I am an ideas-led creative and in true multidisciplinary style, have had different job titles that encapsulate my ability to research, strategise, design and tell stories. As a freelancer, I work collaboratively with design teams to deliver on projects that demonstrate thoughtful insight and help to solve design and wider social challenges
Projects
- Space + PlaceA pack of printed objects responding to a series of conversations between artists and creative organisations on the topic of space and place in relation to artist practice. Each pack contains a ‘yellow pages’ with information about the speakers, a set of postcards that relate to conversations had about residencies, a collection of stamps that provide ideas on placemaking, a map that explores how to make artist spaces inclusive and an ikea-style instruction guide for setting up artist studios
- Lockdown LoafPictured here is the recipe card for a banana bread that has been designed specifically to please my own sense of taste. I developed this recipe as a part of a digital residency during the 2020 lockdown in response to the worldwide trend of baking banana bread. For this project, I documented the process of hacking recipes in order to develop my own lockdown loaf and sought to identify the role of design in everyday life while investigating the impact of slowing down Check out the full story her
- How ToThis series of paper bags are the outcomes of an experiment that investigated open design processes. For this project, I organised a group of 11 designers to contribute to a set of instructions, inviting them to make a paper bag by following a guide. On each turn, the designers were provided with a blank sheet of paper to make a paper bag from and a set of instructions to add too
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Work history
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Multidisciplinary DesignerDaisy Hana James
London, United KingdomFreelance
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Brand AmbassadorYinka Ilori
- London, United KingdomFull Time
- Co-curated a retail environment that celebrated the launch of a new homeware collection
- Used storytelling to introduce customers to the brand and explore the narrative behind the products
- Shared insights from the shop floor with the studio team, reporting feedback from customers
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Skills
- Graphic Design
- Illustration
- Art Direction
- Brand Design
- Copywriting
- Exhibition Design
- Producing
- Research
- Insights
Education
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BA Lifestyle Transformative DesignWillem de Kooning Academie
- Rotterdam, Netherlands
BA Textiles In PracticeManchester School of Art
- Manchester, United Kingdom