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As a designer, I follow the golden rule; "give the client what the client wants". This is what seperates art from design; where an artwork may express anyting you want to say, a design must include elements such as compiance with corporate style, resolving a functional issue, or utilising selected materials.
I have studied Industrial Design and Mechanical Engineering at University, and interactive multi-media at TAFE. This design training is complementary to my training in ecological and business management. The combination gives me the knowledge and skill to design great products and offer a huge range of services.
On this page you can see a few samples of my design work.
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Signage Design
Website design requires not only the programming skills, but knowledge of typography, layout, copywriting and photography. Similarly, signage design requires a combination of graphic and mechanical design that not many possess. It was in the sign industry that I gained most of my professional experience, designing everything from shopping centre maps and rooftop signage. |
The following guitars were designed for a competition run by Australian Guitar magazine. The winning entrant will have their 'dream guitar' build by custom guitar maker, Perry Ormsby.
Just as fish grew legs and crawled out of the swamp, the Mutant has evolved to play modern Rock! It has 7 strings, with a low A string for deep, fat, rockin power chords, with standard upper strings for screaming leads. The body is Queensland Red Cedar, Toona ciliata, which looks stunning & is light weight, to help jumping around on stage. It has a smooth rounded and chamfered shape.
The stiffness and light weight of Blackwood, Acacia melanoxylon, would make it ideal for the neck. For strength and sustain I'd like it as one piece all the way through the body. Western Australian Jarrah, Eucalyptus marginata, is hard & strong and would make a great fretboard. 3-toed footprints and an amphibian are fretboard inlays; the Mutant theme and suits me as I'm an Ecologist. Or is that ecology them and I'm a..?
A cedar faced headstock matches the body, with 3 + 4 tuners. I'd find 7 in a row too confusing! The fan-frets are inspired by Perry Ormsby's 'multi-scale' guitars, but with 24 ½ frets. This allows the neck humbucker to provide solid bass. Both pickups are high-output humbuckers, slanted like the frets, with a switch that splits them into singles, or parallel or series. They have a volume knob each and there's tone knob.
The Mutant showcases Australian timbers & Ormsby's craftsmanship, would be comfortable to play and sound great. Please bring this dream to life; I'd love to have a play on it!
Because I already have an electric guitar and bass that I've customised myself, I first dreamed of a racial acoustic guitar. Perry was good enough to email me with the a reminder that the a competition is for an elctric guitar!
My goals in designing the ultimate guitar were that it must comfortable to hold & play, showcase Australian timbers & craftsmanship, have great acoustic & electric sounds and look fantastic.
This design features a Western Red Cedar top & headstock, with Blackwood sides & back, maple neck, and Blackwood fretboard. It has a low-B string, for thumping grooves. The slant frets to make bar chords easy & allow thicker bass strings.
A standard piezo-electric pickup is controlled by a digital unit. This has one knob and an LCD screen. Press the knob and it switches function between volume, tone, bass, mid, treble or EQ presets. The display says what function is being adjustable and at what level.
The shape is mini-jumbo styled, with the neck heel set inside the body to allow better access to the top frets. It has a chamfered edge, like a strat - no more strummer's rash!
Waddayareckon?
