‘Project Prize BSc (Hons) Product Design & Innovation’ by the Department of Mechanical Design and Engineering, University of Portsmouth, 2009/2010.
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‘The Institution Best Project’ by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 2010.
All in all a fantastic day full of great achievements!
Along with Product Design, I have always enjoyed fine art.
Design student’s work on show in London
Thu, Jun 3, 2010
A Portsmouth student will be exhibiting her design for a kitchen scales for the visually impaired at the prestigious Design Museum’s ‘design overtime’ event this Friday evening.
Eve Bellamy is studying for her BSc in product design and innovation in the Department of Mechanical and Design Engineering. She has already won a university entrepreneur competition with her design for a sustainable water bottle.
Now her work will be on show at the London museum’s night show from 6-10pm.
Eve, 21, was given space in the Design Museum after she won a competition showcasing her skills and the ability of her products to meet the needs of users.
She said: “I have always enjoyed art and design but before my product design and innovation experience at university I hadn't imagined I would do so well. I had never studied product design before and it has challenged me but also the constant variety of units and briefs has encouraged me to be versatile in my work while also expressing my individual flair.
“Being selected by the Design Museum brings me a huge sense of achievement. It has given me an experience which not all of us are lucky to have and it’s also given me more confidence in presenting my work to others.
“The whole experience has given me the confidence that I am competent enough to approach different briefs and succeed.
“Designing products can be difficult because often someone else has been there and done it. You could have a fantastic idea, but it could be impractical for the user, so their feedback is essential throughout the design process. The sense of satisfaction at the end of a design process with the knowledge that you have provided something useful is a great feeling.”
For her final year show at the university Eve, from Shoreham-by-Sea, designed a tool for cranial osteopaths to enable them to make accurate measurements of children’s heads in order to gauge how effective treatment is.
Her tutor Lynsey Plockyn said: “This is a great opportunity for Eve to showcase her talents at the Design Museum. Eve has the creative and technical ability that make for a good product designer. She has always been determined to design products that make a positive difference to people's lives.”
On May 5th I had my Final Year Project Poster Day where I had to opportunity to present my poster and product prototype to both my dissertation assessors and visiting employers.
Having been successful in the first stage of the 'Design Factory - Ergonomics Real Design' competition, I was invited back to work along side the other winners and three designers.
Using both my concept sketching skills and my Pro Engineer skills, I redesigned a standard electrical plug.
Basic design for a more ergonomic kettle handle. I have shown the development from a block of Styrofoam to a finished design!
During my second year at University, I undertook some maquette furniture design, using card, paper and any other materials I could find!
I have a great passion for concept sketching and rough drawings! In my first year of University, I focused my work on using spirit markers along with the more standard Biro and pencil! 
Having attended the 'Design Factory - Ergonomics Real Design' exhibition at the Design Museum, I gathered research and drew inspiration from the pieces of work observed.
With over 50 original concepts, entries were significantly up on last year and competition was fierce. Judges selected winners from in one of three categories - Arts, Services and Technology. Winners received £1000 each prize money and runners up received £500. The cash prize is designed to help them develop their ideas for stage two of the competition later this year.
Top prizes went to Eve Bellamy for a unique water filtration system, to Nikki Maynard for her original black cat good luck ‘dolls’ and to Oliver Goodman and Daryl Summers for their website to help students find accommodation.
Oliver and Daryl, the students behind www.findstudenthouses.com, said their idea was born out of their own challenge to find student housing for their second year at University in Portsmouth. Oliver, who is studying BSc Property Development, said that feedback from local estate agents that they wouldn’t be taken seriously only spurred them on.
He said: “Finding a house can be stressful and time consuming and having been through it ourselves we’ve been able to create a product to tap into a market where we know there’s already a demand. The prize money has come at just the right time for us because we’re hoping to officially launch the site in the next few weeks.”
The Annual Enterprise Challenge Awards are organised by the University’s Centre for Enterprise which aims to inspire students to learn and succeed in entrepreneurship through developing enterprise skills and experience.
The first stage of the awards is also a chance for competition entrants to network with an audience of University staff and members of the local business community and to hear some inspirational talks by successful entrepreneurs. This year there was a lively presentation from former participant in series five of the BBC show The Apprentice, Kimberly Davis, who runs her own successful marketing company.
She asked the audience to imagine how their lives would look in five, ten and 20 years time if they didn’t follow their dream and then picture how different things would be if they pursued their ambition instead. She said “You can get to anyone with seven phonecalls and knowing the right thing to say.”
The awards ceremony was opened by a champion of the Portsmouth Centre for Enterprise (PCE), PhD student Mitu Khandaker who recently spent six months in the USA on a Kaufman Global Scholarship which nurtures entrepreneurial talent. She said that the experience changed her life forever and she owed everything to the support she received from PCE.
She said “The University doesn’t just have a Centre for Enterprise, it IS a centre for enterprise.”
