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designportfolio
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Education
BA Degree in Industrial Design
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia (2005-2010)
BA Degree in Design (2nd year completed)
Curtin University, Perth, Australia (2002 - 2004)
Foundation Diploma in Art + Design (1995)
Wimbledon School of Art, London, UK
Computer Skiils
Microsoft Offi ce 2010, Word, PowerPoint, Excel Very good knowledge
Adobe CS4, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Flash Very good knowledge
Solidworks 2010 Good Knowledge
Rhino 4.0 Some Knowledge
3D Studio Max Some Knowledge
Sketchbook Pro + WACOM tablet Some Knowledge
Professional Strengths
Logical
Methodical
Analytical
Dedicated
User Orientated
Environmentally Conscious
Aesthetically Aware
Sketching & 3D Visualisations
Hand Making Skills
Personal Skills
Open Minded
Flexible
Curious
Intuitive
Responsible
Helpful
Approachable
Humorous
0405 306 534
elliotthughes.com
93 Wilson Street
South Yarra
VIC 3141
Australia
resume
As the son of a an� ques dealer, I have
always had a so� spot for fi ne furniture and
furnishings but my passions go past that. I
have aff ec� on for everything 3D from the
simplicity of scissors to the sophis� cated
structure of Sydney Opera House. I also
have a penchant for allitera� on.
I have a curious nature that drives me to
understand the world around us, by which
I mean not just the built world but the
people that inhabit and interact with it and
the ways in which they do. Designing for a
global audience is not just profi table but
prac� cal. Apprecia� ng our diff erences and
embracing them is the key in designing a
new world.
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The new intoto kettle/toaster combines stylish elegance with
sustainable logic. Not only is it made entirely from reused
components, this machine uses the same energy to toast
your bread as it does to make your morning cuppa.
Working on the principle that heat rises, the bread is slotted
into the side instead of the top so no heat energy is wasted.
What’s more the top of the toaster uses super heat conductive
copper, with an enlarged surface area, allowing for heat to
be transferred to the kettle more efficiently.
Intoto fulfills all of todays requirements with it’s convenience,
style and energy efficient design.
in association with
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intoto
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The intoto ke� le/toaster came into being
a� er an extensive exercise that involved
me taking photographs of everything I
touched for an en� re day. When analyzing
the photos I realised I was using many
appliances either simultaneously or within
a close � me frame of one another. The
most obvious of these was my toast with
my morning cup of tea. A� er a number
of fairly crude experiments followed by
some more solid research and reasoning I
discovered it was possible to use the extra
energy lost from toas� ng bread to boil
water in roughly the same � me period.
Breakfast anyone?
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shanghai
One of my fi rst projects at Cur� n was to
inves� gate the diff erent individual styles
furniture shops in Perth pervaded. The task
was to then design a piece of furniture that
would suit a specifi c store’s style. (There’s
that allitera� on again).
The Domain store, located in fashionable
Highgate, sold an� que furniture sourced
from the Shanghai Market alongside
modern design classics.
I took my cues from both sides of the
showroom to design a stool that wouldn’t
look out of place on either.
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youse
Youse was my fi rst step into conceptual
furniture. Conceptual in the sense that the
furniure is built not from a need or desire,
for example to sit or lie down but from a
idea or no� on.
The project had to encapsulate what
Western Australia meant to me as well use
materials WA produced in abundance.
For me, WA is a wonderfully warm and
comfortable place but that, coupled with
its isola� on, makes it an incredibly diffi cult
place to leave.
The resul� ng design refl ects that of a trap.
There is the lure of comfort and relaxa� on
but once there you might not want to, or
fi nd it very diffi cult to escape it’s clutches.
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project
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The purpose of the ‘situate surface’
studio was to take the idea of a surface,
deconstruct and evaluate it and reconstruct
the material into various manifesta� ons
based on the learnings of it’s par� cular
peculiari� es and proper� es.
Veneer was my chosen surface as it is
o� en used to mask and cover up ugly,
inferior wood so as to give the illusion
of a more solid construc� on. It was that
dishonesty that I pursued and sought to
make obvious.
The primary outcome was an ironic veneer
cushion emblazoned with well known
mo� f by William Morris, a man renowned
for his stance on the honesty of materials.
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wine
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Another leap into a conceptual world saw
the advent of the wine table. The premise
of this studio was to design a “container
for living”.
My conceptual focus was centred on
shadows, the connec� on they have with
the object and the spaces they assume
and occupy.
In my house the proverbial coff ee table
is rarely, if ever used to sit coff e on. It’s
primary use is for somewhere to put that
bo� le and glass of red a� er a hard day. The
wine table accomadates for your � pple of
choice by incorpera� ng wine and glass
storage. While those features are hidden
the rug alludes to the tables purpose.
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barsikl
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The Barsikl Bike was a highlight of my � me
at RMIT. The challenge was to design and
make a bicycle that could be used for a
viable business. My partner and I chose to
build a mobile bar - obviously!
The process involved stripping parts from
defunct bikes and reassembling them
within a plywood frame. The structure
was then strengthened by bending the
plywood horizonally around a central
spine.
The bar area at the back could carry up
to four nineteen litre kegs which would
easily be cooled by surrounding them with
ice. Beer and bikes, does it get any be� er?
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PAUS is an innova� ve, integrated,
immobilisa� on system which anyone can
easily use to help prevent their bicycle
from being stolen. The system employs
coded wireless technology, hidden within
the bikes head stem, that locks the bicycles
own immobilisa� on system – the brakes.
Coupled with that is a mo� on sensi� ve
alarm that sounds should the thief then
try to pick up the bike and run away.
PAUS aff ords the user the freedom to park
on the fl y without the hassle of carrying
cumbersome, heavy locks and having to
look for somewhere suitably strong to lock
your bike to. Alterna� vely, it can be used
in conjunc� on with lock as a second line
of defence.