I am a socal designer that has a passion for understanding people, their behaviours and how they interlink to wider living ecosystems. With a curiosity to re-imagine relationships, I have a personal interest in developing design and innovation tools that help bring nature and ancient wisdom to the forefront of our imaginations when designing products, systems and services – engaging with 21st-century challenges through creative practice.
My design experience includes designing and hosting immersive engagement experiences around the future of food systems, culture and climate health, and co-designing health and wellbeing services with an empathic approach to addressing complex social challenges.
I hold a BA in Design for Man and Wellbeing from Design Academy Eindhoven, and have previously worked for the Social Design Agency ‘Thinkpublic’, and the Art and Design lead think tanks ‘The Center For Genomic Gastronomy’ and ‘The Office of Life + Art’.
British by Nationality I have spent ten years living abroad in Vienna (Austria), Amsterdam and Eindhoven (Netherlands).
Skills include:
User research & engagement
Designing Immersive experiences & events
Creative strategy and concept development
Running co-design workshops with stakeholders
Prototyping and testing
Proposition development
Design and curatorial research
Branding
Development of promotional assets
2D/3D design
Film & podcast production
Illustration
Adobe suite
Multimedia editing
Design work experience
2021 – present / Thinkpublic [LONDON, UK]
Multidisciplinary Designer, Researcher and Illustrator.
Responsibilities include: Product and service design; in-depth user and stakeholder research, insight and opportunity mapping, creative strategy and concept development, running co-design workshops, prototype design, development and testing, MVP Scoping, creative research, 2d and visual design, Illustrations, video/audio editing and production.
2018 – 2021 / The Center For Genomic Gastronomy [DUBLIN, IE]
Studio assistant and researcher.
Responsibilities include: 2D/3D design, curatorial/scientific/culinary Research, Programming and production
2018 – 2021 / The Office of Life + Art (OLA) [AMSTERDAM, NL]
Studio assistant and researcher.
Responsibilities include: Curatorial research and strategy, podcast editing.
Oct 2018 / “Three Days of Fat” Exhibition. [London,UK]
A collaboration between Thought Collider, Arne Hendricks and the Department of Nutritional Sciences at King’s.
Responsibilities include: A/V, general exhibition set up, featured guest invitations, Audience participation, podcasting advice.
Design education
2013-2018 / Design Academy Eindhoven [Eindhoven,NL]
Department: Man and well being Bachelor in Design
2012-1013 / Gerrit Rietveld Academy [Amsterdam, NL]
Art and Design foundation
2010-2011 / National Design Academy [Nottingham,UK]
Interior design diploma