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Head of Design
Phil Staunton
Phil Staunton is Head of Design at Innovate. Phil graduated from Loughborough University, in Industrial Design and Technology, with a first class degree. His career in Product Design involved the use of both SolidWorks and ProE modelling software and several of the products Phil developed are now on the market.He was a finalist in the RSA design awards 2005 and build an underwater video camera controlled by a laptop for his major design project at University. His experience includes working for Ambient Pressure Diving in Cornwall and developing on over a hundred in new inventions while working as a designer for Innovate Product Design Ltd.
Phil is a regular speaker at Ideas 21 events and offers free advice sessions for would be inventors at the British Library. He is a member of 2 related organisations: The Institution of Engineering Designers and the Institute of Patentees and Inventors. Phil has developed considerable knowledge in protecting intellectual property and licensing an idea.
When not at work Phil is most likely to be found playing with his young son William, helping at Salisbury Vineyard church or working on home improvements. Mountains and teaching sailing have a particular draw as well!
Specialities
- Mechanical Product Design
- Prototyping functional mechanisms
- Design of underwater products
Experience
Head of Design | Industrial DesignerInnovate Product Design Ltd
Sept 2006-2009
Product Design Engineer
Ambient Pressure Diving
2004-2005
Education
Loughborough UniversityBSc Industrial Design and Technology
2002-2006
Interests
- Racing 2 man sailing dinghies
- Mountain Walking