Hi my name’s Tom, as a culture addict and curiosity chaser I enjoy moving around and immersing myself in ways to see different perspectives. Design for me has been a key way to engage in these different perspectives. My favourite part of moving around and design is that you meet a lot of people on your way and get to listen to their stories. I do design partly because it provides me with the same freedom I feel when I move around and meet new people. It gives me an excuse to practice and become better.
During my practice I have found myself becoming a facilitator of understanding rather than a solution provider. I enjoy employing designed research methodologies to generate sites where what may seem unremarkable or unfamiliar at first can reveal its wonder where it couldn't be seen before. I am obsessed with collaboration, sharing through storytelling and providing clarity to the murky. I am always looking for something fun to work on and trying out new tools and techniques.
Projects credited in
- PockitThis project considered ways to disrupt by imagining technological futures that are open, transparent and empowering. It builds on ideas about ‘open source’ design; guiding people to make and modify their own technologies as a means to revive democracy with citizens who are informed and actively engaged in creating their technological futures. We worked alongside the Interaction Research Studio, an entity within Goldsmiths that explores design-led research methods. They design products to creat
Work history
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Engagement DesignerInteraction Research Studio
- London, United KingdomInternship
Over a 3 week period at the Interaction Research Studio alongside my studies. I had the opportunity to develop and deliver engaging ways of participating with the Probetools project for Digital Design Weekend 2019 based at the V&A. During my time at the studio I worked independently with continual feedback / suggestions to devise and execute interesting and unique ways of presenting information, capturing feedback and designing interventions and unique ways of presenting information, capturing feedback and designing interventions that would allow the public to engage and express their view on contemporary Britain.
Other studio duties included: ordering materials, arranging event logistics and programming / diary management.
Create + Make Facilitatorthe Design Museum
- London, United KingdomFreelance
I coordinated and lead on the delivery of the museum’s Create
+ Make programme for young audiences (12-16 year olds) whilst in full time education. My main focus was to design and deliver workshops inspired by the Moving to Mars exhibition open until 23/02/2020.
https://designmuseum.org/whats-on/families/get-into-design-past/3d-printing-a-mars-colony#
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Skills
- 3D CAD
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Concept Creation
- Communication
- Workshop Facilitation
- Workshop Design
- Digital Design
- User Research
- Concept Development
- Social Innovation
Education
MA Design: Expanded PracticeGoldsmiths, University of London
- London, United Kingdom
BA(Hons) Sustainable Product DesignFalmouth University
- Penryn, United Kingdom
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Awards
KTN Show HighlightFalmouth University
Included in KTN's highlights for the product "CircuitBoard' shown at New Designers 2016i-D & Artsthread Global Design Graduate Show 2020Goldsmiths, University of London
Shortlisted for i-D & Artsthread Global Design Graduate Show 2020