jacqui ma
DOB: 29 may 1976
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Puma Bags
casual
luggage [london 2005]
Jasper Conran for Tripp [2005]
consumer
electronics [eleksen 2003]
biometrics:
konstrukt design 2002
accessory design[London, 2004]
llighting
[London, 2004]
furniture
[Sydney, 2002]
eating and drinking vessles [sydney, 2002]
internet
radio
[university of canberra 2001]
pen
[university of canberra 2001]
design of space
design
in extreme environments
gallery
Australian born Jacqui Ma, has worked as a product designer in Sydney and London since 2001. She currently lives in London and works as a fashion trend forecaster with world leading trend agency WGSN.
Her extensive experience as an accessory designer include a previous post as senior accessories designer with Puma
International and a solid background in luggage design with her previous position as primary designer at Tripp for Debenhams, she has been designing and developing accessories
since 2004. Prior to Tripp, experience in new materials and industrial
design was gained at Opius, a leading London-based product design consultancy.
Her stint as an in-house designer with UK technology company Eleksen Ltd,
innovators of conductive fabrics, extended her experience beyond the traditional
sphere of product design to the development of new product concepts. These
concepts enabled smart fabrics to replace or complement hard plastic in
a wide range of applications: from telecommunications and medical devices
through to toys and furniture.
Experience in the manufacturing industry has also remained a consummate
part of her approach to design. Starting out with a degree in manufacturing
management from UTS in Sydney, and more recently working side by side
with manufactuers in China to develop and construct new product luggage
and bag designs with Tripp and Puma
Her entrée into design came when she left the manufacturing
industry in order to study Industrial Design at the University of Canberra.
During this time, in 2000, Jacqui studied for a year at the Paris industrial
design school, Les Ateliers, where she worked on projects such as an interior
fit-out for Ubisoft and a design workshop with IDEO, as well as working
part-time with a local graphic design studio. After graduating (with honours),
she worked for a year at Konstrukt Design in Sydney before heading to
the UK.
More
recently in London, Jacqui has been tinkering with her own brand of
products, launching AM Design at the St Pancras design show in December
2003. Her lamps and zip bags all look at the inherent qualities of the
materials from which they are made with the objective of re-purposing
the material or exaggerating its role. Through an ironic ‘play’,
her designs question at which point an idea becomes an object. See more
at www.am-design.co.uk.
WORK HISTORY
Puma
International: Accessories Designer
Design
and development of international collections of Puma accessories.
Tripp:
Retailer of Luggage at Debenhams Department Stores, London
Luggage designer responsible for the design
and development of all collections including accessories sold at 120 stores
throughout the UK. Working regularly with manufacturers in China throughout
the development cycle.
Opius
Limited: Product Design Consultancy, London
Project management of a range of luxury luggage
including strategic branding analysis, supplier and manufacturing liasing,
product design, design engineering, budget control and client presentations.
Eleksen
Limited: Electrotextiles, Pinewood Studios, UK
New product concepts, Microsoft Tablet PC case with integrated keyboard,
development and deisgn of soft keyboard with Nokia design. Presentations,
graphics, and prototypes demonstrating elektex technology.
Konstrukt Design: Product Design Consultancy, Sydney
Major
projects include the Australian design award winning Anaesthesia Workstation
for Ulco Medical, several biometrics projects including fingerprint and
face scanning devices all currently in production
Wilton Hanford Hanover, Publishing & Consulting, ACT, Australia
Design and Project Management of new office including budgeting, finance
and IT.
Nucombo Arthouse, Paris, France
6 months internship
BP / Amoco Fabrics and Fibres Company, Sydney
Beginning as Management Trainee and working through from Shift Manager
to Manufacturing Manager, new product development - plastics, process
improvement, safety and quality systems implementation.
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Sydney
Facilitation Team member, process illustrator, researcher and website
designer in CGE&Y’s Accelerated Solutions Environment (ASE).
This business provides companies with facilitation working on specific
business issues such as new product development, business system implementation
and restructuring. Clients
include: Lipton (Unilever), Westpac, Ford Motor Company, Victoria Workcover
Authority, Origin Energy. Based in the Sydney office, and contracted to
centres in Melbourne, Holland and France.
TIME LINE
+ LINKS
2006: Puma
International , London: accessories designer
2005:
Tripp Luggage,
London: product designer / product development
2004:
Opius Limited,
London: industrial designer
2003:
Eleksen limited, London: industrial designer, new product development
2002: Konstrukt
design, Sydney: junior
industrial designer
2001: University
of Canberra: bachelor of industrial design
2000: Les
Ateliers, Paris: student
2000: Nucombo Arthouse: graphic design
internship
1999: University of Canberra: bachelor
of industrial design
1999: Victor lodge B+B/backpackers:
partime employee
1998: University of Canberra: bachelor of industrial design
1999: Victor lodge B+B/backpackers:
partime employee
1997: BP/Amoco
Chemicals Fabrics + Fibres, Sydney: manufacturing manager
1994: University
of Technology, Sydney:
Bachelor of Manufacturing Management
1996:
BP/Amoco fabrics + fibres: Management Trainee
1996: Stall at Bondi beach markets
1993: St Catherines School, Waverley, Sydney
CONTACT
JACQUI MA
jacqui@am-design.co.uk
References available on request
Contact Jacqui
to see latest additions to her portfolio.