SIMON JOSEPH BROWN
DESIGN PORTFOLIO
I am currently looking for work! Currently looking for graduate positions or internships in the fields of industrial design, design strategy or product design
EXPERIENCE KOFAVIV - Freelance consultant providing advice and design materials to aid the implementation of street lighting in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
March 2015 - Present
Hints ltd. - Web and graphic design intern responsible
EDUCATION SIMON JOSEPH BROWN
primarily for the website designs and marketing materials and attending target audience feedback sessions. April - September 2014
Tesco Extra - Working on the shop floor, dealing with
INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER
customer services and working on the checkouts.
May - September 2013
+44 7903 738339 simonbrown.id@gmail.com www.behance.net/SimonJBrown
BA (Hons) Design for Industry Northumbria University 2011 -2015
Newcastle, UK
CDL Logistics - Packaging, managing sub-teams in a warehouse environment distributing Olympic sponsor products.
June - July 2012
Polyester Converters Limited (PCL) - Packaging,
warehouse and stock room work, keeping the warehouse organised for quick and easy product dispatch.
“My key strength as a designer is my ability to research every nook and cranny of a subject and process those insights
June - July 2010
Ravens Wood school - 10 GCSE A-B Grades - 3 A-levels (BBC)
2004 - 2011
Bromley, UK
Haiti hospital appeal - Voluntary charity administration work working with the treasurer to deal with the donations.
January 2010
SKILLS
Can provide references upon request
into great, viable ideas.� Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign
Solidworks
HTML 5
CSS 3
CONTENTS
Illuminate
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Bottle Bugs
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ClockPiano
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Kettle for Life
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Meal Space
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ILLUMINATE. COMBATING GENDERBASED VIOLENCE IN THE HAITIAN TENT CAMPS January 2015 Individual final major project 14 weeks
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After an extensive research project on humanitarian aid spanning over 3 months chose to look into combating gender-based violence (GBV) as my final major project. Haiti in particular has a history of GBV that has only worsened since the 2010 earthquake, particularly in the tent camps set up for the victims.
RESEARCH
CURRENTLY 170,000 PEOPLE RESIDING IN TENT CAMPS
THE RAPE RATE IN THE CAMPS IS 20 TIMES HIGHER THAN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY
OF HOUSEHOLDS HAVE HAD AT LEAST ONE MEMBER SUFFER SEXUAL VIOLENCE BETWEEN 2010 - 2012
I have been working closely with a grassroots Haitian organisation known as KOFAVIV (commission of women victims for victims of gender-based violence). I was lucky enough to make contact with Malya Villard the founder of the group and probably knows more about it than anyone else in the world. She supplied me with extremely valuable insights.
ME
lighting is our biggest issue insights
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Women live in fear, scared to run daily errands like collecting water women phone up to ask to be escorted around the camp by one of our agents
DEVELOPMENT
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I created a 1:10 scale model of the light design to test out the system of putting the light parts together after being shipped in the metal gabion. It was rapid prototyped using selective laser sintering.
COMBATING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
PROVIDING LIGHT AND SECURITY 10 11
KOFAVIV AGENTS TO ESCORT AND PROTECT WOMEN
HELPING VICTIMS DEAL WITH THE AFTER EFFECTS OF PTSD
ASSEMBLY SOLAR PANEL BATT
LIGHT CABLE
POWER SUPPLY
Empty the contents of the gabion the light is shipped in.
Dig a hole in which to completely submerge the gabion and place it inside.
Hammer the 4 securing spikes into the ground in the center then put the battery box inside.
Pull battery cables through battery box slot and through the entire first pole
Fill the gabion with rubble, close and lock the lid and then slide the rest of the structure into place.
Connect solar wiring to the solar panel and adjust the solar bracket to face south and bolt together with t-junction.
Pull light wiring through the t-junction, and arm pieces and connect to the light head. Extend the solar wiring above t-junction and secure poles.
Connect the power supply cabling up in pole three, pull the solar and light wiring through poles 2, 3, 4, 5 and secure them together.
