About me

A designer experienced in leading projects from the first sketches to finished consumer products. For me, design is making things that work beautifully, sit comfortably in the world they inhabit and improve our daily lives. I began my career working with design consultancies, specialising in installation and events for national museums and artists. I then set up my own consultancy ONN Studio, focussing on research projects, product design and development before co-founding OME a smart home product startup. I now work as a freelance designer. If you have a collaboration in mind, please feel free to get in touch.

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Projects

• Ome Smart Doorbell, PhotographyFilm has been a prominent part of my work from the start of my career. Film and photography can be a wonderful tool for distilling complex ideas into an easy-to-understand visual form of communicating. I’m experienced in creative direction, directing, shooting and editing. My film work spans from showreels, project promos and documentation to pitches, product adverts, how to and customer support films. In 2017, I was creative lead on our product photoshoot at Ome, in charge of creative direc
• Ome Smart Doorbell, BrandingIn 2015 myself and my partner John Nussey, started our own smart home company, as a side project to our consultancy business ONN Studio. We set out to create smart home products that were simple and intuitive to use, worked with the interior and exterior of your home and weren’t overly technical to use or look at. Our first product was our smart doorbell, initially branded ‘Ding’. We chose the name because it was intuitive to the product’s use and simplicity. By collaborating with Common Works
• Ome Smart Doorbell, Product DesignThe project began with a rudimentary technical prototype for proof of concept. From there we developed initial user experience and paper prototypes, based around a modular design, which allowed users to add on different functionalities by adding different functions to the base product, for example, adding a microphone, speaker or video module.
• Oyster Cards for HensAt ONN Studio we were commissioned by FAI Farms to carry out a research project to design a smart hen coop, which would explore the laying habits of hens. A project we aptly named ‘Oyster cards for hens’. In collaboration with Bobby Peterson, we designed a series of prototype coops, testing each coop in situ, studying results and developing improvements in the next iteration. We had to make sure the hens were as comfortable using the smart coop as they were their regular coops and that we could
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  Big Bang DataWe were commissioned by Somerset House and Future Cities Catapult to work on the design, engineering and build for a piece within the ‘Big Bang Data’ exhibition at Somerset House. We worked closely with Future Cities who had built a digital game that allows the user to design their own city, through a series of questions. The game illustrated the complexity and difficulty in balancing the development of a city, for example, if you chose to have lots of green space in your city, it might result
• Folk LampsAs a part of our consultancy ONN Studio, we were commissioned by Folk to design and build a set of interior lamps. The system was modular, using the same lamp head and a bespoke clamp system, which could be configured to make desk, floor, or chandelier arrangements. I was particularly involved in the product photoshoot, project management, the production line and quality control. We made over 100 lamps in our workshop, working with UK-based brass craftsmen for the cast lamp heads and clamps, oa

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Projects credited in

• D&ADThis project combines a multi media branding scheme across three events for D&AD. For the Student Awards exhibition we created a series of sixteen interactive tables, each with a brief laser etched into the wooden surface. The nominated student work was shown in an embedded touchscreen. For the awards ceremony we created onscreen graphics, incorporating a sound reactive element that danced to specially commissioned music. For the three events we created three distinct identities which were appli

Work history

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Co-founder & Creative DirectorONN Studio
Nov 2014London, United KingdomFull Time
ONN Studio, is a multidisciplinary design studio, specialising in product design and development, research and experimental electronics. • Established and maintained the client relationships that allowed us to scale our consultancy. • Prepared briefing documents for clients to illustrate different approaches. Conducted research and storyboarded responses to briefs. Designed and built prototypes to test assumptions. • Worked with a variety of clients from different industries, including agriculture, fashion, tech and media. Clients include: Future Cities Catapult (Big Band Data Exhibition), Folk Clothing (Brass Lighting System), Say Fromage (Photo Booth Triggers), FAI Farms (Hen Coop Occupancy System).
DesignerKin
Jul 2019 - Nov 2014London, United KingdomFull Time
A designer role, covering a broad range of responsibilities, including concept generation, design, production, exhibition design and build, film and editing. • London College of Fashion Degree Show Created visually stunning exhibitions for clients in the fashion industry, drawing sketches, building models, creating a production plan and delivering within tight deadlines, managing the teams throughout the process. • National Maritime Museum / Museum of Science and Industry Designed interactive, educational installations for national museums, working with software engineers and production companies to create an immersive learning experience. • D&AD Built bespoke furniture for ‘New Blood’ to exhibit work in a consistent style, working with local manufacturers. • Plasticity Translated complex algorithms into simple lights and sounds to explain them to a broad audience, in collaboration with Plymouth University at the BFI. • ARUP Bridge Stories Illustrated a portfolio of work spanning years, using illustrations and intuitive interactions to browse projects. • ITV Media City Seating Visualising a piece of furniture to clients and manufacturers using sketches, renders and model making.

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Skills

• Product Design
• Interaction Design
• Art Direction
• Conceptual Design
• Design Strategy
• Installation Design
• UI Design
• Graphic Design
• Product Development

Education

BA DesignGoldsmiths, University of London
Sep 2007 - Jul 2010London, United Kingdom
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Foundation Studies in Fine ArtCentral Saint Martin’s School of Art
Sep 2004 - Jul 2005London, United Kingdom

Awards

JLABJohn Lewis & Partners
Selected to be a part of the John Lewis accelerator programme for our Smart home company Ome Products.
Design Council SparkDesign Council
Selected as the winners for the first year of the Design Council Spark product innovation fund.