About
I am a PhD Fellow at AHO, The Oslo School of Architecture and Design. I have worked with the World Design Organisation (Young Designer's Circle) from 2020-2023. As a design educator, I have taught product design illustration and CAD modeling for 5 years. I also ran a design consultant agency in South Africa Down2CAD since 2018, and I have 10 years of professional experience as a CAD product designer, working mainly with clients working on carbon fiber projects in leisure and recreation. I pride myself in my turnover time, and meeting my clients' briefs, while still pushing the design intention toward innovative and unique solutions.
Experience
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Creative Director
CoGo - Collaborative Governance for Water Security · Part-time
Sep 2018 –
Present
6 yrs 3 mos
Cape Town, WC, South Africa
I am a co-founder and the Creative Director of an NGO working on Climate Change impacts with local communities in Southern Africa. We work towards social innovation, through a Product, Service and Systems Design model across several sectors: Corporate, Government, Private, Education, and Public.
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Founder
Down2CAD · Self-employed
Jun 2018 –
Aug 2024
6 yrs 2 mos
Cape Town, WC, South Africa
I was the founder of Down2CAD, which helped clients realise creative and innovative product solutions for machine tooling and batch runs. My main projects included urban mobility projects, and boat accessories.
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Lecturer
Stellenbosch University · Full-time
May 2018 –
Aug 2020
2 yrs 3 mos
Stellenbosch, WC, South Africa
I was a design lecturer in Visual Communication Design and focussed on teaching CAD to undergraduate students.
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Lecturer
The Cape Peninsula University of Technology · Part-time
Feb 2015 –
Jun 2017
2 yrs 4 mos
Cape Town, WC, South Africa
I lectured in Product Design Illustration and also taught undergraduate students Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.
Education
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AHO, The Oslo School of Architecture and Design
PhD, Design
2020 – 2024
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The Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Masters in Design, Design
2015 – 2019
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The Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Degree in Industrial Design, Design
2010 – 2014