Awarded Full Fellowship of the RSA link (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) an award granted to individuals that the RSA judges to have made outstanding achievements to social progress and development.
Notable past fellows include Nelson Mandela, Tim Berners-Lee, Benjamin Franklin, David Attenborough, Stephen Hawking, Karl Marx, Adam Smith, William Hogarth, John Diefenbaker, and Charles Dickens.
Featured in
Innovation Awards
Interviewed by GQ Men's watch magazine, asked if 3D printers would be in everyone's home in the future, my response was No! because of the technical skills required, Health and Safety concerns, material standards i.e. food hygiene and flame retardant properties for consumer products, and the issue in disposing of environmental waste.
Digital design, engineering and AM additive manufacturing is used today to innovate in many fields from surgical planning to everyday consumer items where it is used to improve esthetics, safety, reduce tooling costs and waste.
Described as disruptive technologies, with the right planning and investment in training and technology, it can be a new tool in the box to provide new business opportunities, address Lean Manufacturing objectives, and help meet global initiative targets for sustainability and lowering carbon emissions.
As an independent consultancy with authentic leadership, our team includes a chartered business manager CMI Chartered Management Institute and IAM Institute of Administrative Management.
The creative fields and engineering have helped many through the Pandemic, from personal enjoyment as a creative outlet during the social isolation, to meeting the design and engineering challenges of the new normal, including new work practices which are important as we build a healthier, inclusive and more sustainable future.
Member of the RSA Good Work Guild link tackling the most pressing issues related to economic security and labour-market transforming technologies.
Planning resilience in vital infrastructure
Met scientist involved with the Adopt a River Program in Dec 2019, asked for ideas to assist the water authority through the seven years of lower than expected annual rainfall and daily temperatures of 35°C, leading to water rationing nationwide, ideas including collecting and water saving methods and education projects in schools. (the root cause being leaking ailing infer-structure)
Met Fire Service chief training officer in the Capital, who described the need to pump Water from the Sea to fight Fires in the Capital City, in a national where windows and doors are barred because of high crime rates, and Discussed the increased corrosion from Salt water and the importance of reliable supply chain for spare parts for the pumps.
Contacted MTC Advanced Manufacturing Centre link about their Factory In A container Box (FIAB) project link, FIAB is the remote manufacturing of certified parts, using industry 4.0. link which also reduces the carbon footprint of the distribution supply chain. Then the pandemic affected the Global supply chain, MTC focused its efforts into designing and manufacturing a refrigerated cooling system for COVID 19 Vaccines.
Since BASF 3D Printing Solutions GmbH has created a corporate verified and Certified CAD and parts validation service, and HP Fusion Jet 3D printers are helping Toyota to produce spare parts in house in Japan. Two Day tropical wave ended 7 year lower than average rainfall, filling the reservoirs and causing localised flooding.
Feb 2022 Trinidad and Tobago National 12 hours link Power Outage, (accredited to tree falling on the line) shared details of the National Digital Twin programme (NDTp) for planning resilience in vital infrastructure model to Trinidad's National Information and Communication Technology Company Limited iGovTT for national digitization to protect vital infrastructure.
Shared STFC and Riskaware paper on innovative metrics for oil spill model validation, opensource phython code link authored by Chris Dearden of STFC, Hartree Centre, and Tim Culmer and Richard Brooke of Riskaware, in 2018 personally attended a presentation from Unilever on computational modelling of detergent formulas, its viscosity in packaging to it chemical structure testing.
Carribean medical research
While in the Middle East an architect once warned me if you can only see a single fire exit in a hotel leave immediately!, on the way to a large music event Carifesta Island Beats! noticed the building below and spent part of the night discussing Bio Printing Skin for skin grafts and the increased survival rates with the fire service in attendance.
