Edward Thomas
MA work
MA work
As a designer I am motivated by the process of production and the context of where it takes place. Before coming to the Royal College of Art I worked as a furniture maker in a shop on Brick Lane. The furniture was produced in the back of the shop and sold through the front. Though this was in many ways an ancient production model, I learnt that there were in fact many advantages to this model of production over the now established economies of scale.
During the two years I have spent here at the College I have undertaken a number of projects that have been inspired by some form of production process within a highly localised landscape. This is a perspective on design that I intend to explore further once I have graduated.
Info
Info
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MA Degree
School
School of Design
Programme
MA Design Products, 2013
Specialism
Platform 14
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Contact
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+44 (0)7792 538093
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As a designer I am motivated by the process of production and the context of where it takes place. Before coming to the Royal College of Art I worked as a furniture maker in a shop on Brick Lane. The furniture was produced in the back of the shop and sold through the front. Though this was in many ways an ancient production model, I learnt that there were in fact many advantages to this model of production over the now established economies of scale.
During the two years I have spent here at the College I have undertaken a number of projects that have been inspired by some form of production process within a highly localised landscape. This is a perspective on design that I intend to explore further once I have graduated.
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Degrees
- BA (Hons), Three Dimensional Design, Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan Unviversity, 2009
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Experience
- Furniture maker, Unto This Last, London, 2009–11; Civil engineer, G.A. Doble Civil Engineering, Somerset, 2007; Design assistant, TWP Designs, Norfolk, 2004
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Exhibitions
- Work in Progress, Royal College of Art, London, 2013; Eclectcollect, London Design Festival, London, 2009; Graduation Show, Manchester School of Art, Manchester, 2009