David's interests surround environmentally responsible materials and methods of production, the combination of digital and craft methodologies, the democratisation of design, and the importance of interior design to the creation and expression of self-identity. He uses experimentation as a method of learning, employing both analogue and digital methods to investigate materials, forms and functions.
Originally graduating from The Glasgow School of Art with an undergraduate MEng in Product Design Engineering, David then worked in design for several years in Glasgow, Leipzig and Rotterdam, developing a focus on interiors and interior products which were designed for disassembly and which used/reused materials with low environmental impact. He has exhibited work at the London Design Festival, IMM Cologne and at various venues across Glasgow including The Lighthouse and South Block.
In 2011 he co-founded Glasgow-based design community Analogue Social, organising and participating in design exhibitions and events across Scotland. The organisation focussed on collaboration as a method of building a sustainable design community.
Following an interest in materials, David worked for three years with a sustainable timber supplier in the Highlands before returning in 2020 to The Glasgow School of Art, attending the MDes Interior Design programme. He passed with distinction and for his final project which responded to the renaissance of domestic craft activity during COVID lockdowns, and the combination of these craft making techniques with digital design technologies, received the Chairman's Medal for top postgraduate student from the School of Design.
He began teaching on the postgraduate Interior Design programme in early 2022.
MDes Interior Design
MEng Product Design Engineering
| # | Item title |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Weather Riso Prints | 88 | 47 |
| 2 | Embossed Lino Prints | 70 | 31 |
| 3 | Recycled Paper Wall-hanging | 63 | 20 |
| 4 | Quilt Bot | 35 | 16 |