Later discussed with the quality assurance manager at the local hospital and sent copies of training certificates for verification, Certificate in Bioprinting: 3D Printing human body parts, link (new build office block with car park below and what appears to be a single exit, August 2019)
Prof Persad link highlighted the issue's Covid 19 had on the supply chain and the need for low cost sustainable consumables and the current focus on medical pre-surgery planning models using FDM fused deposition modeling, I pointed to recycling PLA Polylactic acid Class 7 recyclable, compostable plastic, extruding filament for FDM Printing which their currently is the technology, Prof Persad paper in the Caribbean medical journal link points to the need for training of Radiographers / Other Medical Professionals.
Free Open source medical imaging link Software and Training for 3D slicer link and MeshLab link.
As 3D printing specialist for 3D Systems link reseller to the creative industries in London, CAD Skills trainer, trained installation, preventative maintenance and service engineer for devices used in the Hospitals for medical training and surgery planing, and previous business partner with the medical 3D printing industry experts Materialise link.
Net a local ultrasound technician and discussed medical imaging DICOM file data, volumetric pixels called Voxels into 3D CAD model using STL file for 3D Printing, used for creating model of fetus for blind pregnant mothers to be.
Anti Cyberbullying
Involved in self producing the WORDS WOUND project for THE CYBERSMILE FOUNDATION link. which was promoted through numerous creative and tech websites, one with 1.3 million unique visitors.
The Anti Cyberbullying campaign aims at reducing online hate, and aggression and its impact on emotional well being, the Online Safety Bill is going through UK Parliament in the Autumn aimed at regulating internet services.
STFC Hartree Center
2017 Partnership with the STFC Science and Technology Facilities Council, Hartree Centre link the UK centre of Supercomputing, AI and Quantum Computing.
The Hartree centre is part of the STFC Daresbury laboratories which has been involved in Noble Prize winning research, discovered harmful partials in vehicle exhaust emissions, therapeutics for Alzheimer's and Aids/HIV, currently involved in research Folding Protein structures to develop patent-free antiviral therapeutics treatments for patients who have contracted COVID-19 for the [email protected] link computer network.
Hartree Centre Business Development manager, Innovate UK
‘John Robertson has an international portfolio of innovation in design across multiple domains from Computer visualisation to physical materials’
Ordinarily approached to improve design for Autistic children at Alder Hey children's Hospital the first cognitive Hospital in the UK, and improve the built environment assisted the STFC Science Technology Facilities Council, Hartree Centre, in research into improving Mental Health in the UK, NHS Digital and policy advisers through the RSA Royal Society of the Arts.
Consulted on the graphic design of digital app, for the World famous Alder Hey children's hospital the first cognitive hospital in the UK. link using the latest medical science designed to entertain young patients through their personal feedback monitor their health and well being during their stay, designed to engage with introvert Autistic children who may feel isolated and be withdrawn when communicating with medical staff.
Linked to decades of the leading research and pioneering professional care practice published in the White Paper on Mental Health Reform link announced in the Queen’s Speech at the opening of UK Parliament on 10th May 2022.
3D printing specialist
As 3D printing specialist for LGS London Graphic Systems, digital workflow, Colour management and print specialists, Clients included the major Architectural, Automobile, Product and Packaging design studio's and Creative Design and Branding agencies.
Held creative industry Lunch and Learn events, talks and was a spokesperson to the media, including the Wall Street Journal, GQ, The Gadget Show and Print Week industry journalists.
3D Printing Specialist for the iMakr MiniYou Project, technical staff on the project Jan Mlynarcik and Lorna Barnshaw who went onto be Head of 3D Scanning for propshop at Pinewood Studios and film industry FX artist working on James Bond and Star Wars films to name a few.
In partnership with iMakr Ltd consumer retail store, 3D printing Bureau service and production of MiniYou Figurines, models of people and objects that where 3D scanned at luxury department stores John Lewis, Harvey Nickles, Selfridges.
Jan Miynarcik, 3D printing CAD technician at IMakr. link 2014
"His special attention, precision, responsible manner, know-how and willingness to always do what was required to ensure the smooth running of the 3D printing service could be relied upon, for me John really is a 3D printing GURU.."
Provided 3D Printing technology and tech support to Architects, Engineering companies the film industry Prop makers, design prototypes and awards makers, who design household brands and props which have featured in Hollywood blockbusters.
