Past.
Past Experiences.
Debate
I am extremley passionate about communication and persuasation and how you can persuade people of a speicifc viewpoint, idea or concept. This is why I have always enjoyed debating and spend lots of my freetime training for and competing in debate competions.
Debate has helped for me to devleop as a designer in two differerent ways. Firstly, the process and act of debating offers you skills in presenting, thinking on your feet and persuading people of a perspective. Secondly, the content of the debates enrich my understanding in many of different social topics, this in turns helps me to take steps towards my vision of an equitable society, because the acquisition of equity requires an understanding of the world we live in and the diversity that this world holds.
Previous Education
2016-2021
Fortismere School
London
United Kingdom
Sketch of Plant Watering System
At Fortismere school I studied my GCSE exams, for which I studied: Maths, Physics, English, Engineering, Photography, Drama and Sociology. Despite me taking these subjects such a long time ago, I still apply skills learned in these courses in my university courses today.
Within Engineering, I learned a basis of arduino understanding which allows me to better understand how to integrate electronics into my projects. Drama gave me presenting, public speaking and performance skills which are crucial thorughout the design process. Sociology, provided me with an understand of society, how people work, and the reasons people may show certain behaviour all of which have to be consider when designing so can bettter understand who you are designing for and what they need.
One project that greatly helped me to develop as a designer was when creating an 'automatic plant watering system' within engineering. This is a project I chose to complete as it helped to solve a problem that I had in my eveyday life with a cost-effecive solution. I used arduino components and code and created an aesthetic casing for this project using vaccum forming. This was one of the first projects I made in which I consciously thought about how aethetics and practically work together to create an effective product.
2021-2023
Camden School For Girls
London
United Kingdom
Diffraction Grating Experiment
Magnetic Field Experiment
At CSG I studied my A level exams, for which I studied: Maths, Physics and Photograph. Maths and Physics gave me core knowledge and skills that I use every day in order to realise my thoughts and ideas, whereas I used my background in photography to help me express my creativity in my designs.
Throughout my time studying Physics we conducted a variety of different practical experiements to test different scientific principles that we learnt. This allowed for me to get properly hands on with how physics works in the real world, which gave me an understandn of some of the technological principles that I can integrate into my designs in future projects. It also gave me a better understand in how to test something to insure it works, or to find out specifications or details of a material or product that you are working with. This is something that will be extremley useful when testing materials and mechanisms within Project 2.
Within photography I learned how to document your creative decisions through creating a sketchbook. This helped me to understand how to better record my decisions and how to communicate your thought process better to others.