Vinyl
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Aura
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Art & Sculptures
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NSA Freecurl
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Axure App
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Commemorative Bench
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Vinyl.
Commissioned Piece.
Brief: To design and manufacture a hand crafted turntable whilst understanding and acknowledging customer requirements.
The piece comes equipped with a sleek, built in turntable and slide-away iPod dock for display of all music formats.
aura
Design Practice.
Brief: To design and model a prototype product which can be used alongside an interactive app.
Ideation. I was interested by the sudden rise in popularity of interactive thermostats and home heating systems. These systems are high-end and expensive to install. So I designed aura. - aura is a personal heating system for home and ofďŹ ce use, with bluetooth connectivity and a friendly interface for easy climate control.
3D Art & Sculptures.
Self made & commissioned pieces.
Ideation. Often, whilst I’m in the workshop, I would stumble across an off cut, unwanted material, destined for the skip. Within my sculptures, I try to ďŹ gure out and assemble a hidden beauty that I believe lies within all materials, if used appropriately.
Knot
- a piece assembled from various different offcuts, including Walnut, Maple and Oak.
Stalemate
- high powered magnets used to suspend cables in a stainless steel hoop.
Meander
- conďŹ gured from a single, unused strip of oak, steam bent and held together with magnets.
Convolute
- a lone length of wool, intertwined and meshed within the parameters of a bed of nails.
NSA Freecurl Design Practice
Brief: To take apart an existing product, analyse and to innovate a new and improved design solution.
Ideation. Within groups, we were to discuss the pros and cons of existing hair grooming products by analysing the forms, colourways, internals and ease of use. From this, we assessed the changes that could be made to help further improve the product, as well as deďŹ ne a market sector in which to launch our new product into. Introducing the NSA Freecurl. - a wireless, butane powered hair curler, able to provide energy for up to one month, with interchangeable gas cartridges for women on the go.
Axure App O2 Community
Brief: To design and prototype an app to help community crowdfunding events.
Ideation. Using Axure, I prototyped a platform app aimed at university students to help them easily ďŹ nd out about and join various different fundraising events. This can include anything from local epilepsy society fundraising to crowdfunding for the annual Inca trek in Peru.
Before I began to prototype, I engaged in some user research to better understand the applications market. Using wireframes helped me decide between icons and other interface related issues to create the most appropriate app for students.
A selection of wireframes I used to help me decide an appropriate path.
Commemorative Bench Commissioned Piece.
Brief: To design and manufacture a lasting piece to celebrate the retirement of an ex-headmaster.
Ideation. This was an A-Level piece in which we were able to set ourselves our own brief. Coincidently, the year I left St George’s Academy was the same year the ex-head master of 28 years decided to retire. As he was widely admired by many pupils, I thought it was only fitting that he be remembered in a long lasting manner. I designed this bench with 28 steam bent oak and pine limbs, each to celebrate 1 year of his St George’s career. The legs were formed around a jig, totalling up to 224 individual strips of wood, which I then laminated to hold internal strength. The steel tree cage was hand forged and tempered around an anvil myself and then powder coated by a profesional external company to ensure longlasting quality.
“Design is so simple. That’s why it’s so complicated.” - Paul Rand
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