John Caswell is a Designer and Maker living and working in Bristol. He graduated from the University of Plymouth in 2006 with a first class honors degree in 3D Design. He spends his days designing and making models for Bristol based design company Cod Steaks. He continues to produce his own work from a small studio.

Awards

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

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

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

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

Exhibitions

Grand Designs Live
Excel, London

The Lighting Show
NEC, Birmingham

The Ceramics Festival
Potters Museum, Stoke-on-Trent

NOISE Festival, Urbis Exhibition
Urbis, Manchester

NOISE Festival, Magma Exhibition
Magma, London

Super Design Market
Brick Lane, London

New Designers Selection
Truman Brewery, London

New Designers
Business Design Centre, London

Student Lighting Design Awards
Draycote Hotel, Rugby

100 Potters
The Burton Art Gallery and Museum, Devon

WIR3D
Hoe Centre Gallery, Plymouth

Media

Trend Bible
November 2008

Dom Magazine
November 2008

Bpm Magazine
(Consumption Junction) November 2008

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