Category: BA (Hons) Product Design

Two Level 2 Product Design students are currently exhibiting at the SOLEX (Summer Outdoor Living Exhibition) show, where their work has been Highly Commended following their entries to the Alexander Rose Student Design Competition in March 2014; Jonathan Hutchinson and Connor Walton have had their work selected as finalists in the competition and Jonathan’s chair design, based on the continuous curves of a mobius strip, has been put into production for prototyping by the company, who produce extensive ranges of outdoor furniture and furnishings. The SOLEX exhibition is a trade fair, where visitors of external buyers and retailers congregate to add new products to their ranges. The pair’s work has been seen by a full range of industry visitors as well as being judged and selected by the Alexander Rose Managing Director and Diarmuid Gavin, the Television presenter and garden designer. The show runs until Wednesday 9 July.

Product Design is currently exhibiting at the graduate show, New Designers in the Business Design Centre, Islington, London and will be looking to build on their final year of study by attracting the attention of employers, producers and manufacturers by showing their final major and minor projects to both trade and public audiences. The show will be on until Saturday and the students are playing their part in a thriving design environment in the capital. The stand has been organised and put together by Programme Leader BA (Hons) Product Design Stewart Bibby and Rob Cullis – Senior Lecturer Product Design.

Many of the products designed by Lincoln students have already been identified for production by project partners and are currently being prototyped for manufacture overseas. In addition, a number of the students have been offered design employment and internships.

Product Design level 2 student Jonathan Hutchinson has been “Highly Commended” in the recent Alexander RoseOutdoor Furniture Design competition.

To celebrate his success, Jonathan has been invited down to the company’s headquarters to talk about his ideas and the possibility of them being put into production as part of the Alexander Rose range.

 

His work has been inspired by the control of contours and the creation of precision objects free from hard edges. Taking ideas from the likes of Henry Moore, the sculptor and artist, and Ron Arad, an Israeli industrial designer, he created a ‘Mobius strip’ piece which is constructed from a tubular alloy frame covered in rattan weave. These concepts attracted the attention of the Alexander Rose Managing Director who invited Jonathan down to discuss them in more detail.

 

We love to see student success and this is just another example of the great range of work our creative minds produce. Top stuff, Jonathan.