Independent Design Professional
United Kingdom
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- Freelance Designer at Loud1Design (Self-employed)
- Past
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- Designer at Buro Happold Facades
- Student Placement at Philips
- Education
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- Glasgow University / Glasgow School of Art
- Hanzehogeschool Groningen
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Brian Loudon’s Summary
I am an enthusiastic and hard working designer with a varied and diverse background, having studied as a Product Design Engineer and having work experience of both Product Design and Architectural Technology.My approach to design is strongly user centred and requirements based. I enjoy lateral thinking, problem solving and working in a team to come up with innovative and appropriate solutions. I am computer literate, and am comfortable with using 3D CAD or freehand sketching to develop concepts.
Please email me for my full contact details or to discuss my work further. I am interested in becoming involved in product design projects in either a freelance or employment capacity.
Brian Loudon’s Specialties:
product design, sketching, 3D CAD, problem solving, user centred design, architectural technology
Brian Loudon’s Experience
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Freelance Designer
Loud1Design (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Design industry)
September 2003 — Present (6 years 5 months)
Since 2003, I have been working as a freelance consultant under the banner Loud1Design a position which has allowed me to be involved in a variety of projects with a variety of clients:
-Arup Façade Engineers
-FearsomENGINE
-Verbus Ltd.
-Schneider GB Ltd.
-Zmapping Ltd.
For more information, please visit my website @ http://www.loud1design.co.uk/ -
Designer
Buro Happold Facades
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Design industry)
December 2000 — April 2003 (2 years 5 months)
As a member of the façade engineering group I worked on large building projects where their complex requirements on the façade required specialist technical advice. The following are a few of the key projects I worked on;
Palestra – Design development of an office scheme in Southwark, London with Alsop’s Architects. Worked with architects to develop performance specification and design intent for a complex and demanding building envelope.
TAG Aviation – Form finding and advice on cladding system design to a complex wing formed proposal by Geoffrey Reid Associates.
Essex Showground – Concept Development of cladding scheme for a complex stainless steel ellipsoid building form. For this I created an interactive tool which allowed the architect to see how fine or coarse the tiling of the panels were and then consider the cost implications.
Teamwork 2002 – Our team of 6 won the following awards; Best Team, Best Process Development, Best Teamworking, Best use of Technology. -
Student Placement
Philips
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PHG; Consumer Electronics industry)
1998 — 1998 (less than a year)
Brian Loudon’s Education
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Glasgow University / Glasgow School of Art
MEng (Hons) , 1995 — 2000
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Hanzehogeschool Groningen
Ing. , Product Design Engineering , 1998 — 1999
Erasmus year abroad in the Netherlands, this involved participation in an "international year" including students from France, Ireland, Finland and the Netherlands. This was a great learning experience that exposed me to many different cultures and finally got me interested in languages in a practical and real way.
From the design point of view the highlight of the year was a placement with Phillips in Drachten. This involved undertaking a small concept project redesigning a food processor which would appeal to the casual user.
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