Awards:

RSA Design Directions 2006
Winner of Ceramic Futures competition with ‘The Wailers’ speaker project.

RSA Flying Start Program 2006
Awarded a place on the first RSA Flying Start Program held in association with the National, Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship.

Student Lighting Design Awards 2006
Received Highly Commended for ‘Slim Jim’ table lamps during the finals of the Lighting Associations Student Lighting Design Awards.

NOISE Festival Dream Job Award 2006
Awarded a placement at Hemingway Design as part of the NOISE Festival 2006.

Work Experience:

November 2006
Hemingway Design
Experience placement
Responsibilities: The Designing and plannig of the interior for the The Prince of Wales Hospice in Pontefract
www.hemingwaydesign.co.uk

August 2005
Modus Furniture
Experience placement
Responsibilities: Sourcing and communicating with manufacturers.
www.modusfurniture.co.uk

June – September 2004
Pondskater Design
Draughtsman and Designer
Responsibilities: Presentational CAD models and drawings.
www.pondskater.co.uk

Exhibitions:

The Lighting Show 2007 21 - 24 January 2007
Lighting Collection, NEC, Birmingham

Ceramics Festival 2006 13 - 15 October 2006
Potters Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent

NOISE Festival, Urbis Exhibition 3 - 29 October 2006
Urbis, Cathedral Gardens, Manchester

NOISE Festival, Magma Exhibition 26 September – 29 October 2006
Magma, Clerkenwell Road, London

Super Design Market 23 –24 September 2006
Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London

New Designers Selection 21 - 24 September 2006
Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London

New Designers 6 – 9 July 2006
Business Design Centre, Islington, London

Student Lighting Design Awards 28 – 29 June 2006
Draycote Hotel, Thurlaston, Rugby

BA (Hons) Degree Show 17 – 30 June 2006
University of Plymouth, Exeter School of Art and Design, Devon

100 Devon Potters 10 June – 9 July 2006
The Burton Art Gallery and Museum, Bideford, Devon

The Contemporary Craft Fair 9 – 11 June 2006
Marsh Mill Park, Bovey Tracey, Devon

WIR3D 18 - 23 February 2005
Hoe Centre Gallery, School of Architecture and Design, Plymouth

Education:

September 2003 – June 2006
University of Plymouth, Exeter School of Art and Design
First Class BA Honours Three Dimensional Design: Designer Maker

September 2001 – June 2003
Yeovil College – Somerset
2 A-Levels & 3 A/S-Levels (A-C)

September 1996 – June 2001
Stanchester Community School – Somerset
10 GCSEs (A*-C)

Skills:

Woodworking
Metalworking
Ceramics, Mould Making
Working with plastics
Model Making
Studio Photography

Microsoft Office
(Word, Excel, Publisher, Access, PowerPoint)
Solidworks
Rhino
Sketch Up
Auto CAD
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator

Media:

BBC Somerset
(So Somerset Radio Interview) – December 2006

RSA Design Directions
(Three Years of Designing the Difference) – October 2006

The Independent Magazine
(The Best of British) – 23 September 2006

Design Week
(New Designers Selection)– 21 September 2006

idFX
(Light Industry)– September 2006

Lighting Design
(Back to School) – August 2006

New Design
(Graduate Showcase) – July 2006