Neil Macqueen
Product Design Engineer — Bristol, UK, United Kingdom
About
As a designer I seek to work within a collaborative and dedicated design team; create useful, usable, and desirable designs that satisfy the needs of the people who interact with them, as well as the goals of the company that produce them. I love design and I am especially interested in the aesthetic qualities of a design being the crux of its functionality.
- Experience:
- 4 years
- Education:
- University of the West of England
- Affiliations:
- UnoFuori Studio
- Awards:
- - 'Icon Magazine' feature and numerous website reviews on products.
- Exhibiting Furniture at London Design Festival 2010.
- Selected for e-Creative’s ‘Best up and coming Designers Directory 2010/2011’
- Coverage on BBC radio and BBC Points West for my design work.
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Resumé
Design Engineer - Dyson
June 2011 - Present
Designing next generation products for Dyson's worldwide markets.
Mechanical Design Engineer - Oxford InstrumentsPlasma Technology
Aug 2010 - June 2011
Mechanical design developing next generation tools and sustaining various aspects of Plasma tooling used in the Semiconductor and research environment
Product Design Engineer – Gravitron Design
June 2009 – Aug 2010
I designed 3 of the 14 installations going into the £51 million renovation of Weston Super-Mare’s Grand Pier.
Product Designer - Formflo Ltd
Aug 2008 – March 2009
I was chosen to represent U.W.E as their graduate product designer at Formflo Ltd. I headed up a project to diversify their product range, markets, and to better facilitate for that change by developing their business media and marketing.
Creative Director, UnoFuori Studio
Aug 2008 - Present
A Design collective focused on design, art and architecture that I setup with architect Simon Roberts. Work has been displayed at London Design Festival and featured in publications such as 'Icon Magazine'.
Owner / Designer, neilmacqueen.com
Sep 2005 – Aug 2008
My own website offering industrial design, idea realisation, print, web design and branding. I have clients in the UK including; Technucall Ltd., Forest Lane Films, Turn-Crate Design, Formflo Ltd. and Fastcar Performance in South Africa.