THE COMPANION SCHEME COMBATING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
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LEONARDO: 14:00 - 22:00
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STEPHANE: 22:00 - 06:00
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Public Lavatory St. Alexander Church
YELLOW ZONE
YELLOW ZONE
Public Lavatory
Water Tap AGENT ON DUTY
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STANLEY: 06:00 - 14:00
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DORBENSL: 14:00 - 22:00
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DAVID: 22:00 - 06:00
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Water Tap KOFAVIV Event Location
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Public Lavatory JON: 06:30 - 14:30
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MICHAEL: 14:30 - 22:30
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FABIAN: 22:30 - 06:30
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KOFAVIV HAND OUT INVITE
Contains a map and stickers for residents to mark zones they would like to see lit up
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ILLUMINATE OPENING EVENT
Map is handed in, residents meet the companions and recieve a community stickers and schedule
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COMMUNITY WATCH STICKER
Can be put on tents to make women feel safer and to deter potential attackers
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CALL A COMPANION
Residents can join in the group trips to facilities or request an individual escort
BOTTLE BUGS RSA 2015 STUDENT DESIGN AWARDS - FAIR PLAY BRIEF September 2014 Individual fourth year project 6 weeks
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I chose to enter the ‘Fair Play’ brief in the 2015 student design awards. I focused my project on trying to get kids outside and interacting with insects. Due to recent changes in the school curriculum teachers and parents need new methods to help children interact and learn about insects.
RESEARCH
“CHILDREN LOVE BEING OUTSIDE, AND IT’S THE BEST WAY TO LEARN” - Mr Sullivan teacher of 25 years
“Many of these children will remember this experience of learning in nature for the rest of their lives and will go on to have a lasting effect.”
- Educational coordinator of a local city farm
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“Involving all the senses when outside leads to improved learning and concentration whilst simultaneously helping meet the levels of physical activity that children need.” - Eco-coordinator at Mindstretchers; outdoor kindergarten creators
“Playing outside can benefit mental well-being and form a connection to nature which many children lack nowadays.”
- Mr Sullivan teacher of 25 years
DEVELOPMENT
These are some of the inital sketches for a cheap, upcycled bug box system that works alongside a journal, allowing children to tailor each habitat to a certain insect. The bottles can be made into a modular farm using the connectors provided.
CREATE BUG HABITATS OUT OF WASTE MATERIALS LIKE PLASTIC BOTTLES AND CARDBOARD
CONNECT THE HABITATS TOGETHER USING THE SIMPLE CONNECTORS AND WATCH THE BUGS EXPLORE
ENCOURAGE KIDS TO EXPLORE AND LEARN ABOUT NATURE USING THE DISCOVERY JOURNAL
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BOTTLE BUGS, CREATING INSECT HABITATS OUT OF WASTE MATERIALS
THE CONNECTORS These are the connectors used to link the bottles or clear tubing. There are multiple types to be more versatile so users can create whatever system they like. The key element with these connectors is that the threads imitating the thread can tighten independently of the tubing, bottle or connector meaning the habitat remains undisturbed.
DOUBLE THREAD CONNECTOR
This is made up of a small piece of straight tubing with 2 exterior threads on either end, typically used to extend the tubing or connect tubing to a 3 way connector
MIXED CONNECTOR
This is made up of a small piece of straight tubing with 1 interior thread and 1 exterior thread at either end, making it the most versatile connector
DOUBLE CAP CONNECTOR
This is made up of a small piece of straight tubing with 2 interior threads on either end similar to those found on the end of the tubing
3-WAY-CONNECTOR
This is made up of three straight lengths of tubing connected in the middle, all with an interior connector on the end. Allowing the tubing system to branch off to multiple bottles
THE DISCOVERY JOURNAL
Bug sighting license
Sighting journal and achivements
Bug information
Set up guide
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THE PACKAGING
THE PACKAGING CAN BE UPCYCLED INTO A HOME FOR LACEWINGS
CLOCK PIANO WEB & GRAPHIC DESIGN INTERN AT HINTS LTD. April 2014 Summer internship 4 months
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I undertook an internship at Hints ltd. to help kick of their latest project ClockPiano. A new instrument for the 21st Century.
