Thomas Thwaites

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• MA Degree

  School

  School of Design

  Programme

  MA Design Interactions, 2009

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  http://www.thomasthwaites.com

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• Economics, science, technology and culture... trends, fictions and beliefs. I’m interested in how these interact to shape our present and possible futures. I imagine scenarios, design products and undertake projects that aim to amplify ambiguities in technological and social change.

  The Toaster Projec_t chronicles my attempt to build an electric toaster from scratch. Digging up the raw materials, smelting metals, hand moulding the plastic parts – the lengths required to create just a single toaster are absurd. By making a mass produced item on a singular scale, _The Toaster Project questions our understanding of the epic, amazing and terrifying process of making ‘things’.

• Degrees

• BSc Human Sciences, University College London, 2004; Foundation Art and Design, City Lit, London, 2003; Undergraduate Certificate, Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence, The University of Edinburgh, 2001

• Experience

• Design Research Unit Internship, Interactive Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 2008; Manager, Pacific Playhouse, London, 2006–8; Head of Development (Web), Digimail, St John's Antigua, 2005

• Exhibitions

• Energy Futures, Kontsfack Galleria, Stockholm, Sweden, 2008; Contains, Designs of the Times, Newcastle, 2007; Yard Sale, London Design Festival, 2007