Ross Atkin

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• MA Degree

  School

  School of Design

  Programme

  MA Innovation Design Engineering, 2009

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  07790 802370
  http://www.rossatkin.com

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• Our responsibility to future generations demands that we learn to live with far fewer resources than we currently consume. Moving beyond the superficial to make things truly sustainable takes understanding of both the quantitative technical reality and human motivations and behaviours. Design is in a privileged position to solve these problems; able to change behaviour through seduction rather than compulsion.

  In my work I try to employ both my technical and emotional knowledge to create things that blend the two in new, interesting and useful ways. This experimental project is driven by the abstract principles of thermodynamics but seeks to apply them in ways humans can relate to.

• Degrees

• MEng Mechanical Engineering, University of Nottingham, 2005

• Experience

• Graphic Design Teacher, UNESCO & Royal University of Bhutan, Institute of Language and Culture Studies, Thimpu, Bhutan, 2008; Designer, Furnitubes International Ltd., London, 2005-7

• Exhibitions

• Seoul Design Olympiad, Jamsil Stadium, Seoul, Korea, 2008

• Awards

• Professor's Commendation for Outstanding Quality of Work, 2009; Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Industrial Design Studentship, 2008-9; Shortlisted, Valpak Recycle More Awards, 2008