Duncan Crosse

Experience

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  University of the West of England

  Sept 2010 - Jun 2013

  Creative Product Design

  Structural packaging design intern at Studio Davis

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  Dr. Jackson's natural products

  Dec 2013 - Mar 2014

  Packaging Design Internship

  I completed the graphic design for a number of their new cardboard, bottle/ jar label, leaflet packaging designs which are currently in production and being sold worldwide. Produced press releases, concept sketch work and to scale models of for future jar/ tub designs and new cardboard packaging pieces, some of which went to full scale manufacture and will be sold worldwide in the future. The company wanted to keep me on full time however it was not possible at this current time.

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  Various clients

  Apr 2014 - Mar 2018

  Freelance Product Designer

  I worked on a number of product design projects for Realise (Bristol based product design consultancy) and Travis Baldwin (ex. creative director of Kinneir Dufort) during this period. Please request my CV for more details regarding freelance product design experience or see other entries in my Linkedin Experience section. Between April 2014 and March 2018 I worked on a number of different graphic design projects. For the first 2 years I designed leaflets, logos, posters, CD covers and more for musicians and entrepreneurs in Bristol while working a full-time job at Solagen Ltd. to bring in additional income. In 2018 I moved to Oxford and whilst working part-time used freelance graphic design to subsidize my income. I produced a number of different graphic designs for an increasingly large client base culminating in a leaflet design for the Trapgrounds Committee that included multiple illustrations. Show less

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  Realise Product Design

  May 2014 - Jul 2014

  Freelance Product Designer

  I completed digitally rendered sketches of 4 concepts, then a final sketch concept render and more recently built the product in Solidworks and produced renderings using Photoview.More recently I produced a large number of concept ideation pages for Realise focusing on how to best use a new type of digital display technology for presentation to an external client.

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  Studio Davis

  Aug 2014 - Sept 2014

  Structural Packaging Design Intern

  Working with a team of professional designers on large scale packaging projects for global clients. 6 week internship.

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  Solagen

  Sept 2014 - Dec 2016

  Inhouse Design Engineer

  Designing Solagen's solar power road signs and other solar powered sensor based lighting solutions for global clients, liaising with suppliers and co-ordinating sales and technical teams.

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  Realise Product Design

  Jun 2017 - Jun 2017

  Freelance Product Designer

  A week and a half long concept sketch work project focusing on the design of a plastic product. The product needed to be made modular whilst still allowing for easy, tool free assembly. This was a further project for Realise, a successful product design consultancy in the centre of Bristol.

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  Oxford Product Design Ltd

  Mar 2018 - May 2021

  Industrial Designer and 3D Print Specialist

  Oxford Product Design is a product design consultancy based in the heart of Oxford that offers clients a true concept to manufacture service. I worked at OPD for over 3 years both as an industrial designer and 3D print specialist. Throughout my time at Oxford Product Design I helped to design myriad products in varied sectors from medical products to bubble generating toys.

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  DNC Designs

  May 2021 - now

  Self-Employed Physical Product Designer

  I offer Physical Product Design services to numerous return clients in the UK & worldwide. These services include: - Concept Design (Digital Sketchwork) - Design Engineering (Solidworks 2021) - Rendering (Keyshot 10) - Animation (Keyshot & Blender) - Prototyping (Bambulabs X1 Carbon FDM 3D Printer - In-house) - Graphic Design (Adobe Creative Suite)I subcontract for the following consultancies: WMP Creative, Cornelius Creative, AileronThrough them I work for large companies providing design engineering and industrial design services Direct clients: Gait Q Ltd., Pedal and Post Ltd., Matilda (Oxford University Startup), Sygensys Ltd., Smith Robotics Ltd., Printpool Ltd., The Oxford Artisan Distillery Ltd., Mustard Corner Ltd., The Psychometrics Forum, Oxford Innovation For examples of my work and more information about me and my services please visit my website: www.dncdesigns.co.ukOr message or email me to arrange an initial meeting. Show less