Welcome to my online portfolio. Email: dan@dan-watson.co.uk If you only have 5 minutes I recommend: SafetyNet, Metamorphosis, StoryKey, Risk! 5-10 minutes:...

I am a freelance designer and enjoy working across a broad range of fields. I studied design at the Royal College of Art, Imperial College, the Glasgow School...

Dancing robot godesses?! Guardian review Telegraph review New York Times review In February 2012 I joined a project created by the artist Conrad...

I contributed to the design and development of the Maketicus knife while completing an internship at Artemy Lebedev Studio in Moscow, Russia. The seemingly...

This project is all about risks, and investigates how it might be possible to communicate a magnitude of risk to a person by manipulating their emotional...

Project featured on Core77, Dezeen, The New York Times, designboom, Fast Company, Gizmodo, and inhabitat, among many others. The SafetyNet project recently...

StoryKey is a revolutionary picture password system that lets you tap into the power of your own memories. Just think of a story, and pick images that represent...

Please click on the images to enlarge them. I'll Take 9 is a group project conducted in the first year of the Innovation Design Engineering course. Over a...

Heat or Eat is a solo project that was completed during my 4th year on the Product Design Engineering Course at the Glasgow School of Art and Glasgow...

The Space Hotel was a first year corporate project on the IDE course, run in conjunction with Thales Alenia Space. Groups were assigned different roles in the...

Pick up the phone, it's Karma calling... February 2012 saw the first ever IDEO Make-a-thon. The event presented the opportunity for disparate groups of...

Please click on the images to enlarge them. The Thermotoscope to make a doctor's life easier by combining two implements into one device. The resulting design...

3D animations allow me to explain my own, and other peoples', ideas in a visual way. The ability to construct virtual environments and visualisations of as yet...

Please click on the images to enlarge them. The RIM - For Body and Mind project was a commercial project run in conjunction with RIM, the makers of the...

I designed the Styrofoam packaging for the Rozetkus multiplug from Art Lebedev Studio while completing an internship there in 2010. The packaging was designed...

Please click on the images to enlarge them. Gizmo was a group project that challenged IDE students to explore the world of mechanisms and electronic control. I...

I occasionally undertake illustration projects that explain systems and methodologies using 2D and 3D graphics. Illustrations for a range of projects in...

Please click on the images to enlarge them. Superform was the first solo project run on the IDE course. It was an opportunity for students from different...

My dissertation, Stir, focused on nostalgia, the senses, and food and how they can be used together to relive old memories. The food industry is very good at...

The Anti-vAmp was designed in response to the iida 'Green Heart' competition brief. As consumers of energy we tend to assume that the electricity is 'On' by...

The opportunity arose to pitch designs for the London 2012 Olympic Podium. This entry focused on creating a podium that both Olympic and Paralympic athletes could...

A selection of other solo or group projects done at the Royal College of Art, Glasgow School of Art, A-Level or as hobbies. Please click on the images to enlarge...

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Email: dan@dan-watson.co.uk Twitter: DNW1710 Phone:(+44) 07792 949 727

Design (or otherwise interesting) jobs that I've heard about. Packaging design work for BabyKicks US company seeks tessellating packaging for use in major...