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Sophie Riguel Morgan o'rourke

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0431 681 484

sophieorourke91@gmail com.

Design intern(2 weeks)

STREET FOOD AUSTRALIA

MIRROR MIRROR AGENCIESEvent management (Head of Stage Design)

QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYSessional Industrial Design tutor(1st year students and 4th year students)

MOB: 0431681484EMAIL: sophieorourke91@gmail.com

Dominospizza

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

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2005

2014

Koffe&Klaas

Pizzacapers

Sassafrasfinefoods

TheCoffeeClub

DESIGN HOSPITALITY YEAR

Employment& Experience

JohnMillsHimself

2015SIGNCEPTSIndustrial/graphic design intern (signage)

BRISBANE POWERHOUSE (ongoing project)New Media Artist for an exhibition in June 2015

// QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY - Session Industrial Design tutor:Work included tutoring first year students in the basic principles of Industrial Design, marking their presentations and submitted work, and helping them refine their designs and techniques.

// STREET FOOD AUSTRALIA - Design intern:Work included junk model making, concept development and ideation, visual communication and redesigning of a street food cart to fit government specifications

// MIRROR MIRROR MODELLING AGENCIES - Event management (Head of Stage Design):Work included the design and contruction of sets and props for themed runway fashion shows, the management of a small design team and collaboration with the upper management of the events

FurtherDetails

// Excellent customer service and client interaction// Skilled in managerial activities and staff training

// First-hand business knowledge// Skilled in phone interactions and money handling

// Adaptalbe to new and changing situations// Ability to work extremely well in teams and

with new people

CROSS DISCIPLINARY SKILLS

HospitalitySkills

// SIGNCEPTS - Industrial/ Graphic Design intern:Work included designing and prepearing graphic work for signage and vinyl wall wraps. Work done in the CADing and redesigning of physical signs and small structures.Experience gained in Solidworks, Corel, Sketchup and Photoshop.

// BRISBANE POWERHOUSE- New Media Artist/ Designer for exhibition piece (scheduled for July 2015):Ongoing project for an exhibition called Made From Light. Brief was to design installations using light as a medium, and the pysical space of the powerhouse. In conjunction with The Edge (State Library of QLD).

// Junk model and prototype making skills// Ability to create and carry out presentations

// In-depth consumer research and observation skills// Knowledge of business and marketing in design

// Excellent skills in collaboration across disciplines// Visualisation and sketching skills

// Knowledge of optical physics and lighting design// Unique problem solving skills

PRACTICAL SKILLS

// Solidworks// 3ds Max

// Adobe Illustrator// Adobe InDesign

// Adobe Photoshop// Keyshot

// Corel Draw// Dialux

// Microsoft Office

PROGRAM SKILLSDesignSkills Awards

Education

// 2012 IES Student Lighting Design AwardsThe Innovation Award in the Student Architectural Lighting Design Competition

// 2013 IES Student Lighting Design Awards Finalist in the Student Luminaire Design CompetitionAwards

Education

// 2012 Light and WaterLighting Design Seminar, Workshop & Tour in Bangkok, Thailand with KMUTT University

// 2013 Designing for StrangersDesign Workshop & Tour in Hong Kong and Shen Zhen, China

// 2004-2008 The Gap State High SchoolStudies in Chinese language (Mandarin). Completed Grade 12 with a VHA in Chinese

// 2010-2014 Queensland University of TechnologyBachelor of Design, majoring in Industrial Design. Minors in Visual Arts in Practice, and Lighting Design

// 2004-2008 The Gap State High SchoolQueensland Certificate of Schooling and the completion of Grade 12

// 2007 Arts AcademyCert II in Fine Arts

InternationalWorkshops

InternationalWorkshops

Pobble Pets

Pobble Pets are an interactive children’s toy, used to promote learning and development. Through physical feedback, the child learns to care for another being (the Pobble Pet) thereby coaxing them out of the egocentric stage of their childhood. The toy was designed to suit the new Early Years Learning Framework now being implemented into Queensland kindergardens, and to aid the teachers in their daily data collection. Pobble pets also send data directly to the parents via an online /app system, which keeps Mum and Dad in touch with their child’s daily activities and helps with the transition from home life to school life.

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Group project at QUT.I worked mainly on concept and story design, app system design, presenta-tion, research and development and interviews.