The Bureau Printing service included the production of Product prototypes, Architectural concept designs and MRI DICOM file of a Egyption Mummy at the British Museum, using Brazilian DICOM software the objects inside the unopened sarcophagus where 3D printed on the company's 3D Systems Projet 660 Pro at the iMakr store and put on display at a Exhibition at the British museum.
LGS was a 3D Systems reseller and partner with Materilise Magics and one of the UK's leading and largest providers of rapid prototyping and 3D printing for the industry across sectors including Automotive, Defence, Aerospace, Medical, and Motorsports including F1.
Article on iMakr partnership: Print industry journalist Simon Eccles: "He is also fulsome in his praise for the expert advice and assistance of John Robertson at LGS, which owns the 3D printer used." link
@ease
GP's have 10min with patients to diagnose and treat the symptoms the patient describes, while often issues in a patients life cause stress and health issues to manifest.
The @ease Project link developed with support of Rethink Mental illness link, was an online soap opera and database concerned with providing support to young people going through issues in life and help provide solutions through a database of contact details for local authority help lines, organizations, charities, I demonstrated the website to the Director of NHS Digital.
Concussion
Concept design for prescription reordering system for a nutritional suppliment that reduces inflammation on the brain, for the Armed Forces and Pro Athletes who have sustained concussion and secondary impact. 2015
Medical records: Traceability and Accountability
Received official written apology from the NHS, database search engine provided by the Chinese, Medical records accessed without explicit consent.
Pharmaceutical
Held Lunch and Learn event for the leading Pharmaceutical packaging design company, on the subject of Medical 3D printing and advances in Bio 3D Printing, interesting subject was touched upon their serious concerns of the issues faced by patients correctly administering complicated Cancer trial medications when they are at home.
Marketing
The US is ending cannabis prohibition, I contacted the CEO of a US Cannabis marking company and reminded him of their responsibility as an industry, to prevent religious, and racial discrimination or glamourise drug use without warning of the possible harm it can cause.
Their is a need for clear warnings as with anything for human consumption which are regulated because of potential health risks: research carried out by the charity Rethink mental illness proved the link between THC in cannabis and psychosis which include paranoid delusions, commonly treated in psychiatric departments.
Daylight
Lose of natural light is known to impact the quality of life, and cause Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) a type of depression that's related to changes in seasons more apparent further from equator and more severe during the winter months, therapeutic treatment include a daylight light box with small florescent tubes 4000-5000 kelvin during daylight hours.
enlightenment
Prayer and Quiet meditation relieved pain, and achieved enlightenment through clarity of thought.
Design and Craftsmanship
Design's and craftsmanship using medical, algorithmic and generative design, marketed using interactive VR Virtual Reality link on social media, Interviews published with fashion websites and industry experts.
Jack Meyer, CADJewellerySkills link
Indeed, it seems pretty much every piece of jewellery he sells on his site is a marvel of technical innovation.
Exhibited at Jewellery & Watch NEC National Exhibition Center and showcased at IJL link International Jewellery London and The GOLDSMITHS' Craft & Design Council Awards exhibition link
Blended Education and Commercial
While providing technical support to approximately one thousand students with their creative projects in 2018, established the University of East London (UEL) Digital Fabrication Lab (DFUEL) link training centre within ACE Architecture Computing and Engineering and the ARTS, with trusted partners including Laser Lines Ltd link and Autodesk Design Academy link, providing Fusion 360 training, Drone design, and Topology / Shape Optimization to staff and students.
2021 Supported the launch of the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) TTAP Factory link (Tamana Technology & Animation Production Factory), The most advanced blended education and commercial facility in animation in the Caribbean and Central American region.
An outsourcing centre for audio-visual, and digital services for the entertainment and ICT sectors, Providing employment to graduates of BFA in Digital Media Arts and promoting economic growth for SME businesses, with support from the Inter-American Development Bank.
3D Scanning and Reverse engineering
Producing the new parts using Additive Manufacturing, and inspecting the parts for dimensional accuracy and from the CAD data.
