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This section contains personal and public sector projects, plus a few publicised projects from current and past studios I've worked with. Enjoy!

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MC engineering

identifying design opportunities and new technology applications

As part of the Design Council's technology campaign, which was established to help businesses utilise design and embed it as part of their everyday operations, myself, Nick Marsh and Alex Holmes researched and brainstormed how their technology could be best applied
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Posted on 10/17

love me and weave me

a laser-cut chintz pattern as co-designable object

This chair is made from laser cut aluminium sandwiched between laser-cut thick felt. The gaps in the pattern allow the user to 'upholster' the chair, adorning it with anything they wish, or simply leaving it as it is. The boundaries between the 2D and 3D world are played with, as the pattern becomes the object itself.... Read More

Posted on 10/12

jaguar interactive control panel

interface elements for Jaguar’s website and in-car control panel

During my time at Imagination I produced a fair old amount of jpeggery for websites and assets for interactive exhibition pieces and even, as shown below, a pixel-accurate interface for their in-car interactive software.... Read More

Posted on 10/12

project management masterplan

the mother of all workflow charts

I'm a bit of a geek for charts, but I've never enjoyed using Excel, which I guess is the necessary stuff behind them. However, I felt this epic project planning chart I produced for one of our clients at Engine to cover several projects and workstreams warrented a feature...... Read More

Posted on 10/05

Painting by Jumpers

A participatory design product: colour-in wallpaper with your clothes

This is a panoramic wallpaper that has a second adhesive layer which the user can choose to intervene with and dictate the colour of by leaning against or 'dabbing' clothes on it like a paintbrush.... Read More

Posted on 10/17

agent provocateur

it’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to be lucky enough to do it…

Wow. For just a few days I worked with Large Design as their Photoshop Monkey, producing the artwork and assets for the Agent Provocateur website. The placement wasn't paid, hence the duration, but it wasn't entirely painful to work for free with amazing photography of models in lingerie... Read More

Posted on 10/06

activmobs

a preventative health service married with social networking

Activmobs is a preventative health service that marries together social networking and professional fitness advice. After RED's pilot project with Kent County Council, a startup pack was to be produced to help county councils around the UK set up schemes.... Read More

Posted on 10/01

pointing out the points

Producing a film and collateral for a key Design Council stakeholder presentation

Besides providing a multi-disciplinary 'task force' service for startup technology companies, producing everything from research and opportunity mapping to website and branding delivery, we were also on hand to assist the Technology Campaign in setting up and producing collateral for their events... Read More

Posted on 11/06

OurNewSchool

co-designing a process for designing user-cented schools

Building Schools for the Future is the largest government building project in over 50 years and is investing around £70bn to rebuild or refurbish every primary and secondary school in the UK.... Read More

Posted on 10/05

Big Brother 5

the design brief: be evil to the users…

I spent two months as a task designer / maker for Big Brother 5, the original 24 hour reality TV show. Being 24 hour, the deadlines were hectic and being live the design team had to respond imaginatively and immediately.... Read More

Posted on 10/12

Customiser interface

proposing three modes of interfacing with a new empathic technology

Customiser had a new empathic web technology that provided incredibly accurate recommendations for consumers, and also could put people in touch with other like-minded people. Our challenge was to consider the form and function of this interface, and then to design a prototype Flash run-through of the process.... Read More

Posted on 10/06

Imagination animation report

motion graphic report on my internship at Imagination’s multimedia studio

These pairs of stills are of a fully-animated report i made about my experiences working for Imagination, in the ever-expanding digital multimedia department. There I worked on a wide range of projects for clients such as Jaguar, Samsung, Mazda, Lincoln and Land Rover, producing artwork, interfaces, films and animations.... Read More

Posted on 10/12

CES energy

straight web design for more environmentally friendly energy

As a freelancer I produced the branding and website design for this emerging CHP (combined heat and power) company, whose website is now up and running and providing socially and environmentally responsible energy... Read More

Posted on 10/06

The Independent advert prop

a rapidly-produced graphics prop for TV

The Independent ran an advertisement for a free DVD with its weekend paper. They required a mock-up newspaper that would also work as a flick book so that a clip from the dvd would play as the hand model (I'm not kidding) flicked through it.... Read More

Posted on 10/12

PlusYou

visual identity for the proposition behind my final degree exhibition

PlusYou was an umbrella concept developed to guide a number of pieces produced for my final degree show at Goldsmiths, which embodies the principles of this 'proposition'... Read More

Posted on 10/12