THE IDEA Hints Ltd is currently working on a product called ClockPiano, a new musical instrument for the 21st century designed to help users to learn, play and share music through social media. It is currently digitally based but an app is currently underway. As it stands the key features of the ClockPiano are as follows: - A web-based touch screen interface for playing music. - A circular design with 12 segments (much like a clock face) that represent the chromatic scale (think of the keys forming one octave one a piano). - Each segment can have several other sections separated by concentric circles (much like a dart board) that represent another octave; up to ten octaves can be represented at one time. - Uses a MIDI engine which in turn makes sounds on the MIDI device in your computer, smart phone or tablet and can play any of the instruments contained. - Allows layering of sounds and can have a split voice to play different instruments. - Your performances can be recorded and compressed into a text format known as a cpZip code allowing it to be tweeted or sent via Facebook to others.
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MY ROLE Web and graphic design intern responsible primarily for the website designs and marketing materials and attending target audience feedback sessions.
www.cpzip.com
www.clockpiano.com
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KETTLE FOR LIFE DESIGNING A KETTLE TO LAST 30+ YEARS - FOR VISITING PROFESSOR ADRIAN STOKES February 2014 Group third year project 6 weeks
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Many modern kettles are considered almost throw away items. They have a large number of breakable parts and can be very costly to fix. As a group we were set with the task of creating a design that would last 30-50 years to counter this wasteful trend and promote the circular economy. This brief was give to us by the “Salon” division of ASA design led by Adrian Stokes.
DEVELOPMENT
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LASTS A LIFETIME
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COMPATIBLE WITH INDUCTION BASE AND KITCHEN HOB
USABLE AS A REGULAR JUG
FAST INDUCTION BOILING
INSULATED AND COOL TO THE TOUCH
CHARMING WHISTLE FEEDBACK
We looked at removing breakable components and making it easy to repair. The kettle is can be used on either an induction hob or any normal kitchen hob making it versatile and still usable when being repaired. The product when completed and a suitable framework set up is predicted to retail at around £60 while only costing around £14.07 to manufacture on a scale of 50,000 units.
LIMESCALE RESISTANT
EASY MODULAR REPAIR SYSTEM
Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU)
THE BASE Induction friendly glass Copper induction coil Layered modular circuitry Polyurethane base Non-ferrous bolt to hold together
Spun Stainless Steel
Spot Welded, Hot Forged Stainless Steel
Zircotec Ceramic Coating
MEAL SPACE INVESTIGATING AND DESIGNING ‘NEW VALUE’ FOOD BASED SPACES FOR PHILLIPS January 2014 Group third year project 4 weeks
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This project was created alongside Philips to investigate and create food based spaces by looking at other countries’ food cultures. Our group chose to look at South Korea as they still have a rich food culture.
TRENDS & INSIGHTS BBALI BBALI - HURRY HURRY
40% of young Koreans cook for themselves
While 50% have food cooked by their mother
Everyday activities are performed as quickly as possible. It is common for South Koreans to meet buses in the middle of the road, rather than wait for it to pull into the stop.
LOCALLY SOURCED, ORGANIC FOOD
34% live with their family. 64% live independently
40 % went out to eat at least once a week
50% go out to eat more than 3 times a week
68% eat instant food 1-3 times a week
Traditional South Korean meals are reliant on healthy, local produce. Incoming western foods are creating lots of health issues.
FAST FOOD In the west, there is a stigma that fast food is unhealthy. This is not wholly true in South Korea e.g. Korean sushi is a popular, convenient and healthy option
BRAND IDENTITY Brands that display a cool, fashionable image are far more appealing to young Korean consumers e.g.. Starbucks
Just under half eat breakfast every morning
SOCIALISING
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However just over 50% eat breakfast less than 5 days a week
Socialising is ingrained in South Korean culture and tradition. Workplaces go out to eat regularly, known as Hoesik, Dishes are shared between large groups.
DEVELOPMENT
Our solution was Philips meal space. Open eating spaces that can be distributed around cities. Large groups of colleagues, families and friends can order groceries to be delivered, prepare, cook and eat meals in the Philips Meal Spaces using Philips appliances. Meal Spaces are ideal for colleagues going out to eat after work regularly and socialising through food all while experiencing the lastest Philips culinary technology and lighting.
BOOK. COOK. ENJOY
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