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Education
Awards 2015 RSA Student Design Award Shortlisted (Moving Pictures Brief) 2011 St John’s A Level Art & Design Awards Winner
Chris Rossi www.chrisrossidesign.com
2009/10
chrisrossidesign@hotmail.com
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award
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Sketching Concept Art Illustration Animation Research and Development Transportation Design Industrial Design Service Design Graphic Design Humanitarian Design Communication Design Branding Sketch-Modelling
Bronze and Silver Awards
2011 - 2015 Northumbria University Transportation Design BA (Hons) 2:1 2009 - 2011 St John’s Sixth Form College A Level / Fine Art / A* A Level / Design / A* A Level / Maths / B AS Level / Physics / C 2004 - 2009 St John’s Secondry School GCSE / 4 x A* / Maths, Physics, Art, English Lit. GCSE / 7 x A / inc. German, Graphics
experience
achievements
technical skills
2008 (2 weeks) Durham Council Planning/Restoration Department Runner 2009 - Present AMRcrafts
Adobe Creative Suite Photoshop / Illustrator / InDesign / Flash / After Effects
Illustrator Autodesk Alias / Showcase / Sketchbook Pro
2010 (2 months) Karting NorthEast
3D
Steward
Sketch Modelling CAD (Autodesk Alias / Blender)
2013 (3 weeks) Paul Windle Creative Art Studio Junior Illustrator 2013 - Present Bramblepie Cafe Graphic Designer/Waiter/Barista 2014 - Present Curious12 Creative Agency Junior Designer/Illustrator 2014 (5 Months) ElsaMedia Film Production Company Freelance Storyboard/Concept Artist 2015 - Present Bean Grounded Graphic Designer/Barista (Film Catering)
2010 (3 weeks) Project Peru Humanitarian Mission Participated in projects in shanty towns around Lima including the construction of a school playground, clearing ground in preparation for a new community centre, teaching school children and producing wall murals for the local church.
sketch development and illustration.
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family art/craft business.
Creating a brand identity and logo for my family’s art/craft business.
graphic illustrations. Adobe (Illustrator/Photoshop) stylised renders and watercolour paintings of vehicles and motorbikes - created as framed artwork, greetings cards and keyrings.
Moving Pictures Animation Brief. shortlisted 2015
Conceive and produce an animation to accompany the audio file: ‘Curiosity: Why our future depends on it’ by Ian Leslie, that will clarify, energise and illuminate the content.
Character development.
storyboarding/filming.
Final Animation stop-motion, mixed media shortlisted for
RSa student design award 2015 (available on rsa youtube channel)
To view animation please scan QR code, click here or copy/paste this URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQDL7ZXaYMA
‘Bean Grounded’ is a mobile coffee cart that caters to outdoor events such as TV and feature film production. Whilst volunteering as a barista on set, I was given the opportunity to rebrand the cart by designing a new logo and developing the brand identity.
major project - disaster relief. tendril
Temporary refugee camps often have a tendency of becoming a way of life for communities affected by natural disasters. Tendril addresses community infrastructure by repurposing flight containers as development ‘hubs’ and providing stackable aid vehicles to assist with daily duties. Additionally, introducing educational colouring books with a scout-like reward incentive teaches children specific skills and encourages volunteer interaction. Our intention is for children to be a catalyst to benefit the community in the long term (see animation). “You have conveyed a complex subject in a very informative and intuitive way. Tendril raises some fascinating debates about community engagement and how we should be interacting with individual members of the homestead.”
Malcolm Shead, Operations Coordinator, Shelterbox.
stackable aid vehicle.
educational book / reward incentive / branding.
Animation stop-motion, mixed media tendril disaster relief (available on vimeo)
To view animation please scan QR code, click here or copy/paste this URL: https://vimeo.com/128179480
toy design
sketching, storyboarding and quick render
360° of catterpillar tracks. 1 of 2 cockpits for the pilots. concealed sentry guns amd machine gun turret.
“Design a vehicle to assist an action character venture deep into the core of a Martian planet. The vehicle must be equipped in preparation for any battle that might ensue.�
tunnel boring mechanism.
retracted support legs for vertical landing.
toy design
Cad prototyping and character design “Design a series of toy characters for children aged 5 – 7. The characters (one human, one animal and one cyborg) live deep in the jungle protecting a pool of light.�
Greatness Via Passion is a campaign delivered online and to schools and community groups with one goal: to inspire dreams and reduce the suicide rate to zero. It’s founder, Paul J Grainger, speaks at events delivering inspiring presentations that powerfully impact the audience through real stories, real struggles and real triumphs. Having been offered the incredible opportunity to resume his racing career, Paul planned on using this as a platform to connect with 10,000 students in schools both in the UK and Australia to instil in these young lives a simple yet powerful message of hope and passion, using this dream of his and the struggles he’s overcome to inspire theirs. Paul believed that Greatness Via Passion could do with a refresh in branding if he was to put it out onto a larger scale; this is where he approached me to help him with his campaign. The work I undertook included creating a new logo to reflect the brand message, designing business cards, merchandise, a new website and other visual content.
campaign rebrand.
Logo, website, business card, merchandise and poster designs.
Redesigned logo and race car livery.
In action at Donington Race Circuit in the Ginetta GT5 Challenge, 2014.
Placement as a junior illustrator - here I developed my Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop skills and was set tasks to create original characters and scenary (such as the following cowboy scene).
“Design the body/interior for an electric three-wheeled vehicle to meet the needs of an emerging market - lightweight speed restricted micro-cars for 16 year olds.�
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Michelin Challenge Design
2013Challenge Design Michelin 2013
“Develop an exciting and passionate automotive design that employs innovative vehicle architecture solutions for weight reduction, without compromising safety or comfort.”
Hyperdrive
Electric vehicle Live Project
“Design a vehicle that doesn’t conform to traditional architecture. Re-imagine the process of piloting the car and where it’s occupants sit.”
Amphibious Vehicle Personal Project
“Design an amphibious vehicle to accompany a luxury superyacht, that has the water capabilities and appeal of a jet ski along with the practicality of a land-based vehicle.”
“The theme for this year’s competition is Curiosity, a challenging and inspiring subject that the judges hope will produce creative applications that might result in unexpected, life-changing innovations.”
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NYC Taxicab
Redesigning the icon
“Redesigning the icon: how can the New York City Taxicab be refreshed to meet the needs of the modern market?”
“Ergonomics: Designing displays that support complex decision making.”
Selection of other design, ergonomic, CAD and advertising projects from my four years at Northumbria University’s School of Design.
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