Hues is a magazine I designed and wrote for a final year module ‘Design Philosophy’. It gave us the opportunity to display our interests and styles. Hues, explores the meanings, associations and power of colour. Topics include: creativity, bravery, change, wisdom, frustration and stimulation. Each topic has a response that has varied from articles to… Continue reading Hues Magazine – 2018
Failing With Style What they don’t teach you at school I am fearful of failure, pain and death. Fear of failure may sound like the least serious of the three. But, it is the one I face the most frequently. The fear is paralysing. I do not allow myself to fail. I can list more… Continue reading TEDx Brighton – 2018
As a part of the module "Design for Industry" we had two live briefs with companies Lush and Brighton & Hove Bus Company. Lush Cosmetics The first brief was set by Cosmetics company, Lush. Lush pride themselves on their “fresh handmade cosmetics” but they also are keen activists. They have begun their own campaigns such… Continue reading Lush Knot Wrap – 2017
Kensington’s Design Museum once again has hosted the annual Beazley Designs of the Year exhibition and award. The exhibition brings together the very best examples of design over the last year from around the world across six categories: Architecture, Digital, Fashion, Graphics, Product and Transport. The following post will be thoughts and comments on some… Continue reading Beazley Designs Of The Year Response – 2018
New Designers is an exhibition for design graduates to display their final year work. It was held at the Business Design Centre in Angel from the 6th July - 9th July. I attended with my University as stand personnel. I was given the unique opportunity to display some of my second-year work as we wanted to give prospective… Continue reading New Designers Response 2017
On the weekend of 24th-25th June, myself and three others participated a 32-hour team hackathon challenge. And we won! This was held in one of the best IoT prototyping facilities in the UK, supported by world-leading tech companies. Check out their website: https://www.sudohack2017.com/ The challenge was to create a smart city. The steps were to; Choose an area… Continue reading Sudo Hackathon 2017
KADI video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgdeQrEabsE The brief that was given for our Toy and Game Module was to create an "Adult Party Game for ages 16-26." From researching into existing party games, I found card games/games on cards were the most popular. Some of these existing games included Cards Against Humanity, Bucket of Doom and drinking games such as… Continue reading Toy And Game Design- KADI 2017
Human Factors and Design For Society was a module we completed in the first term of 2nd year Product Design. The focus of this module was improving the user experience by considering the human factors. These factors were physical, emotional, organisational and cognitive. Our brief was to choose a handheld, household item and redesign it… Continue reading Human Factors and Design For Society – 2016
Prototyping is a major part of the iterative design process as valuable information can be learned from testing and physically holding it. Having the tangible model in the hands of the user, they can simulate more accurate scenarios than viewing a sketch or CAD model. As a part of my first year at Sussex University, we… Continue reading Prototyping Computer Mouse – 2015
As a part of group work for a university module, we were faced with a brief to improve an aspect of the university campus. We decided to focus on wayfinding on campus. Initially, we were attracted to the idea of Artificial Reality and how we could provide live directions to the user in the highest context;… Continue reading Campus Wayfinding – 2016
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