Contacted by the head of pathology at the University Hospitals London to arrange 3D scanning of small object for training of medical professionals.
Breast feeding medal
Work-in-progress (WIP) a medal design requested by a breast feeding councilor for a UN breast feeding project in the Caribbean, to improve infant nutrition.
Trained in engraving at Guildhall Uni by the craftsman who hand engraved the plates for £5 note for the bank of England, and I later worked closely with the CNC test bed centre which made the first prototypes of the Digital Bank Notes for the Royal Mint.
Metaverse
Met the UK Passport identity expert in 2015 and discussed geometry ratio studies of the face, created photogrammetry Virtual Reality model optimised for high detail use with mobile and VR devices, including observation annotations and HDR environmental lighting.
Technology used with the immersive metaverse which I have used since the early version of WebGL for over 8 years. WebGL 2.0 is hardware enabled therefor the browser utilities graphics processor power directly and not software alone and thus web browser security setting may need adjusted accordingly.
3D Printing Specialist for the iMakr MiniYou Project, technical staff on the project Jan Mlynarcik and Lorna Barnshaw who went onto be Head of 3D Scanning for propshop at Pinewood Studios and film industry FX artist working on James Bond and Star Wars films to name a few.
NFT Rare Digital Art
Gallery of some of Rare Digital Art link with identity verified and NFT certified as a digital asset to be unique using the Hive blockchain, which is being used to build the decentralised Web 3.0. link
Engineering
From demonstrated industry experience, elected by The Trustee Board of the IMechE Institution of Mechanical Engineers link, to the class of Affiliate Member with pathway to full membership and the designation of MIMechE.
As a member of Rapid Prototyping Manufactures Association (RPMA) Shared research on Rapid Prototyping with Scottish Prof Norman Maccallum DSc who's pioneering work on heat soakage during gas turbine transients gave him an international profile, through numerous international publications and several contributions to Rolls-Royce.
Maker Space
Sept 2015 sent training material to the organisers establishing a Maker Space for the design and manufacture of prosthetic limbs for the 80 thousand+ amputees from the conflict in Syria, in the Worlds largest refugee camp located in Jordan.
Martin-Baker Aircraft Co. Ltd.
Had the Honor of being invited to visit Martin-Baker Aircraft Co. Ltd HQ in Denham. the World renowned Pioneers of the aviation ejection seat who's seats have recorded 7675 lives saved Globally, met with some of the team, and looked on the Wall of Fame of the all recorded Ejectee's.
Social Media
2013 First tweet as 3D Printing Specialist at LGS was on 3D Systems Cloud based Bespoke affordable pre-surgery medical models from DICOM scan data and was picked up by a presenter for Science Channel in the US.
Royal visit
Had the great pleasure and Honor of escorting members of The Travancore royal family (was the ruling house of the Kingdom of Travancore.) in the southern part of Kerala, India. the custodians of the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Hindu Temple on visits to the Queens Gallery in the Royal Collection, at Buckingham Palace and for tea in Soho.
SEGAWORLD: VR Virtual Reality theme-park
ArtiWisdom Architectural 3D Computer Aided Design and Animation of SEGAWORLD link for architects RTKL Associates Inc. in 1994, One of the first Architectural computer animations outside of IBM's labs, SEGA Europe’s indoor VR Virtual Reality theme-park link, £45m refit of the Trocadero centre in London's Piccadilly circus. (equivalent of £90m today)
ArtiWisdom founded by David Robertson and Dragon to showcase my Creative and Artistic skills, Working with Bosnian architect / animator Darko Predanic, 3D modeled the interior using 3D studio v1, 66mhz processor and 8mb of RAM, and rendered on RISK chip Architecture server borrowed from the ThrustSSC team, the only car ever to go faster than the speed of sound.
Historic Building Conservation
Historic Building Conservation (FdSc) Foundation of Science Degree, (distinction) Kingston University, Approved for Assessment of Professional Competence and full chartership of the RICS Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and MRICS designation.
