Joshua Spinks

PM Current project @ 16 Devonshire place, contract with DAO Estates.

Assisted top professional project managers in multimillion pound developments. My main project was renovating a grade II listed Georgian property into 6 luxury apartments in the heart of Marylebone.

Working alongside Mr Thompson in various projects such as new construction, conservation work, education, healthcare and sports facilities. With this variety of opportunities, I gained valuable experience providing a full range of architectural services from feasibility studies, through to contract administration. Our award-winning work for some on our residential clients has been featured in The Times newspaper, and two other projects were featured on BBC2's "Building Dream Homes".

Jumped into the world of high end interior design 2 days after graduating, with the amazing, award winning Mia Karlsson. I had the opportunity to visit clients and sites with Mia, contributing to initial conceptual designs which later realised on well presented drawings. Intelligent designs with a direction of unique brilliance, not frightened to push the boundaries of luxury, tailored to each client.

Working closely with clients such as Fujifilm and Turkish Airlines to produce creative stands, realising their brand identity to produce a positive, rememberable experience for each visitor during the exhibition. Further developing my skills editing 3D CAD visualisations in Photoshop which were then presented to the clients for sign off. Once agreed, we worked closely with the contractor to bring the design to life, at exhibitions in London, Berlin and Dubai.

Worked along side Yale University MBA students to create a future of Prada store concept as a selected winner for the competition. Presented at the first sustainability Prada conference in Milan. Open these links below to find out more about this amazing collaborative experience.

A select group of individuals from the University of Hertfordshire in England and Yale University in USA, collaborating to create a sustainable futuristic store concept for Prada. This workshop aimed to explore perceptions of luxury brands through an understanding and interpretation of luxury, as an all-encompassing experience. The workshop was part of an ongoing collaboration with Yale School of Management that continued through March at the Prada Foundation in Milan. Workshop led by: Dr Shaun Borstrock Dr Silvio Carta Jessica Helfand

Education at Hertfordshire has broadened my view on design as a whole. The course had a variety of projects, from industrial, hospitality, exhibition, retail, temporary structures and residential. A collection of software was taught by the talented Paul Cureton, such as photoshop, sketchup, autoCAD and Revit. Learning multiple programmes enabled me to become a natural at picking up all different CAD software with ease in a short period of time. I also took part in late night drawing classes to enhance my designs visually on paper too. Designs with a pen and paper has a personal style and identity per designer which should be exploited while at university and developed over time.

Studying Interior Design at WVU was quite different in a positive way to the course back In the UK. The course in North America had more attention towards materials, FF&E details than my architectural, space planning and user concentrated course at UH. Combining this year with my architectural years at UH, I believe this has made a positive impact on me and my future career.

This was the start of my design orientated career as I entered college to study 3D design. It was a broad course that covered many different projects. From product design, theatre stage sets, retail/residential interior design and Architecture. Skills learnt: Photoshop AutoCAD architecture Sketchup Illustrator Indesign Model making Presentation skills Concept design User experience 3D Visualisations