2023 Portfolio

HELLO,

I am a Final Year Product Design(Ba) Student at Nottingham Trent University, graduating and entering the real world in June.

Driven by a desire for change, environmental challenges are always at the forefront of my mind when designing. I endeavour towards developing creative solutions in a holistic manner, which produce meaningful and insightful user experiences.

PERSONAL SKILLS

Communication

University Hospitality Work

Social Media Experience

Bilingual

Teamwork

Hospitality Teams

University Group Projects

Sports Teams

Organisation

University: Work and Societies

Consecutive Part-time Jobs

Adaptability

University Hospitality Work

Working through COVID

ANALOGUE SKILLS

Research and Analysis

Model Making

Prototyping

3D Printing

Laser Cutting

Illustrations

Branding

Book Publication Preparation

Social Media

Basic Video Editing

SOFTWARE CAPABILITIES

InDesign

Photoshop

Illustrator

Procreate

SolidWorks

AutoDesk Inventor

Fusion 360

VectorWorks

Keyshot Office Suite

DESIGN EXPERIENCE

St. Davids’ College, Llandudno, North Wales.

( 2012 - 2018 )

I came away from St. David’s with 9 GCSE’s A*

- B, as well as 3 A-levels, A - A - D.

- Multiple nominations and short listings for design innovation awards.

- Geography prize.

- Ceramics art prize.

- Design Technology prize.

Little Lily and Co., North Wales.

(2017 - 2019)

- Organising shop floor layout.

- Designing window displays.

- Preparing mannequin outfits.

- Organising and shooting social media posts.

- Customer Service

- Solo Running the Shop

- Arranging and Pricing Stock

BA(h) Product Design at Nottingham Trent University ( 2019 - 2023 )

- Range of solo projects.

- Group projects.

- Live company projects.

- Branding.

- Illustrations.

- Computer aided design.

- Model making and prototyping.

- Student cert mentor.

- Degree show preparation.

- Design podcast.

PLACEMENT

Diam, Loughborough (2021 - 2022)

- Designing modules to meet briefs given by clients.

- Creating CAD parts and assemblies on Solidworks.

- Creating technical drawings to be sent for manufacturing.

- Designing parts to be 3D printed, CNC machined, Laser Cut and Vacuum formed.

- Experience working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

PLACEMENT

Blakes London, London (2022)

- Using Vector works.

- Shadowing and input into client meetings.

- Kitchen island design for the showroom.

- Children’s’ playroom design suggestions for a client.

CONTENTS

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4 - placement insights

- front of shop display

MUSH

duration : 16 weeks

educating and encouraging the use of mycelium to make environmentally beneficial materials

MATERIAL EXPLORATION

Combining white oyster mycelium grain with general-waste substrates in the exploration of new potential materials.

Testing... Mixing, growing, drying, material finishes, mechanical processes, and material properties.

THE FINAL DESIGN

“Mush encourages creative and innovative design of environmentally beneficial products, by mixing waste and mushroom mycelium in the creation of new materials.

Aimed at schools, Mush inspires an environmental focus through creative and open-minded thinking, via an engaging process of hands-on material creation.”

The Mush website and social media platforms provide community spaces to share creations, inspire others, and provide insight into mycelium within the design industry.

USER RESEARCH

BRANDING

Fun, informal, bubbly branding for the kits full-name logo, as well as a condensed, recognisable U logo. An abstract mushroom mascot has been used throughout the book to better engage the audience in the process.

...illustrations

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Duration : 5 weeks

FILTER COFFEE JUG AND ACCOMPANYING CUPS, HIGHLIGHTING UNITY THROUGH THE FAIR-TRADE COFFEE SYSTEM.

UNITI THE FINAL MODEL

Slip cast, white porcelain. Gloss internal glaze, matt-finish exterior glaze.

Uniti - a play on the word ‘unity’ - is a porcelain filter coffee jug and collection of interlinking cups which can be placed together in different forms.

This product whilst functional, acts as an artistic statement piece in peoples’ homes; it represents the beauty of people working together and supporting each other, inspired by the successful and supportive relationships within the fair-trade coffee industry.

SLIP CASTING THE PORCELAIN

crisp front of Shop display

FRONT-OF-SHOP INTERACTIVE CRISP DISPLAY.

PROVIDING MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS TO CURRENT P.O.S DISPLAYS.

Flat patterns and tightly fitting slots and tabs, limit the need for glue.

Using Swedboard as a more eco-friendly material. Digi-printing with Water-based ink to allow the materials to be recycled at end of life.

FINAL DESIGN

Interactive buttons

artwork

Multiple stock storage locations, accessible from all sides.

THE FINAL MODEL

LED voting scoreboard display

PLACEMENT INSIGHTS

duration : 2 weeks

Developing a new design for the Blakes London showroom on Vectorworks, to present to the managing director and lead technical designer.

Other attributes of my work throughout my time in Blakes included: developing children’s’ playroom design ideas, as this is another area the company is venturing into, as well as producing mood-boards for client meetings.

duration : 10 months

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My role within the company was Junior Development Designer. This incorporated all development of displays and cosmetic modules, majority of which was done on Solid Works.

Each project begun with a brief from the sales department, we (design & development) then developed a design to meet it. Diam has an on-site workshop, therefore, once a concept had been developed on CAD and technical drawings were produced, samples were ordered and tested. When the design was approved, it was then sent to the workshop to produce the parts and assemblies for distribution and installation, into shops all over the world.