Fiona Thomson
Email: Website:
fiona_jean19@hotmail.com www.fionajeanthomson.co.uk
I have graduated from Brighton University this summer from the 3D Design course. I am eager to keep designing and learn new skills. Through my own style I combine, art, emotional design, sculpture, fashion and function. I believe that there are no boundaries between these disciplines and could not call myself a 3D Designer.
I have a passion for creating a product and a concept that I can emphasise through a fantasy environment to be photographed in.
I want to make the user smile and excite them with my responses to the changing world.
Skills:
Develop ideas through concept sketches and working drawings.
Plastics: GRP: laminating, mould-making and finishing, silicone: mould-making and casting, pigmentation, acrylic: vac-forming, dome blowing, laminating, cutting and dying.
Ceramics: Large clay sculpting and Plaster mould making, ie piece moulds.
Electronics: Basic circuit design and building
Photoshop intermediate: use of levels/ colour adjustment/replacement, competant with filters, cropping, resizing, printer calibration, cloning, editing photo materials/ backgrounds for 3D rendered models.
Intermediate Illustrator and Indesign.
Intermediate Microsoft Office package.
Basic solid Works and Cinema 4D.
Education:
BA (Hons) Three Dimensional Design. University of Brighton,
September 2005 June 2008,
Art Foundation, BTEC National Diploma. Kingston University, UK
September 2004 May 2005
A-levels, Art B, English Literature C and Psychology E. Esher College, Thames Ditton. September 2000 July 2002.
11 GCSEs, Grades A- C. Heathside School, Weybridge.
September 1995 July 2000
Press/ Awards:
Second place prize in the Paladone Product Design Competition, May 2008.
(Product currently in process of going into production for retail)
Daily Telegraph supplement, Saturday 28th June 2008.
Mix: Future Interiors, July issue 2008
www.coolhunting.com/archives/2008/08/3_objects_by_fi.php
www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/3748/reviving-the-past-products-by-fiona-thomson.html
www.dezeen.com/2008/08/21/fiona-thomson-at-new-designers/
October issue of Elle Decoration, 2008
Future Publications:
DESIGN bi-monthly magazine, Taiwan. (www.taiwandesign.com.tw/bimonthly)
Spaces magazine
U magazine
Exhibitions:
New Designers: Part 2. Business Design Centre, Islington, London, 9 13th July 2008.
Burt Brill and Gardens Graduate Show 2008. Grand Parade, University of Brighton, 31st May - 5th June 2008
Fragile, showcase of Level 2 work, Open Studios, 168 Kings Road Arches, Brighton Beach, Brighton, June 2007
Future Exhibitions:
Menagerie at The Jones, October 2008.
Work experience/ Jobs:
August 2008 to present
Full time sales assistant/ visual merchanding assistant at H&M, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. Duties include dressing shop window displays, assisting with arranging the layout of the store and styling selling tables.
July 2008 to present
Two day prop making duties for Nick Knight, which included a large 3D sculptural piece for Dazed and Confused magazine.
Work experience for 3D Designer, Bethan Wood, assembling, coloring and finishing intricate ply wood jewelry for a large international order. As well as assisting with the development of her new ceramics range due to be released in London Design Week. www.woodlondon.co.uk
July 2008
Assisting Interior Stylist, Suzanne Stankus on a design feature for Elle Decoration. One of my graduate products was selected by the stylist to be used in the shoot. This was a two day photo shoot which consisted of general assisting duties, such as packing, unpacking and organizing selected products for the stylist.
September 2007.
Assisting designer Matthew Plummer Fernandez, in the run up to London Design week at Designers Block, Shoreditch, London. Duties included, making large sculptural igloos from London papers for The Designers block exhibition.
www.designersblock.org.uk
September 2007.
Volunteered at the 100% sustainable stand at 100% Design, Earls Court, London.
I represented researchers Dr. Jonathan Chapman and Designer Nick Gant
On their stand: Inheritable Futures: www.brighton.ac.uk/art/if_laboratory/if_laboratory/home.html
Photography and stylist work.
Co-ordinating the photo shoots for my own product range, picking the costumes and location.
I have completed freelance stylist work, for a hairdressing competition portfolio, in association with Pee Wees hairdressing salon, Brighton 2007.
I have designed, made and sold my own line of fashion jewelry in branches of Pussy Home Boutique and Cissy Mo, Brighton.
The more popular pieces were sold on www.pussyhomeboutique.com .
December 2007 January 2008
Part-time/ full-time bar person/waitress person at The Hand and Spear, Weybridge, Surrey.
April 2007 October 2007
Part-time employee at Komedia, Brighton. I worked all bars in the venue and the Komedia cafι.
March 2006 March 2007
Part-time bar person at Concorde 2 nightclub, Brighton. An Extremely busy music venue, which was very physically demanding. Worked long hours and until very early in the morning most weekends.
May 2005 August 2005
Full time employee of Saffron ltd, Hersham. I was part of an assembly production/ light industrial line, which we manually produced a whole range of products including photo albums, guest books and birthday cards.
Referees:
Pascal Anson
6 Harbour House,
Harbour way,
Shoreham,
BN43 5HZ
Michelle Edwards
Kingston University
Knights Park
Kingston upon Thames
KT1 2QJ