On a visit to Venice, Ca' Foscari University of Venice link Invited us to inspect their research into new cleaning and restoration approach to stone work of UNESCO World Heritage Site, Piazza San Marco.
A European art collaboration project requested the WebGL VR version link of Palladio's St. Giorgio Maggiore’s Church in Venice to help explain to the monks a proposed art installation on the site.
Regeneration: Skills Trainer
2006 Studying Historic Building Conservation FdSc, was approached by the Head of School and Prof of BIM/Heritage Survey to share knowledge gained, delivering training and assisted running a satellite college in the grounds of Battersea Powerstation site link, Gained CSCS Design Professional and awarded QCF level 4 Preparing to Teach Life Long Learners. delivering on a requirement on the developer of the Grade II* listed decommissioned coal-fired Power Station, to provide employ to local unemployed trades-persons.
Battersea Power Station and Electric Boulevard shopping and leisure destination planned opening is Autumn 2022, located on the south bank of the River Thames, provided skills training and employment to the local residents, the sale of high value properties, was to fund affordable homes for local residents and key workers (nurses, teachers, care-workers etc) through shared ownership, who normally couldn't afford their own homes.
Daylight Analysis
Researcher in daylight analysis for leading Chartered Surveyors in the field of Rights to Light in the City of London, received one to one training from the professor of Nuclear Physics at Oxford University, analysing the impact proposed building developments have on their surroundings.
Reporting research directly to the leading UK legal expert, and informed that I was two degrees of separation from the person that manages Masjid al-Haram also known as the Great Mosque of Mecca.
Daylight Analysis uses geographical location, and global scientific measurements of the Sun to analysis calculations of architectural alterations, rendered HDR High Dynamic Range images include brightness and heat radiation, used to analyse Solar Glare for planning of solar farms on flight paths and near landing approaches for aircraft.
Planning excavation works
A 500-kilogram WWII un-exploded ordnance (UXBs) was discovered during preparation work for the extension work to London City Airport, within line of sight of UEL University of East London, afterwards visiting the Hartree Centre identified the location on their newly developed 3D interactive archaeology CAD survey of the UK from planning records, developed to help protect the Nations archeology and help avoid unforeseen costly construction development issues.
Daylight Analysis in the design process
Developed an analysis process to show the impact of solar glare reflected off glass architectural structures, in line of sight of drivers at pedestrian road crossings etc. over a fixed period if time i.e low level light in mornings and evenings in Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn.. and identify focus points of reflected light which have in the past been know to melt cars.
Urban Regeneration: Planning
As a cultural connector promoted the concept of providing skills training and employment to the local residents, to architects and developers, which was adopted on Barking Riverside Ltd. link apartments developed by L&Q on the 179 ha former site of Barking coal fired Power Station, alongside 2km of south facing Thames river frontage with 10,800 new homes, the site master plan SLA 3D printed model was produced by Hobs 3D team at Here East in Stratford link.
The Channel 4 documentary Tower Block of Commons highlighted the need for the redevelopment of dilapidated housing estates, after it aired in 2010 to improve the lives of those affected the Goresbrook Village estate in Barking was redeveloped as private, shared ownership and local authority homes, the Architectural designs showcased at the hub for the built environment, The Building Centre, home of business partner AEC specialist Cadventure and the Architectural bookshop where I purchased the architectural journal Social Spaces Volume I, which contains my pioneering CAD designs.
Innovator: the National Digital Twin programme (NDTp)
National Digital Twin programme (NDTp) link, created by the Centre for Digital Britain at the University of Cambridge and housed at the Connected Places Catapult, Examining the impact of extreme weather on energy, water and telecom's networks, and how a collaborative, data-sharing approach can improve their resilience to climate change.
Flood plane before the Thames Barrier, proposed tunneling redevelop pedestrianising (Chinese construction) 1.3KM of the A13 Ripple Road (Green) next to submerged major rail and cargo links connecting London, East London and South Essex, Barking Riverside construction and National Grid Substation partially flooded.
