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I'm a final year Industrial Design student who sees design as a creative canvas for bringing ideas to life. I'm drawn to projects where function and feeling matter equally; creating things that are both purposeful and personal.

Attune

Calm In The Classroom

Attune is a haptic wristband system designed for SEN children in mainstream primary schools. Existing stress interventions require teachers to visibly interact with a child mid-lesson, drawing peer attention and increasing stigma. Attune allows a teacher to send a calming vibration pattern directly to a child’s wrist with two button presses: silently, wirelessly, and without disrupting the class. The child feels the signal, breathes, and refocuses. No disruption. No stress. No fuss.

Branding

The Attune visual identity was designed to sit between two worlds: a professional look for NHS and school procurement whilst still being sleek for a child to want to wear it. A muted sage green palette, soft-touch matte finishes and a rounded pebble form all work together to make the device feel personal and considered rather than medical or institutional.

The charm system gives each child a daily ritual of choice. They can pick a strap colour and attach a named charm before the school day starts. This sense of ownership is not cosmetic; it is evidence-based, research showing that personal investment in a therapeutic tool significantly increases how consistently a child will use it.