Euan Orford

Product Design Engineering

Hi, I’m Euan Orford.

I am a graduating Product Design Engineer from Swinburne University. My time at Swinburne and within Industry has been spent gaining knowledge and experience to become a prominent and professional product designer. Through my degree and a personal mechanical background, I have become proficient in skills such as injection moulding, 3D modelling, rapid prototyping and design for manufacture. I have been able to hone my skills through software such as Ansys, Inventor, SolidWorks, AutoCAD and many more platforms allowing for solutions to be rapidly and effectively developed. Industry partners which have been included along my journey include Engineers without borders (EWB), Tikkun Olam Makers (TOM), Nexans Olex, Air Services Australia and many more, providing a well-rounded and professional approach to product design engineering.

My final year research project ClearView represents a new generation of illuminating road studs that respond in real-time to provide dynamic visual feedback to road users and help them respond and adapt their driving to the prevailing conditions. Whether fluctuating road congestion, poor weather or night-time conditions, ClearView provides corresponding feedback to help drivers anticipate the conditions ahead and create a safer driving environment for all users.

Acknowledgement of Country

The School of Design and Architecture respectfully acknowledges the Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and knowledge-keepers of the lands, waters and sky that surround us, where we work, learn, create, communicate and make place. We recognise that sovereignty has never been ceded and this always was and will always be Wurundjeri Country. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who continue to make a better world through design.

We extend our acknowledgement to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff, students, alumni, real-life clients, and knowledge keepers, who have contributed to our own education diversity and growth. We will continue to ensure that staff and students respectfully honour ancestral connection to Country and Place in everything that they do.

We are dedicated to the notion of design to make a better world and we acknowledge that making tools, shaping place, sharing stories, making meaning, wayfinding and collaborating have long been and continue to be both central and integral to First Peoples' cultures. We recognize that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ cultural contributions have continued relevance to design practice and commit to: reconciling ancestries of design and contemporary practice as well as pursuing culturally and professionally appropriate ways to engage with a diverse population of colleagues, industries and clients. In a time of treaty-making and voice we understand that there are overlaps between caring for Country and the sustainable production of goods, services, experiences, products and buildings.

Guided by the principles of respect, reconciliation, and reciprocity we undertake to indigenising and decolonising design practice by dismantling colonial structures and challenging biases that have marginalised Indigenous voices and design.

As students of SoDA you will be given opportunities to both engage with and educate yourself in Indigenous creative practices and cultural protocols through a lens of inclusivity, diversity, respect, mutual understanding, inter-cultural dialogue in all aspects of design practice. Indigenous people have been telling stories, making tools, and connecting to Country through visual media, placemaking and place marking for more than 60,000 years and these practices are part of an ongoing, evolving and live tradition.