Sheraz Arif

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• MA Degree

  School

  School of Design

  Programme

  MA Innovation Design Engineering, 2009

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  http://www.cutfromstone.com

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• I love design. I love its inspiration. I love working with the unknown, the constant trying and the failing. I love the vision, the learning and the intimate moments of insight. I love the way every thought changes me, forcing me to think outside everything I know. It encompasses me, seduces me and allows me to weave together knowledge, intuition and spirituality in very real and impactful ways. Who could want for more?

  Taking inspiration from the art engraved in the fabric of our cities, my final project looks at creating growing natural ‘paint’. I transmute nature into sprayable mists that every man, woman and child can use to leave a mark on their little piece of England.

• Degrees

• MEng Engineering, Economics and Management, University of Oxford, 2000

• Experience

• Junior Designer, Jam Design, London, 2008; Senior Account Manager (Trade and Commodities), ING Bank, London, 2002–7; Founder and Director, Cornerstone Unltd, London, 2000–2

• Exhibitions

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

• Awards

• Shortlisted, Deutsche Bank Awards, 2009; Dyson Bursary, 2008; Second prize, Imperial College Business Ideas Challenge, 2008; Second prize, Global Japan Awards, 2008; Winner, Valpak Recycle More Awards, 2008; Winner, Imperial College Business Ideas Challenge, 2007