Interaction Designer at Amnesty International
London, United Kingdom
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- Senior User Experience designer at How Splendid
- Masters Student at Interaction Design Institute Ivrea
- Designer at SV Design und Kommunikation
- Artist in Residence at Georgia Institute of Technology
- Graphic & User Experience design at restlesseye.com
- designer/animator at saatchi & saatchi nz
- Education
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- Interaction Design Institute Ivrea
- Wanganui School of Design
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Tristam Sparks’s Summary
Tristam Sparks designs and produces websites, on and offline motion graphics, short films, identity systems and information experience visualisations for both print and interactive media.
His undergraduate degree in Computer Graphic Design from the Wanganui School of Design in New Zealand enabled a diversified and expansive, award winning portfolio that intersects many professional experiences and projects.
This experience culminated in obtaining a Masters in Arts from Interaction Design Institute Ivrea, Italy where his thesis project explored ideas regarding participatory and communal communications tools related to democratic systems in governance.
At present, Tristam is based in London, England and following up on personal projects and explorations whilst exploring contract consultancy and freelance opportunities.
Tristam Sparks’s Specialties:
Graphical User Interface design
Online & Offline User experience design
Software Prototyping
User Centered design
User Experience Prototyping
Screen & Print Typography
Motion graphic design
Identity & information systems design
Iconographic design
Digital film making
Tristam Sparks’s Experience
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Senior User Experience designer
How Splendid
(Privately Held; Online Media industry)
July 2007 — March 2009 (1 year 9 months)
Working closely with clients of Splendid and Flow Interactive, I have been leading small teams through the entire design process that has taken into account analysis of the market and competitive landscape through to concept generation, user centred design and user testing through to final site/service build and deployment. I have been consulting with both clients who are either established or starting up. I am a contract freelancer.
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Masters Student
Interaction Design Institute Ivrea
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Design industry)
2004 — 2006 (2 years)
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Designer
SV Design und Kommunikation
(Design industry)
September 2002 — March 2004 (1 year 7 months)
Responsible for translating a wide variety of communication strategies into motion graphics and onto the web. Also responsible for the expansion of the studios business online: allowing it to access and facilitate communication strategies that were otherwise not part of their commercial design offerings.
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Artist in Residence
Georgia Institute of Technology
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
November 2000 — September 2003 (2 years 11 months)
Working as a designer, animator & instructor at the School of LCC, I art directed, designed and execute communication strategies, promotional material and software experience prototypes for art based experimental projects. I also provided assistance and guidance to graduate students for their conceptual and production concerns. Identity and communications applications were also produced for the school in both print and on the web.
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Graphic & User Experience design
restlesseye.com
(Design industry)
March 2001 — February 2002 (1 year)
Working with various clients in London & Berlin. I worked on shifting and translating communications opportunities from one publishing/display medium to another whilst ensuring that the relative benefit of each media was preserved and capitalised upon.
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designer/animator
saatchi & saatchi nz
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
August 1999 — November 2000 (1 year 4 months)
Responsible for the design and production of award winning cinema and television commercials. In addition to designing and producing advertising on the web. The on- and offline work encompassed everything from two dimensional, static design to high impact work produced in Flash and After Effects.
Tristam Sparks’s Education
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Interaction Design Institute Ivrea
MA , Interaction Design , 2004 — 2006
Graduated: June 2006
Project of note: xBlocks - Tangible Video Game - Where Physical & Virtual play affect each other. More: http://www.restlesseye.com/interact/xblocks/index.htm
Thesis project: The Undiscovered Country - Enabling Democracy through Communications Technology. More: http://www.restlesseye.com/interact/thesis/index.htm- Activities and Societies:
- Student representative: 2004 - 2006
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Wanganui School of Design
BA Computer Graphic design , Motion graphics, Print design , 1995 — 1999
Additional Information
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Tristam Sparks’s Interests:
user experience design, user interface design, photojournalism, interaction design, typography, film & art history, exhibition design, architecture, world history, geopolitics, emergent democracy, democratic governance, mountain biking, snow skiing, aviation
Tristam Sparks’s Groups:
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Interaction Design Association -
Front End of Innovation -
Amnesty International - working to protect human rights worldwide -
Amnesty International (AI) -
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User Experience Group -
Made From New Zealand
Tristam Sparks’s Honors:
Work exhibited at Salone di Mobile, Milan
IDII Student representative
Worked with Profile Intermedia 6
Work selected for reprint by Zanders
Presentation at ISEA (Paris) & Profile Intermedia 3 (Germany)
2x NYTDC Certificate of Excellence (USA,) D&AD Silver (UK), 2x Axis Awards (NZL)
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