Smart Cities: energy saving
London and the river Thames is in a valley, the accumulation of lethal dense smog caused the creation of the clean air act of 1956, The act established smoke-free areas throughout London and restricted the burning of coal in domestic fires and industrial furnaces, Today monitoring of harmful particles from vehicle exhausts has lead to restrictions on engine type entering London with the Ultra Low Emission Zone ULEZ 2021.
Proposed CIE sky link from ground observations of the Moon's elimination to the STFC for planning the lighting of Smart Cities to reduce needless energy consumption and record light pollution values to improve viewing the night sky. new generation of solar panels work at night.
Provided information of free Urban lighting design software used for building design and town planning to prison reformist, and provided technical support to computer Animator teaching offenders within the prison system.
illustrations
illustrations for industry production, publications and web design, worked closely with Disney style sheet (Original reference Artwork) artist / illustrator Max Calò converting his brush and ink artwork into the digital version for industry reproduction for Disney Paris office.
Cultural and creative advise on the artwork for the official mascots of the Aisan Cup held in the UAE in 2019, i.e. the image of Manshour the Offical Mascot checked, that it is not in anyway insulting as it shows the under side of the shoe, which is a old cultural disrespect it was deemed OK as it was an action pose.
Promoting Digital Colour Accuracy.
Every digital imaging device has its own unique colour profile a three dimensional shape for the colours that it produces, colour management adjustments output to reproduce the required colour values. Primarily used in the creative industries, colour management has an important role in Photography, Publishing, Packaging, Product, Fashion design and medical imaging for precision imaging and colour accuracy.
Podcast
Design Week Talk: Hype vs Reality
Presented a talk at Clerkenwell Design Week link on 3D printing entitled Hype vs Reality in the Gallery link in Clerkenwell London, meeting a director of BIM Objects link, free library of BIM Building Information Modeling architectural elements and a member of the customization design team for Jaguar Land Rover link.
Accredited Supplier to the Trade
Accredited supplier to The GOLDSMITHS' Centre, the UK's leading charity for the professional training of Goldsmiths, offering Silversmithing and jewellery courses in London.
Technical Author: British Industry
Commissioned by Peter Taylor MBE the director of training at The Worshipful Company of GOLDSMITHS', two papers one on CAD terminology and the other a Software Matrix which where combined and published as a industry white paper in 2005 link and cited by the World Gold Council.
Designed to demystify the technical jargon associated with the 3D industry, the jewellery industry was an early adopter of aesthetic digital design, precision engineering and AM Additive manufacturing (3D printing), termed as disruptive technology which helped quietly revolutionise the industry, following the publication The GOLDSMITHS' Centre link was established."
The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths', commonly known as The GOLDSMITHS' Company link, are one of the Twelve Great Livery Companies founders of the City of London, which received its first Royal Charter in 1327 giving it the authority to uphold the Silver and Gold standards, today the Gold standard is directly linked to Monetary value through the Financial markets of The City of London.
The statutory function of the Company continues as consumer protection through the operations of The Goldsmiths' Company Assay Office. All items sold within the UK with elements of gold, silver, platinum or palladium are legally required to be tested by an assay office laboratory and hallmarked link, Other responsibilities of Assay Office London include the annual examination of coins manufactured by the Royal Mint, and hold the Chancellor to account described as the trial of the Pyx.
Pioneering Rapid Prototyping
2003 Trained by 3D Systems top British SLA engineers from Automotive (F1) and Aviation, training Certificate Signed by Chuck Hall the inventor of SLA Stereolithography, While working in a highly secure environment Beta testing successfully increased the Accuracy of the Viper Si2 turning the £100k machine into the Accuracy of a device costing £1m.
Used primarily in Aerospace, Bio-mechanical engineering, F1 and Automotive design, many are still in service, Vipers Si2 Case study of Dimensional Accuracy of the Skull Models link, also used in design development of diabetes blood sugar testing devices by Bayer Healthcare link as well as other medicine and healthcare corporate brands. images of the Viper currently used in medical design development link.
