Tom Millward Folio

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Professional Experience/history

December 2014 to March 2015 - Industrial Design Intern, Vinyl Council Australia

Worked with three other Monash students (one designer and two chemical engi-neers). Our task was to develop methods of recycling PVC Banner material for re-use on a large scale. We worked with industrial partners from different steps in the PVC production pipeline to produce realistic solutions which would remove PVC banners and grain covers from landfill, resulting in (amongst other things) an attractive vinyl tile requiring minimal processing.

October 2012 to present - Cashier, Catering Attendant, Melbourne Racing Club

I serve customers food and operate the cash register at restaurants inside the Caulfield Racing Club. I also clean dishes and cutlery, stacking and transporting them to the storefront or to the storeroom, and clean the kitchen.

January 2014 to July - Drinks Assistant, Cafe on the Mount

I prepared cold drinks and coffee, as well as busing tables and serving food.

March 2013 to June 2013 - Cook, Cashier and Bartender, DevilBend Golf Club

Took orders, cooked and served food as well as served drinks to patrons at the Devil-Bend Golf Club. I usually worked on my own in the kitchen while another employee served drinks at the bar.

Referees

Mark RichardsonLecturer, Department of Design (Industrial Design)Monash University Art Design & ArchitecturePhone: 03 9903 1859Email: [email protected]

Robbie NapperSenior Lecturer, PhD Program Director, Course Coordinator (Industrial Design)Monash University Art Design & ArchitecturePhone: 03 9903 1059Email: [email protected]

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Contact Details

20 Mather RDMT ELIZA VIC 3930

Tel: (03) 9787 6264Mobile: 0422 519 187Email: [email protected]

Objectives

My objective is to gain a foothold in the design industry to advance my skills and experience as an industrial designer. I have recently completed an internship with Vinyl Council Austral-ia investigating methods of recycling PVC banners.

Recently I have worked for Cafe on the Mount as a Drinks Assistant, as well as a seasonal worker for Melbourne Racing club. I have worked for Macdonald’s for over a year. I also worked cooking and serving food and drink, as well as operating the cash register at the Devilbend Golf Club, mostly on my own.

Skills Summary

Flexible - I can learn new skills easily and willing to work when neededPersistentPunctualFriendly Reliable Extensive knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Sketchbook Pro, SolidWorks,Alias and MayaDigital Painting

Education

Completed Bachelor of Industrial Design with distinctionWinner of Industrial Design Graduate of the Year from DIA VIC TAS Graduate of the Year AwardsWinner of the “Best Mobility Solution” award from Monash art and DesignI completed VCE in 2010 Atar score of 82.95

The final honors project was an ultra-light one-person tent that was designed to fit within a standard wa-ter bottle.

Colour blocking techniques and triangular panelling reinforced strength in the design.

Research was put into market trends that could be appropriate-ly applied to a product within the camping sector.

1. Topeak, “Bikamper” http://www.topeak.com/products/Tent/Bikamper.

2. Nemo, “Gogo™ Le 1-Person Minimalist Shel-ter” http://www.nemoequipment.com/pro-duct/?p=Gogo+LE.

3. Kuandah Union Trading Co., Ltd., “Upon Bike Tent” http://www.red-dot-21.com/products/upon-bike-tent-tent-20622.

4. Rietveld, Will, “Terra Nova Laser Ultra 1 Tent Re-view” http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/terra_nova_laser_ultra_1_tent_review.html#.UzkRofmSy0g.

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Impala Bike Tent Impala Bike Tent

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The shelter was developed through numerous prototypes to assess all as-pects of the product’s feasibility.

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Sketching was done in tandem with physical testing to create a reponsive system for tackling issues and oppor-tunities within the design.

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Features were sketched out to re-solve issues found with the design during the prototype build.

1. The top cover is pulled over the handlebars to simplify setup.

2. Flap connects from the handlebars to the back seat. Fabric is pulled tight around the seat with a drawstring. This compensates for differently shaped saddles.

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A functional prototype was able to compress inside a 1 litre cannister.

Materials were investigated in great detail to fit the tone and functionality it required.

Lightness was essential in the func-tionality of the product, with ex-tra-fine silnylon, mesh and ultralight sail material utilised to acheive this.

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I am currently working on a group project sponsored by Vinyl Council Australia.

This initiative is about finding ways of recycling the 500 tonnes of PVC banners that end up in landfill in Australia every year.

The project has been useful in gaining detailed knowledge of PVC’s relevant material and manufacturing practices. This was obtained through extensive practical testing as well as meeting with people responsible for multiple stages of the PVC pipeline.

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Recovering PVC: Resposible Care by Design Recovering PVC: Responsible Care by Design

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PVC (heated on sandwich press)

MouldVacuum Chamber

Vacuum Cleaner

The vacuum forming machine at the university was broken, so I built my own out of scrap. This allowed us to test the viability of this technology on unaltered as well as processed PVC banners.

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To the immediate left is the result of heated PVC banner material pulled over a mould on my vacuum former.

As shown by the pictures and numerous attempts, there was too much pinching for the material to be worked with this process.

On the far left are photographs of the process we developed of pressing ground pieces of banner material in a sandwich press. This was then vacuum formed and proved to work well.

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The PVC banner recycling project was successful in developing two distict types of materials.

The first was a synthetic leather material which was heat-rolled particulate with 97 percent of the fibre removed.

Second was a heat pressed tile composed of unaltered particulate. Both acheived aesthetically pleasing results comparable in price to virgin material.

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Bike Tent Bike Tent

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This Bike Tent was developed last year and was the progenitor for my honors project.

This product takes the form of a bike seat, in which a custom tent can be stored underneath the saddle.

This Idea was later eschewed in place of a cannister, due to the unnecces-sary cost and wastage of purchasing a specialised bike seat.

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Bike Tent Bike Tent

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Bike Tent Bike Tent

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To the immediate left is a render of the parts used to construct the bike tent prototype. These parts were modelled prior to fabrication to get a sense of how it would fit together.

On the far left are renders of an earlier prototype.

CAD modelling was invaluable in calculating the dimensions and angles necessary to create a functional and eaesthetically pleasing design.

Stacks is a stackable speaker that increases in volume the more are connected. This product was designed to encourage the social aspect of listening to music.

This is a functional prototype, and multiple skeakers were created to prove the concept of boosting sound.

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Stacks Stacks

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These sketches and images are the result of a design excercise for a futuristic transport vehicle.

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Sketches Sketches

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The resulting design was explored through a clay model which was iter-ated upon by first sketching out ideas.

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Clay Clay

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I am also developing my rendering skills though class activites as well as in my spare time.

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Renders Renders

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Thankyou for taking the time to readmy folio. I look forward to hearingback from you.

Contact Details

20 Mather RDMT ELIZA VIC 3930

Tel: (03) 9787 6264Mobile: 0422 519 187Email: [email protected]

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