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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

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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

  • AHO, The Oslo School of Architecture and Design PhD, Design 2020 – 2024
  • The Cape Peninsula University of Technology Masters in Design, Design 2015 – 2019
  • The Cape Peninsula University of Technology Degree in Industrial Design, Design 2010 – 2014
Stats

Joined: November 4, 2024

Last seen: November 8, 2024

Languages

English Native or bilingual proficiency

Afrikaans Native or bilingual proficiency

Location

Oslo, Norway