Invited to The Royal College of Art (RCA) Kensington to meet technical staff operating their Viper Si2 in the rapid prototyping workshops link. the RCA is the No.1 ranked university Globally for art & design. the only entirely postgraduate institution of university status devoted to research and knowledge exchange, teaching and practice in art, design, communication and humanities in the UK.
Hygiene
Design for a dental practice for Swiss dentist in Dubai, using pioneering research in hygiene, the interior had hospital corners with tools and storage in a small adjacent room through a one way negative air flow system, reducing particles from drilling etc from exposure to surfaces, as particles in the air can potentially be Cancer forming when operating on bone.
Platinum Industry
As the CAD CAM model maker to one of the largest platinum jewellery casting companies in Europe, The first jewellery lost wax casting company in the UK, with Investment from the Department of Trade and Industry, Introduced RP Rapid Prototyping using Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) into the production process, and the production masters produced have been in production for the past two decades and exported to 120 countries, and continue to create UK trade, revenue for the treasury and generate taxes in the local countries.
3D Systems Viper Si2 with Beta upgraded accuracy, master model designed for platinum production super cooling of ceramic investment casting, similar to that used in titanium parts production.
Beta Test Model
Group director P. Fuller was God Son of the author J. R. R. Tolkien CBE FRSL, BBC West Midlands reported on the production of engraved Rings for the film Lord of the Rings.
Design development
Start-up with Kaya Huang MA RCA, from the conceptual stages, design development and production of Objet D'art. Exhibiting at 100% Design and Chelsea crafts fair, Winning the London Evening Standard interior design award at the Chelsea Craft Fair and Shell Live Wire Award 2001. and Showcased on Japanese television.
Light box acrylic was donated by RCA graduate, Italian Sculptor and interior designer at Toyota 4x4 design studio in Nice on the French Riviera, some of the work sold to members of the McLaren F1 team, and the acrylic was later used to make daylight light boxes.
Fashion photography
Mark Loy, CEO and founder of Spring Studios link
“John has always had such an incredible imagination, I think imagination is better than knowledge and sometimes even more precious than reality... It inspires sense of admiration of possibilities within the limitations of facts."
Starting in CAD CAM and RP
Trained in CAD CAM for Creative industries with designers from the ceramics industry at Birmingham City university School of Engineering at Millennium Point before the official opening by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on 2 July 2002.
Meeting industry RP engineer during installation and training, explained Medical research into cultivation of Bone Marrow by 3D printing caster sugar and distilled water, the Bone Marrow forming to shape of the 3D model for surgery.
Industry benchmarking
Involved in British and international bench-marking reports, sharing findings and implementing good practice from the reports findings in 3D Printing: Queen Mary University of London and the Banking Sector.
Food Security
Partner Industry expert M.S.W. Associates, BCCCA international Benchmarking for British Gov, food factory layout design, Supplier of imported foods for Super Markets and restraints, testing ingredients with ISO 9001 cert and national safety recalls i.e Soya source containing sulphuric acid etc. insert Facebook, Instagram photograph of a plate of food.
Food and Drink industry
Beta tester for developments in food packaging the hardware and design software, used in design development and visualisation of food packaging including cardboard boxes, flexibles, bottles, cartons and labels and shrink rap and metallic foils, point of sale design and shelving arrangement and real time raytracing of product packaging and store interiors.
Bottle modeled for Lord Karan Bilimoria's Cobra Beer company showing the Indian Gurkha family design on the bottle.
03/03/22 attended National Trading Standards Virtual meeting on draft for Food Packaging Compostable Plastics, asking for easy Identification labeling for separating waste plastics, and sent them information on the estrogen like hormone given off by plastic food packaging which affect humans and studies of their alternatives.
note: pioneering research in landmine victim limb prosthetics was done in African using Yakult the popular Japanese probiotic yogurt bottle, recycled and used for its softness, melted down and molded for comfort at the contact to the limb.
