Luke Andrew Batten

Luke Batten

Luke is a young, passionate Australian freelance designer who provides creative services in the fields of product design, graphic design, and illustration. He is a University of Canberra, Industrial Design graduate (2007), and has just completed a master by coursework (furniture) at ANU (2011). Luke has worked for several prominent Australian industrial design consultancies since 2007, worked as a design and sketching tutor and has freelanced for a range of design related companies.

Resume

// SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE //

Intermediate > Advanced

- Pro-e
- 3DS Max (Rendering & Animation)
- Rhino
- Photoshop
- Indesign
- Illustrator
- Flash

Basic > Intermediate

- Solidworks
- Flamingo
- Bongo
- Hypershot bunkspeed


//AWARDS//

2010, Helmut Lueckenhausen Prize for Furniture.

2010, ANU Graduate Materials Award.

2010, Awarded Designer of the Week on Monkee Design.

2009, Shirt of the Day on Design by Humans.

2007, Awarded Third Place DIA, Industrial Design Graduate of the Year Awards.

2006, Industrial Design Merit Award ACT, DIA Awards.

2006, People’s Choice Award, 24 Hour Design Competition.


//Some duties I've preformed as an Industrial Designer//

• Ideation & development of product concepts
• Research at ideation stage on human factors, ritual of use product use, ergonomics, materials
• Competitor & market analysis
• Storyboarding & pre-visualising
• Concept design, visualisation and sketching
• Photoshop rendering
• Photo-retouching using Photoshop
• Animation in Flash and 3DS Max
• Graphic User Interface Design
• 3D CAD modelling using Rhino and ProE
• 2D engineering drawings for manufacturing data pack
• Preparation of foam models & form studies

Location

Canberra, Australia

Specialties

  • Industrial Design
  • Illustration
  • 3-D Modeling

Experience

2 years

Awards

See left.