Designer/ proprietor at BoxandPad

Kevin Jenkins

Plymouth, United Kingdom

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MA qualified freelance furniture / product designe. Clients in the UK and Far East. Based in Devon, UK. Experience: Office furniture, contract furniture, retail furniture. Experience of materials and processes including metal fabrication, die casting, plastics fabrication and injection moulding, timber based materials, moulded PU, rapid prototyping, upholstery and pattern cutting. Expert 3d cad and rendering, design project management, working with suppliers, sourcing new components, tooling.
Education
- MA Furniture design
  
  Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College
  
  1996 - 1997
  
  MA furniture design - research and thesis specialisation was furniture for disability aimed towards a system or systems for ordering or selling and making furniture that was non-discriminatory, ergonomic and individually shaped and fitted.
- BA Glass and Ceramics
  
  Stourbridge College of art
  
  1980 - 1983
  
  Ceramics and glass - Didn't enjoy glass blowing, but used lost wax casting, slip moulded ceramics, kiln work and engraves glass to make sculptural pieces. Also created collages from the first Uk available colour photocopies.
- Nelson and colne college - Arts foundation course Art, Ceramics
  
  Nelson and colne college
  
  1978 - 1980
Experience
- Design professional / proprietor
  
  BoxandPad
  
  Jun 2009 - Present (17 years)
  
  Consultation in: Product design, furniture design, product visualisation, design development. Clients in the UK, USA, Europe and the Far East. Development of new products in various materials / processes, furniture design, components for office seating, retail fixture design.
- Design office manager
  
  Harris Cox Ltd
  
  Nov 2007 - Nov 2008 (1 year)
  
  Managing design team of 4 for busy shop fitting manufacturer for major brands ( New Look, Clarks, Arcadia) Client facing position for development of new products. Tight deadlines and fast turn around. Project managed two major new clients full product range into production – over 250 new fixtures in 12 months. Updated design office skills and equipment . Wide ranging and varied responsibilities.
- Design Engineer
  
  ERI Interiors ( Formerly PEL Furniture) Oldbury
  
  Jan 2007 - Nov 2007 (10 months)
  
  · Part of Design/ design engineering team for Retail interiors and shop fittings for major
  brands (M&S, Arcadia,Signet). Engineering and development, new product and
  component design.
- Designer
  
  Komac ( Boss design)
  
  May 2005 - Feb 2007 (1 year 9 months)
  
  Design/ design engineering team for office seating (Komac). Engineering changes, product and component sourcing, new product and component design. Stock and component re-evaluation and streamlining towards new catalogue issue.
- Designer
  
  Roc office furniture
  
  Feb 1999 - Dec 2005 (6 years 10 months)
  
  Part of design team responsible to design director. Specialising in seating but also designing desking, storage systems and special projects. Fully responsible for project management from brief to production including all aspects as detailed below. Achieved FIRA Gold award for 24 hour chair.
- Designer
  
  ACF international
  
  Feb 1998 - Nov 1999 (1 year 9 months)
  
  Part of seating design team responsible to production director. Project management from brief to production.
- Freelance Interior Designer
  
  Kevin Jenkins
  
  Jan 1993 - Jan 1997 (4 years)
  
  · Freelance interior design and consultancy for commercial and private clients.
- Lecturer
  
  Birmingham City Council
  
  Jan 1992 - Jan 1996 (4 years)
  
  I taught evening classes in interior design, and in paint effects, murals , marbling, wood graining etc,
  I was pretty good at them!
- Registered carer
  
  Gwerin / Dudley Social Services
  
  Jan 1991 - Jan 1996 (5 years)
  
  · Caring for people living with us who had learning difficulties and were leaving institutional
  care. A sort of half way house in a family environment.
- Founder and chairman
  
  The Coachouse Project Stourbridge
  
  Jan 1990 - Jan 1996 (6 years)
  
  · Responsible for organizing turning derelict church barn into Community arts resource
  centre. Liason and negotiation with local authority, diocese and charities commission. No
  longer involved but organisation is still going.
- Designer
  
  CIRCA Interior Design Stourbridge
  
  Jan 1988 - Jan 1993 (5 years)
  
  · Partner in interior design company. High value projects for private and commercial clients
  including interiors, exhibition stands, photographic sets, bespoke furniture design.
  Restoration.
Awards

Fira - Gold. Ultimo 24 hour chair - Roc office furniture 2002
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