Monthly Archives: January 2023
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- January 05, 2023
'Everything is in the detail – sometimes to make something look simple and minimal takes a lot of design work.'
When did you first take an interest in design and why?
I first thought about design as being a carer after my work experience placement at school. I had two weeks at an architects practice, feel really old to say they were using drawing boards with Rotring pens on tracing paper. I drew up a room where a wall was to be taken down and new one built. I took the plans to site and a couple of days later went back to see the results, this was when I knew what I wanted to do .
I also loved the working environment rather than school or college so decided to enrol part time on a building studies course. Unfortunately there where no architectural places available so I went to a Structural Engineers as a trainee draftsman. This also allowed me to indulge in my other passion motor racing although my motor racing career did not take off so stuck with design.
After a year at the structural