ALTERNATIVE EXPERIENCES
- Design is not just things. We experience the world around us in a myriad of forms, and design should be responsive to this, exploiting this fact to communicate ideas.  By providing firsthand experiences, in the form of workshops, interactive installations and events, these projects aim to engage people in a ‘hands-on’ approach, bringing design to life, and as such combining a wide range of skills, ideas and opinions from all involved.

DIGITAL TOPOLOGY
- Knowingly or otherwise, we are immersed in a Digital Topology.  We are surrounded by digital objects and electronics, and these have become an intrinsic, inescapable part of contemporary life at all levels.  The projects in this category consider the current and future development of this landscape, and how digital technology can be used in a social, cultural and local way.  Merging digital and non-digital elements, I aim to create subtle and creative alternatives for this technology, questioning (and breaking) the rules of the current digital paradigm.

FANTASTICAL
- These projects challenge the concept of what is (im)possible. Asking what we really know about reality, these designs are fantastical in their nature, but never frivolous or parodies. Taking design beyond its traditional role, I intend to show how it can be used to not only clarify, but to distort. Such speculative design can excite and stimulate, feeding our need for discovery and our imagination. The products in this category take us beyond our hopes for the future, making tangible our dreams of today.

Milano Teaser Web

MOST Salone 2012 Teaser

This year I will be taking part in two exhibitions as part of The Milan Design Week. I am lucky enough to be exhibiting within the Designersblock show at MOST Salone by tom Dixon. The MOST show will be hosted by the Milan Science Museum – the perfect location for the work I’m doing.

For the show I am producing a range of table lamps with a difference…

Each lamp will be made from hand blown glass.  Using the conductive ink from the lovely BARE Conductive and Novalia, I have created a liquid switch to turn the bulbs on or off.  The shape of the glass bodies is such that they afford tilting and balancing to dictate the state of the lamps, creating a wonderfully playful and interesting interaction.

The second element to my piece at MOST is a week long interactive drop-in workshop exploring the potential and pushing the limitations of conductive ink.  Encouraging anyone to get involved, I hope to get people playing with the ink and using it in ways yet unimagined.  Fancy giving a conductive tattoo or face-painting some switches then drop in, say hello and pick up some ink!

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