Innocentive Challenges
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| Low-cost Rainwater Storage System |
| Deadline :JAN 12, 2009 |
| Prize : $15,000 |
| The Innocentive Seeker is looking for a very low cost rainwater storage system that can be installed in a developing country. |
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| Load Bearing Polyurethane Foam |
| Deadline :JAN 26, 2009 |
| Prize : $25,000 |
| The Innocentive Seeker is looking for novel ways of improving the load bearing properties of flexible Polyurethane Foams (PUF). |
Dman123's Profile
Name: Brian Ward
Age: 38 Years
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 38 Years
Location: United Kingdom
Academic, Professional, Skills
MA INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
University of the Arts, London 2005
BA DESIGN (Industrial Design)
IN
Kanika Developments
Architectural Designer
October 2006- Present
Iterative Industrial Design- Principal Designer
Select projects/ Consulting
October 2006-Present
IN THE
DYSON TECHNOLOGIES
February 2006 – July 2006
Product Design Engineer on contract
Worked on new product development.
Prototype, Aesthetic and Structural design, fittings, sourcing materials, parts and liaising with outside technology developers and manufacturers, Ergonomics, Form Development
Projects included:
All under non disclosure agreement
December 2005 – March 2006
Human Computer Interaction Design Department
Usability Design Researcher Industrial Designer
Researched Mobile phone usability and socio- Cultural aspects of European mobile phone use for a major ASIAN mobile phone manufacturer.
Collated research, aided in steering of project emphasis, filmed user research- video ethnography, edited films and created presentations. Liason with the heads of User Interface design at the client company.
October 2005
Industrial Designer
Industrial Design Project (non disclosure) Designed and translated concepts into 3D CAD for presentation- Peter Fossick
PETER HARVEY
June- Sept 2004, June-Aug 2005
Assistant Furniture/ Industrial Designer
Aided in Conceptual design of GRP furniture, floor plan of Interiors
Translating the sketches and drawings to 3-D+ CAD Graphics and models.
Helped running the shop, designing and setting up studio for 100% Design week, Interacted with Theo Theodorou, Gregorio Spini president of Kundalini SPA other London Designers
Contact Peter Harvey for reference: info@peter-harvey.com
INNOVISION event planning
2004-2005
Lighting designer/ technical lead
Chalk farm Bridge lighting project
campaign through Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Was co-designer and developer of the conceptual and narrative design with fellow team members, presented to clients on many occasions, was the sole technical Designer liaising with the build engineer, researching and acquisition of lighting materials. The project was installed and can be seen under
Lumenis Inc.
Industrial Designer/ Product Designer
In charge of: Industrial Design Research, Conceptual Design, User testing, Mocking ups,
sourcing of parts, Industrial Design 3D CAD for Medical-Surgical Laser Design,liaising with mechanical engineering, worked directly with Director of R+D.
Brian Ward Industrial Design
2002-PRESENT:
Industrial Design Consultant principal
Medical, Consumer Products +Electronics, Furniture, human factors and design
Barry Wingate Design Associates
2000-2003
Industrial Design/ Product Design Associate
Worked directly with Principal Designer for Products, Furniture, Interior Design Projects. Provided sketching, mock ups, 3D CAD and presentation assistance
DECEMBER 1999- DECEMBER 2001
Inhale Therapeutics (now Nektar corp.) Pfizer
Industrial Designer
DECEMBER 1999- DECEMBER 2001
Principal in-house Industrial Design Consultant involved with:
Pharmaceutical Device Design, Usability Design, Human factors Design, Color,
Materials research
(2 international patents awarded)
Interacted with Design Firms for production:
IDEO (Human Factors Janet Fulton Suri)
ZIBA
Lunar
Pentagram
Furniture Design Internship: BZ Design,
MAY- SEPTEMBER 1999
Assistant Furniture Designer,
Was involved in every aspect of the process, sketching, wood, metal, welding production: Custom furniture, design creation and fabrication.
Design Skills:
Industrial, Furniture, Product and Transportation Design:
Research, Concept generation, Sketching, Styling, Model making: metal work, welding. Woodwork,
Plastics casting and molding,
Prototyping, presentations, film, photography and ethnography.
Story boards, Interaction design, Architectural Design + model making, Industrial Sound Design, Team design,
User based Design, Experience Design, Narrative Design, materials and tooling, cost reduction design
Design management:
Client Liaison, materials sourcing, Project development, planning and implementation, Branding, Corporate Identity,
Packaging, Graphic Design, colour, typography
Bi-lingual (English, Portuguese, basic French) Currently Learning Greek
Computer
2D: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop
3-D: Rhinocad (8 years), Alias, AutoCAD 2007, Solid Works, Unigraphics NX2 (trained) Learning 3D Studio Max
4-D: Adobe Premiere, Sound tools: Propellerheads Reason, Adobe Audition, Digidesign Protools
Microsoft: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Exhibitor Milan Design week 2005 Designer’s Block
Exhibiting PLASTV a product was a co-designer of: http://www.claystation.org
Presented portfolio to
www.klein-dytham.com
Dossier
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PlasTV, Or PokiTV This project was conceived and developed while at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design on the MA Industrial Design Course. It is a functio... more» |
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Podmixer The podmixer is a combination MP3, vinyl and CD Audio mixer for Dj's. It connects to a laptop or directly to an audio output mixer, enabling a Dj to ... more» |
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Ergonomic Medical Device An example of an ergonomic solution involving a medical device. This description is vague due to the non-disclosure agreements involved.... more» |
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Radio Station Table A table designed for a rebranding project at Capital Radio, London. It is for a breakfast show, bringing people 'around the table' to discuss issues ... more» |
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Spotrs Hearing Aid A project and product developed with the RNID in the UK. After embarking on very deep user research on hearing aid users, it was obvious that they we... more» |