DIFFERENT THINKING
Ourstudentsdevelopauser-centreddesign Hehasmanagedtobecreativewithdesignsto
approachthatrequiresacreativeapproach keepmaterialcostsdown,butprizemoneyhe
todiscoverthemostenrichingsolutiontothe haswonforhisworkhashelpedwithmaterials.
enduser.
StraightaftergraduatingBenbeganworkingas
BeforeBenArentgraduatedin2008hedeveloped aninteractiondesigneratTRIL,acommercial
projectssuchasthe‘EnergyTree’-atreethat andacademicresearchcentrethatdevelops
growsordiesdependingonhowenvironmentally technologytoaidindependentliving-creating
consciousyouare;the‘SpeedoDragonfly’-an cutting-edgesolutionsthatenableolderpeople
ecosandaldesignedformanufacture;and‘Jive’- tostayathomeforlonger.
aprojectdesignedtomakesocialnetworkingmore
accessibletounderrepresentedgroups. “I don’t know what the next few years hold for me,
but if I can continue to work on the cutting edge
Alloftheseprojectshavebeenfeaturedingalleries of product development as I have during the last four
andmanyhavegainedinternationalattention. years at Middlesex I know it will be exciting.”
The future is creative
All of our programmes are predicated on design
thinking, whether that is designing new products or
digital user interfaces or entire computer networks.
In project modules students are able to develop their
own concepts for design, and for many programmes
there are opportunities to showcase student design
through exhibitions.
8 Engineering and Information Sciences
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