MOB: 0431681484EMAIL: sophieorourke91@gmail.com

Pobble Pets

2Festival Feet

Festival Feet are a clever redisign of the gumboot, designed to withstand the muddiest, toughest, most dangerous moshpits at any music festival. Festival feet have a simple yet innovative business model which allows the product to be sold to the public at a relatively low cost. The panelling on the shoe has been designed to allow sponsors to advertise directly on the side or back, meaning that maximum profit can still be made while keeping costs lower than that of competitors .

Group project at QUT.I worked mainly on the physical design, the business model and I made the prototype.

Education

EASY TO PUT ON

TIGHTEN CUFF TO STOP WATER AND MUDGETTING IN

WATERPROOF GUSSET AIDS IN PUTTING ON

DURABLE RUBBER SOLE

REINFORCED RUBBER TOE

WATERPROOF NEOPRENE

VELCRO STRAP FOR SECURE FASTENING

festival feet

Concept Development

Manufacturing

Advertising and marketing

SUPPLIER

FESTIVALFEET

WEBSITE

CUSTOMER CUSTOMER

TRADE STALL

ESTABLISHING COMMUNITY

PRODUCTION

PRODUCT

PRODUCT

FEEDBACK

EXPOSURE$14.95

$14.95

SPONSOR

ADVERTISING SPACE

PROMOTION + ENTRY

INTO LARGER FESTIVALS

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ASP

IRAT

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Music Festival contextBusiness Model

Education// 2004-2008 The Gap State High SchoolStudies in Chinese language (Mandarin). Completed Grade 12 with a VHA in Chinese

3Lume

Lume is an interactive, laneway luminaire and plaything designed for the Brisbane City Council’s laneway project. It is a light canvas that allows one to draw in light on it’s surface by utilising ZeroTouch technology. While giving off ambient light, this canvas can be used as a social media outlet during BCC events by having a camera system set up and pictures can be uploaded to Facebook and Instagram for competitions. While not in use by the public, Lume can be set up with pre programmed lighting sequences reminiscent of a cuttlefish chaging colour.

Finalist in the 2013 IESStudent Luminaire Design Awards.Individual project. I did the entire project from research and develop-ment, to graphic work, to CAD etc.

Pobble Pets are an interactive children’s toy, used to promote learning and development. Through physical feedback, the child learns to care for another being (the Pobble Pet) thereby coaxing them out of the egocentric stage of their childhood. The toy was designed to suit the new Early Years Learning Framework now being implemented into Queensland kindergardens, and to aid the teachers in their daily data collection. Pobble pets also send data directly to the parents via an online /app system, which keeps Mum and Dad in touch with their child’s daily activities and helps with the transition from home life to school life.

4IES Children’s hospital lighting design

Hospitals may take care of a child’s physical health, but the environment they are in is psychologically and emotionally stressful. This lighting design is that of a seperate children’s playspace within a hospital. It was designed to have colour, to be lofty and cavernous so as not to feel claustrophobic and to be interactive. The cuttlefish canvas is a luminiare that features; it is a panel that is linked up to the music and it pulsates along to the sound. Patients can learn to push the ripples along the surface in time to the music, like a musical instrument. Music therapy is therapeautic and is shown to help children in their development.

Winner of the Innovation Award in the 2012 IES student lighting design awards. Pictured: Medusas Luminaire. Individual project, all work completed by me including design of several luminaires and architectural lighting design.

Festival Feet are a clever redisign of the gumboot, designed to withstand the muddiest, toughest, most dangerous moshpits at any music festival. Festival feet have a simple yet innovative business model which allows the product to be sold to the public at a relatively low cost. The panelling on the shoe has been designed to allow sponsors to advertise directly on the side or back, meaning that maximum profit can still be made while keeping costs lower than that of competitors .

5Naviir

People with visual impairment can see, but what they see may be limited. The problem they face with navigation is that the colours and shapes merge together in the built environment- what they need highly contrasted vision. Naviir is the solution. By projecting a contrasted augmented reality in front of the individual by using infared lazer projection, these programmable glasses can be altered to suit each user’s needs. There are bone conduction headphones in the arms of the glasses which give audio GPS instructions and the glasses themselves are designed to be operated using touch alone. The charging and carry case system are tactile and use contrasted colours for ease of use.

