tonysmith

Initially trained as furniture maker/designer I then took a degree in 3D Design – Furniture and Related Products. My first job was with Foster Associates working on Stansted Airport and the Tecno Nomos system and bespoke project for Norman Fosters own homes. Then various jobs followed with a number of design consultancies working on travel retail and products such as Amtico flooring to POS and retail design including work for Orange. I have also successfully completed a MA in Design Studies at Central Saint Martins. My initial employment with Allen International as well as the retail-banking sector involved projects like a Finnish DIY warehouse store and duty free franchises. My latest positions have been as Design Leader for Products for BAA on the Terminal 5 project followed by my most recent stint as Design Director at Allen International working on retail banking projects from Ukraine to Qatar and the recent refurbishment of the LloydsTSB branches in the UK. I would describe myself as an all rounder from design initiation to crisis management and as Design Director have supervised teams of designers as well as being very client facing. I have a passion for design from branding and 2D work through to the product itself and the environment it ends up in. I have always applied my training as a furniture maker/designer from its attention to detail to high standards of work and to be different. I am a self taught Vectorworks user as well as numerous other software packages.