Design persona

DSDN 171: Design in context

Blog1: Design Persona

Hi, my name is Ashton Oliver and here is a little about myself.
I grew up in the bustling metropolis that is Auckland, before my parents made the brave and daring move to small town Alexandra, Central Otago.
I ride bicycles, eat too much cereal and have a healthy obsession with sport, a passion for punk rock and can more often than not be seen with a film camera trying to capture the moments in life that make me happy.

After taking a few years off once I finished high school to do my fair share of shit jobs, some good jobs and a little O.E in between I chose to study industrial design. My reasons being I want a career designing bicycle components and frames, hopefully to create new products that will evolve and shape the industry, and the sport. Like designers such as Mike Sinyard, Dave Turner and Joe Breeze have. They inspired me with their product design and innovation, as well as designers like James Dyson whose inventions and designs have changed the way society lives today.

I enrolled to study industrial design at Victoria University of Wellington because to me it offered the broadest range of integrated design classes and theories to help me learn and understand the principles of design better and progress my knowledge and skills when designing my own product, as well as giving me the chance to move to Wellington, a city that I have always loved, and am now really excited to now be living in.