About me
Nathan Elliott brings a creative work ethic as a graphic and product designer to interaction design, He is experienced in rapid prototyping, 3D CAD software and rendering.
The aim in his work is to help people understand how new emerging technology from all different sectors are relevant in helping progress interaction design, the focus of his work is to show how coding can be used to help further progress peoples learning and take great ideas to the next level.
Working in the design sector his work ranges from doing graphic design projects for small independent companies to his latest project was picked up by the university of Ravensbourne where he helped redesign the whole induction progress to make it more interactive. His work has also been short listed and sold at the Penrose festival and o2 handmade Christmas.
Projects
- StreamStream is a service that is attached to a gaming console ( demoed on a xbox one) It helps users in a overlay that gives the user serval options, a key idea is adding video chat to the side of the gaming screen as it lets the user see each other what this does is encourage people to be more social as they can see who they are talking too. You can also do a lot more as well as spectating games to watch other people play, stream to accounts at one time such as youtube and twitch, set up clan vs clan events when everyone is online while in game for faster response and training which monitors the way the player plays the game and then give them tips on how to improve or if they are new to the game it gives them a in game tutorial so they learn as they go.
- Jungle PlaquesJungle Plaques was formed when i was given a brief about making products for no more then £1, I decided to make wooden slot together animals which were made out of recycled material I reclaimed from local building sites, at the end of the project we were asked to put them on display at the universities annual Penrose festival and sell them to the general public. Website: http://www.jungleplaques.co.uk
Work history
Interaction ConsultantRavensbourne University London
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Worked as part of a team who designed and pitched a new induction experience for Ravensbourne College of Design and communication. Then headed a team of co-collaborators to bring the idea from concept to reality, using Arduino, Raspberry Pi and coding. The induction was successfully run over 6 days in September 2014. It started off with just foundation and due to the success was pick up for higher education.
Skills
- Rendering
- 3D Modeling
- Product Design
- Graphic Design
- Laser Cutting
- 3D Printing
- Arduino
- Rapid Prototyping
- Wireframes
- Adobe Master Collection Suite
- Axure RP
Education
Design Interaction
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I started off as a product design students, I decided that the product Interaction course was better tailored for me and switch course during second year, I have learnt a variety of skills including working with code, user centered design, wire framing and quick prototyping while still have the background in product design to work with materials and equipment.