can go I’d highly recommend it! More information can be found here.
Pulse - Work In Progress
03/01/2012 | Work / Education
Pulse will be exhibited as part of the Work in Progress Show at the Royal College of Art from the 26th of January - 5th of February.
An overview of the project can be found here.
Pulse was developed over 3 months in collaboration with Joel Trotter and Gaurav Raut. We would like to thank Rio Tinto for sponsoring the project in the later stages of development.
Design London Fellowship
15/12/2011 | Education
I have been awarded a Design London fellowship and have commenced studying as part of the Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Design Fellowship program. The Fellowship is based at Imperial College Business School and focuses on developing business skills in design and engineering. Project Sting (my graduate project from my BA at Brunel University) is one of 24 projects that have been selected by Design London for a group of fellows to assess and explore the possibilities of commercialization.
I will be working closely with a team of MBA’s and Engineers based at Design London developing a business proposal that will be presented later this year.
4711 Concepts
08/11/2011 | Competition / Just for fun
Ideation for 4711 cologne brand – Details here.
DISSERTATION RESEARCH – YONSEI UNIVERSITY - SEOUL
04/07/2011 | Education
For my dissertation, I plan to explore and understand the appropriate role of designers in addressing problems of those living in poverty, and examine what methods and approaches we should use in design to deliver the most relevant and successful plans that can be implemented in a sustainable manner.
My interest in the subject comes from my personal experiences with design for development projects. These have caused me to consider how often and how much design fulfils its stated aims and objectives. Design for development is a growing area, but how often do such well intentioned interventions that claim to have the potential to achieve so much, deliver positive outcomes? Furthermore, what can we learn from the actual outcomes?
For part of my research I will spend a month at Yonsei University, Seoul to take part in the Index 'Design To Improve Life' workshop. Whilst taking part in the core workshop I will also be undertaking two additional courses called Cultural Probes in Practice and Design Methods and Tools for User Driven Innovation.
An introduction to the paper can be found here.
Man Group Drawing Prize Exhibition
21/04/2011 | Exhibition
Sketch rendering from my first year at the Royal College of Art are to be Exhibited in the Man Group Drawing Prize Exhibition from the 4-8 April.
Courtyard Galleries- Ground floor Darwin, Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2EU
Go Global - National Institute of Design – India
10/04/2011 | Education
Go Global is annual collaboration organized by the RCA, which this year was held with the National Institute of Design at their campus in Ahmedabad, India. All projects focussed on the subject of craft, During our stay in India, we visited many Indian craftsmen and Artisans whose skills ranged from painters, bell makers and weavers to teams that were building 50 foot boats by hand. (Chris Natt - Flickr)
During the 3 weeks of projects, our team's focus was the future of craft – 'Identity' examined how an individual's genetic code could be the starting point in the craft process.
:INDEX – 100 Stories Of Design To Improve Life
20/01/2011 | Book
The Index awards have put together a book featuring 100 designs from their exhibition collection. The Universal Generator has been featured amongst these.
Available to order here. ISBN – 978–87–992965-2-1
Noise Festival - Charity Exhibition and Art SalE
21/10/2010 | Exhibition
I have contributed work for sale by the Noise Festival Charity. This charity supports new graduates from a variety of creative backgrounds. The work will be on display from the 13th November 2010 and then will be on sale in Manchester on the 20th November between 9am and 6pm.
Location - NOISELAB, Market Street, Manchester.
For further information about this event and the charity please visit - www.NOISEfestival.com/SecretSanta
Masters - The Royal College of Art
04/10/2010 | Education
I have commenced postgraduate studies in London, on the 2 year Innovation Design Engineering program which is a double masters split between the Royal College of Art and Imperial College.
Northern Futures Award
17/08/2010 | Exhibition / Award
I have been awarded the 2010 Northern Futures Award in the 3D design category.
The jury who selected my work consisted of - Ben Kelly (Ben Kelly Studio), Moritz Waldemeyer (Moritz Waldemeyer Studio), Donna Loveday (Head of Curatorial - Design Museum), Tim Abrahams (Blueprint Magazine), Jason Bruges (Jason Bruges Studio), Conny Freyer (Troika), Theresa Dowling (FX Editor) and Jonathan Krawczuk (DesignedMade).
Northern Futures Exhibition.
Northern Futures - The Civic, Hanson Street, Barnsley S70 2HZ (map)
28 July and 11 September 2010.
Loowatt
05/02/2010 | Work
I have joined a new start-up company called Loowatt, based at Imperial College. I will be working with a team of Royal College of Art graduates on the development and commercialization of a Waterless Toilet System.
The project blog can be found here.
Update - The project recived a grant from the Gates Foundation In April 2011, Read more about it here.
Lottery of Birth - Charity Exhibition and Auction
20/03/2010 | Exhibition
Artwork created during the sting project will be on show at The Lottery of Birth Exhibition at the London School of Economincs from 20th - 30th of May. The exhibition focuses on the theme "The Lottery of Birth" and has been organised by the charity YUDO. The exhibited work will be auctioned on the 30th of May with all proceeds going to YUDO.
Spark Awards
29/10/09 | Award
Universal Generator have won one of the awards in this years Spark awards. It will be featured In the Spark Awards exhibition, Details bellow:
Autodesk Design Gallery, at One Market Place, 2nd Floor, San Francisco.
The Lighting Association - Awards 2009
10/07/09 | Award
Stimuli 3.0 took two out of the six awards on offer at The Lightings Association Student Awards 2009, Receiving overall second place as well as the Philips awards. The Philips award includes a trip to Eindhoven in Holland where Philips is based.