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Robert Turner

MA work

Ma-to-ken

Ma-to-ken is a device that uses physical tokens to help us better monitor food in the home. Each year, 4.4 million tonnes of food is thrown out from UK homes. Whilst we never buy food intending for it to go to waste, most of us recognise that we are guilty of letting it happen. It indicates when food is going bad and guides us towards using up ageing ingredients before they expire. Ma-to-ken alerts us to when food is going bad and guides us towards using up ageing ingredients before they go bad.

Info

  • MA Degree

    School

    School of Design

    Programme

    MA Innovation Design Engineering, 2018

  • With experience in working as both a designer and an engineer, my practice looks at the relationship between humans and technology. My work investigates how playful interactions with technology can capture our imagination and, in turn, change how we interact with the world around us.

  • Degrees

  • MEng Product Design Engineering, The University of Glasgow/ The Glasgow School of Art
  • Experience

  • Design Engineer, SafetyNet Technologies, London, 2017; Design Engineer, Helix Centre, London, 2017; Test Engineer, Jaguar Land Rover, Gaydon, 2015-16
  • Awards

  • Industrial Design Studentship - The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851