MSF Médecins Sans Frontières
When visiting Dubai witnessed the director of MSF Médecins Sans Frontières Anti Landmine link campaign finishing post production (2000 In UAE United Arab Emirates), which went on the be screened Globally before Lord of the Rings in Cinemas, also met the lead animator of the Fellowship of the Rings at his MAYA industry training event at the Prince Charles Cinema, China Town London.
Digital security
Design development and manufacturing of the Floppy disk drive Lock in the early 1990's for Stealth International, designed to physically secure a computer for the Middle East Aviation industry and UK Banking Sector, and installed one of the first Gigabit networks in the UK at Emirates Airlines Haymarket HQ, which helped fund living in Meard Street SOHO and attending Central St Martins with the likes of British Fashion designer Stella McCartney.
Early work
Early study from my Great Grandfathers sketchbook 1909, Saltcoats Scotland, Borough surveyor for Ayrshire, my grandfather went on to donate the downstairs of his home in Saltcoats to the British Red Cross and today it is the NHS volunteer centre HQ for Ayrshire in Scotland.
Attended Central St Martins and Sir John Cass / Guildhall University and provided technical support to graduates of Royal College of Art. Own projects include studying Political Abuse of Psychiatry by Eastern and Western powers. Business studies paper on the packaging and marketing of Beer from the Moscow brewery imported into the UK immediately after the Dissolution of the Soviet Union, named after the month in which the Berlin Wall separating East and West Germany fell in 1989. Commissioned to design earrings for someone involved in Civil Rights for Aboriginal Australians.
School
Held in the British Film Institute (BFI) archives is an London Weekend Television (LWT) interview while at primary school (Victory) drawing geometry patterns on the BBC Micro computer, soon afterwards designed the pixel graphics for Daily Thompson decathlon on the BBC Micro.
Album Artwork
91' was invited by Fungus Mungus in Clapham Junction to be involved in artwork for The Last Poets previously unreleased late 1960s African American Civil Rights spoken word, drum beats with Jimi Hendrix on guitar in some of his last recording sessions.
Analytics
We invite the internet into our homes, personal devices and businesses, the Face-Book Cambridge Analytica scandal, proven to have used the false pretenses of academic research to collect personal information, aided corrupt political parties to gain power using face-books algorithms.
This caused the creation of tighter regulations on the collection and use of visitor information, we respect your privacy and only collect data to plan delivery to our visitors and stop malicious requests, to create the safest browsing experience.
Supported Charity : Children and Young adults with learning disabilities
As a child I attended the Bloomfield learning centre link at Guy's Hospital to receive learning support for Dyslexia, Opened in 1973 the Bloomfield clinic of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, was the first purpose built centre in the World for child development, which proved the link between the home environment and child learning development and mental health.
Bloomfield's continues to provide children and young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds professional assessment and learning support, alumni include engineers, barristers and journalists.
Without early professional assessment and learning support young Children can become frustrated and disillusioned with education and fall through the net, become exploited by others I.e. gangs and drugs limiting their future prospects.
Supported Charity : WISE Campaign
WISE link is a UK Charity established to Create a Culture of diversity and inclusion in STEM Science Technology Engineering and Math, Associate member.
Disclosure and Transparency
Working while observed through glass walls in studios and workshops, eligible organisations or companies can request UK Home Office Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced disclosure and certificate of character are available on request.
Place of Birth
Scottish Roots my family lived for many years in Newton Stewart, one half of the small Scottish town where James A. Mirrlees FRSE FBA link was born and raised, who's work in incentivizing taxation to relieve Third World countries from the burden of debt, won him The Sveriges Riksbank Prize (Noble Prize) in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in 1996. the local library didn't hold a copy of his paper but the librarian knew his mother and said i could have tea with her.
Support: IWF Internet Watch Foundation
IWF link are one of the only organizations legally permitted to identify and remove from servers and websites illegal images of child abuse material from the internet and stop the repeated victimization of people abused in childhood, making the internet a safer place, new restrictions on digital service providers are proposed as part of the Online Safety Bill scheduled for the Autumn.
Due diligence
Due diligence will be carried out to prevent attempts to defraud, compromise integrity, or security.