Resumé

July 2012 - Design featured in German Magazine "Man Forum"

April 2012 - now - Product Designer at Yvolution Group

December 2011 - February 2012 - Freelancing project. Conceptualisation, rendering.

August 2011 - Freelance design for Hong Kong based Product Design company (Research, Brainstorming, Sketch Development, Ergonomics, Final Sketch Renders [sketch/photoshop/graphics tablet] ).

WINNER - Most innovative product - Product Design Thesis DIT 2011.

WORLD FINALIST - Member of one of 7 finalist teams in the Staples Global Eco-Easy Challenge - a design competition whose brief was to create an environmentally friendly office product. My team created the "Eco-Tab", a staple-less stapler which uses bio-degradable materials and fewer manufacturing processes than current staplers. Its function was inspired by Origami.

WINNER OF DIT BOLTON TRUST COMPETITION 2010
Member of the winning team of the largest competition held in the Dublin Institute of Technology for the design of the "Spell Pen", a learning aid for people with Dyslexia.

WINNER OF MICHAEL A. GRIFFIN INNOVATION AWARD
Member of the winning team that received the award for most innovative proposal for the "Spell Pen" at the Bolton Trust Competition in DIT.

2010 - Contracted to design a piece of gym equipment which can be easily dismantled when not in use.

If you would like to contact me, please e-mail:

johnlukemcgowan@hotmail.com

Thanks.


FEATURED WORK:

Portfolio feature on Coroflot 1/1/2012 (First Industrial designer to be featured in 2012).

Various project features on Coroflot.com

Feature on Yanko Design: http://www.yankodesign.com/2011/08/16/where-the-blank-is-the-bus/

Feature on Trend Hunter: http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dublin-city-bus-shelter

Projects by John McGowan

Little Whale
4 Files

Bus Shelter Design
8 Files

Sketching & Photoshop
19 Files

Smartphone Design
27 Files

Staples Global Design Competition
3 Files

Medical Devices - Laporoscopic Graspers Re-Design
4 Files

iPhone Dock
5 Files