elliotthughes

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elliotthughes

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

elliott@elliotthughes.com

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.