Portfolio - Blair Millward

PORTFOLIO

Blair Millward - Design, Photography, Artwork.

NARRATIVE About me

I am an ambitious 25 year old creative designer from Edinburgh, who believes in an imaginative process that has personal flair and always goes beyond the logistics of a brief.

I connect ideas from different cultures and world outlooks to inspire a proposal, and in each project, I bring together my past experiences and interests to develop a unique narrative.

I am enthusiastic, confident, and passionate in delivering outstanding outputs which leave a lasting impression.

blair.millward@hotmail.co.uk 07366295700 www.linkedin.com/in/blair-millward

EXPERIENCE Education Work Interests

MArch (2021-2022)

University of Strathclyde

Advanced Architectural Design Masters

BSc Hons (2017-2021)

University of Strathclyde

Architectural International Studies

First Class Honours

Exchange Semester (2020)

Czech Technical University Prague Architecture

Sheppard Robson

Work Experience

Glasgow Summer 2018

Charles Henshaw & Sons

Work Experience

Edinburgh Summer 2015

The Dolphin Cocktail Bartender

Sydney Dec 2022 - May 2023

PERSONAL

SKILLSET

Software Physical Language

Photoshop advanced

ArchiCAD intermediate

Model Making articulate Presenting confident

English Native

SketchUp advanced

Sketching creative

Spanish Advanced Italian Beginner

Design

Underground Utopia

Revival Remedies

Ath Churaim

Linking Liberec

Forest of Knowledge

Photography

Artwork

Visual Travel Journal

Concentration

Plaza Michelangelo Viewpoint

The Gates of Argonauth Album Cover Business

The Awakening

DESIGN

AN UNDERGROUND UTOPIA

Tradeston, Glasgow

In my Undergraduate Thesis project, I focused on my passion for electronic music. Glasgow, once a thriving city of industry, nightlife and cuture, experienced devastation during the Covid-19 Pandemic as the nightlife industry faced unimanagable decline. Thus, this underground utopia for countercultures, will re-discover Glasgow’s cultural identity and stay true to her industrial past, as the city’s nightlife sets sail into the future.

REVIVAL REMEDIES

Creative Branding Activation

Rehydrate. Electrolyte Station

Refresh.

CBD Misting

Refuel: Trail Pick N’ Mix

Refine.

Natural Beauty Salon

Rediscover. Ambient Vinyl Sets

Relax: Hammock Zone

A place to revive in a restless environment, this bespoke activation invites those at a music festival who seek a healthy haven. Constructed with re-purposed scaffolding, the design has a focus on sustainability and encourages the youth to embark on a journey to wellness.

ATH CHURAIM

Muirhouse and Cramond Island, Edinburgh

In my Masters Thesis project I reacted to Scotland’s drug crisis. By creating a rehabilitation programme for struggling drug addicts, the project focused on finding meaning through architectural interventions. By growing crops, creating art, and performing music, it advicates purpose for those who struggle with life in a stigmatised country.

LINKING LIBEREC

Liberec, Czech Republic

I studied in Prague for an Erasmus exchange semester during my third year of University. Amongst immersing in a different culture, I also designed an extension to a 19th century theatre in Liberec. A new centre for dramatic arts, it links to the existing building, and also creates a connection for the city to the public realm.

FOREST OF KNOWLEDGE

The Scores, St Andrews

The concept for this library project focuses on a forest and the calming atmosphere that inspirits it. The integral space is the reading room, where structural columns symbolise a metophorical forest. Skylights within the canopy above allow natural light to pour through voids in the trunk of the building, forming a tranquil environment to learn in.