Projects
Designing Grief was a series of workshops held in New Calton Burial Ground in Summer 2022
The Making Space was set up in New Calton Burial Ground. This design studio invited members of the public to enter and design containers for their grief and loss experiences. The space was set up to facilitate a design process, where co-designers could empathise, ideate prototype and test their ideas.
People from all over the world took part bring together different understandings of grief and mourning. Not everyone lost someone, others lost the ability to see and talk to those they love. All these experiences of loss are relevant and need to be considered when designing memorials to the Pandemic
Designing Grief was a series of workshops held in New Calton Burial Ground in Summer 2022
This project was part of a wider ongoing research project to transform an area of unused land on the Edinburgh Napier University campus into an interactive outdoor teaching space. Before the project's completion our colleague and friend Professor David Benyon sadly passed away. This lead to the design and fabrication of a memorial chair.
Our aim was tocreate a lasting memorial for our friend and colleague. We wanted his memorial to be interactive and responsive to the garden of which it was a part.
This project has lead to research and social events in the garden and a series of academic papers presented at conferences. In this way Professor Benyon continues to be part of the institution through the memorial chair.
This project was part of a wider ongoing research project to transform an area of unused land on the Edinburgh Napier University campus into an interactive outdoor teaching space. Before the project's completion our colleague and friend Professor David Benyon sadly passed away. This lead to the design and fabrication of a memorial chair.
A set of three 3D printed Internet connected Urns for storing digital and corporeal remains
These working urn prototypes were given to and discussed with a range of professionals working in or adjacent to death and bereavement.
Each urn was a material representation of a data stream and would contain elements of our digital and corporeal remains
A set of three 3D printed Internet connected Urns for storing digital and corporeal remains
This sand casted stool is the product of a cavity molding experiment in collaboration with Edinburgh Cast Metals.
This sand casted stool is the product of a cavity molding experiment in collaboration with Edinburgh Cast Metals.
Life, Death & Lilies 2017 - 2019 The experiences and interactions I have designed have helped participants confront and document a range of issues including their personal experiences of death, dying and bereavement
I have been a key member of multiple interdisciplinary teams involved in public engagement projects discussing complex and often difficult topics in public space.
Life, Death & Lilies 2017 - 2019 The experiences and interactions I have designed have helped participants confront and document a range of issues including their personal experiences of death, dying and bereavement
I was principal designer as part of an interdisciplinary team developing a multi-media research project to raise awareness of PermaCulture gardening - this research developed into the Lions Gate Garden Project
I was principal designer as part of an interdisciplinary team developing a multi-media research project to raise awareness of PermaCulture gardening - this research developed into the Lions Gate Garden Project
Public engagement activities are a huge part of the design work and research I'm involved with.
As the visual recorder I was tasked with capturing the essence of the event in a way that didn't rely on sound for communication. These visual documents became maps of the presentations, conversations and provocation which took place throughout the day
I truly believe everyone can and should design - people aren't 'users' they are designers. This philosophy extends to the ways events and activities are recorded and communicated
Public engagement activities are a huge part of the design work and research I'm involved with.
I've taught and assessed modules across theory and studio practice in Product Design
I've taught and assessed modules across theory and studio practice in Product Design
A small robot who needs help... But hopefully its just a storm in a tea cup Over the years I've built tonnes of these 'nonsense objects' they are working, designed things - but they don't necessarily have a well defined purpose. I look at this as a form of sketching. It's a great way learn the basics but also acts as a way to ideate new responsive products.
I started learning Arduino to try and introduce a new dimension to my design work. My first attempt was to create a 'robot' that communicates in Morse Code. He's asking for help S.O.S... I now teach two electronics classes, so even from humble beginnings, anything is possible.
A small robot who needs help... But hopefully its just a storm in a tea cup Over the years I've built tonnes of these 'nonsense objects' they are working, designed things - but they don't necessarily have a well defined purpose. I look at this as a form of sketching. It's a great way learn the basics but also acts as a way to ideate new responsive products.
Utilising a process of thinking through making, it is possible to re-use waste materials to create new forms. scrap polystyrene allowed me to make molds for metal casting at a fraction of the cost of a process like lost wax molding. Also due to the material being 95% air the process was not toxic. An emphasis on sustainability and materiality informed this project.
Utilising a process of thinking through making, it is possible to re-use waste materials to create new forms. scrap polystyrene allowed me to make molds for metal casting at a fraction of the cost of a process like lost wax molding. Also due to the material being 95% air the process was not toxic. An emphasis on sustainability and materiality informed this project.