Individual project at QUT.I did the entire project including a 16,000 word thesis, intensive research including interviews, graphic work, CAD work and presentations.

Lume is an interactive, laneway luminaire and plaything designed for the Brisbane City Council’s laneway project. It is a light canvas that allows one to draw in light on it’s surface by utilising ZeroTouch technology. While giving off ambient light, this canvas can be used as a social media outlet during BCC events by having a camera system set up and pictures can be uploaded to Facebook and Instagram for competitions. While not in use by the public, Lume can be set up with pre programmed lighting sequences reminiscent of a cuttlefish chaging colour.

6Mexican Elote and Ribs Street Food Cart

Street Food Australia were created to bring street food to the streets of Brisbane. One of the carts designed for the fleet was this Mexican Elote and Ribs cart. The cart was designed to be compactible and to house everything needed for the cooking session including water, gas, raw food and utensils. To create the cart, 1:1 scale models were created and inserted into scenarios to best design the cook surface to include matters of food safety, chef safety/comfort and customer safety/comfort.

Made for Street Food Australia.Originally a group assignment at QUT.I was strongly involved in full scale model making,presentation of designs, concept developments.

Hospitals may take care of a child’s physical health, but the environment they are in is psychologically and emotionally stressful. This lighting design is that of a seperate children’s playspace within a hospital. It was designed to have colour, to be lofty and cavernous so as not to feel claustrophobic and to be interactive. The cuttlefish canvas is a luminiare that features; it is a panel that is linked up to the music and it pulsates along to the sound. Patients can learn to push the ripples along the surface in time to the music, like a musical instrument. Music therapy is therapeautic and is shown to help children in their development.

7Stage Design for Mirror Mirror Agencies

Between 2009-2011 I was the head stage designer for the Mirror MIrror Agencies runway shows. I managed a team of 4 and together we created sets and props for 4 runway shows in Brisbane at the Monastery, C Gallery, Lightspace and The Power-house. We worked with small budgets, tight deadlines and cross collaboratively with other sections in the agency. I contributed to artistic direction of the shows and worked closely with the management team and the director.

All group work led by me. I was resposible for artistic direction, construction, delivery, set-up, time management, cost management etc.

Sophie o'rourke

0431 681 484

sophieorourke91

@gmail

People with visual impairment can see, but what they see may be limited. The problem they face with navigation is that the colours and shapes merge together in the built environment- what they need highly contrasted vision. Naviir is the solution. By projecting a contrasted augmented reality in front of the individual by using infared lazer projection, these programmable glasses can be altered to suit each user’s needs. There are bone conduction headphones in the arms of the glasses which give audio GPS instructions and the glasses themselves are designed to be operated using touch alone. The charging and carry case system are tactile and use contrasted colours for ease of use.

8Light and water, Thailand

As a part of the 2nd international light and water seminar in Bangkok, Thailand we had to design a lighting mockup in collaboration with the monks at Wat Prayoon along the Chao Phraya river. We worked closely with students and teachers from Australia, China, Singapore and Thailand using lights donated by Phillips and We-ef. The main idea of the design was to create the idea of lightness and floating in relation to the recent water festival, and we were restricted to mainly amber colours as these are auspicious colours in Buddhism. We created gobos, used gels and harnessed other bits and pieces such as waterbottle and candles.

Workshop with QUT and other world-wide universities. I was strongly involved in concept development, construction of physical lighting design and presentations.

Street Food Australia were created to bring street food to the streets of Brisbane. One of the carts designed for the fleet was this Mexican Elote and Ribs cart. The cart was designed to be compactible and to house everything needed for the cooking session including water, gas, raw food and utensils. To create the cart, 1:1 scale models were created and inserted into scenarios to best design the cook surface to include matters of food safety, chef safety/comfort and customer safety/comfort.

Between 2009-2011 I was the head stage designer for the Mirror MIrror Agencies runway shows. I managed a team of 4 and together we created sets and props for 4 runway shows in Brisbane at the Monastery, C Gallery, Lightspace and The Power-house. We worked with small budgets, tight deadlines and cross collaboratively with other sections in the agency. I contributed to artistic direction of the shows and worked closely with the management team and the director.

Sophie o'rourke

0431 681 484

sophieorourke91

@gmail.com

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