Matthew Thompson, Product Designer at 3Form design in Ipswich, United Kingdom

About

Product Designer with a passion for functional and aesthetic design.

Currently working on a wide range of products in a design consultancy firm with various high profile clients from concept through to production.

Selected as one of 70 'Ones to Watch' by the Design Council.

Soon to be appearing as a panelist discussing 'new material thinking' at New Designers 2015.

Articles featuring my work:

http://www.develop3d.com/blog/2014/07/new-designers-2014-our-best-finds-graduates-product-industrial-design

http://www.lofa.co.uk/press-releases/alexander_rose_design_comp_2014.pdf

http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/news-opinion/joanna-choukeir-picks-four-and-coming-designers-join-our-ones-watch

http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/University-Derby-student-designs-bionic-hand-help/story-21344136-detail/story.html

Education

Bachelor of Science (BSc) Product Design

University of Derby

2010 - 2014

Graduated with a First class honours degree.

Experience

Product Designer

3Form design

United Kingdom

Jun 2014 - Present (10 years 6 months)

Working on a wide range of products from concept through to production.
Student Design Engineer

Diversey, a division of Sealed Air

Kirkby in Ashfield, United Kingdom

Jul 2012 - Aug 2013 (1 year 1 month)

I was involved in many stages of the design process at Diversey. My primary focus was designing plastic components for injection moulding. This involved creating CAD models within Solidworks, creating engineering drawing packages and collaborating with tool makers to discuss tolerances and draft allowances.
I gained experience with an Objet Eden 250 and Dimension Elite 3d printers and I used these machines extensively to develop and refine prototypes, my duties also included regular maintenance on these machines.
I was also involved in conceptual sketching, rendering, weekly global conference calls and testing procedures.

Awards

Gold - Alexander Rose student furniture design competition.

Gold - Creative Conscience

The Big Show - Innovation award.

Affiliations

IED (Institute of Engineering Designers)

Skills

Elsewhere on the Web

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@21mtho, member since 2013

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Matthew Thompson

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