Jim is a multi award winning designer. This year he has won the Reddot for Product Design for the 13° 60° 104° Wine Decanter and the Faces of Design competition. He holds an RSA award and his innovative cat food bowl won BBC’s tomorrow’s world's Best Inventions pilot. His Blindspot series is Design Parade selected. Whilst studying, D&AD included his work in their competition’s book.Jim had explored many creative areas before discovering his passion for Industrial Design. Originally trained as a model-maker in the film and television industry (The Muppet Treasure Island, Band of Brothers, Tomb Raider, Victoria and Albert), Jim’s innovative cat-food bowl sold over 50,000 pieces throughout Europe. Jim then went on to teach at a special needs school in London before completing a Master’s degree (2006) in Industrial Design at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design (part of London’s University of the Arts, London).Working from the studio in London, Jim is passionate to explore materials to create original and visually beautiful, refined concepts. He enjoys every stage of the design process. New creative techniques are sought to generate original ideas.

DYVERSITY LAB is a collection of thinkers to tackle complex challenges, from local to global.Our neurologically and culturally diverse team offers fresh perspectives and complementary problem-solving skills.

UK, USA Patented. 50,000 sold throughout Europe. I designed and developed the Cat Feeder independently, from conceptual drawings, through mechanical design, prototyping, to product testing. A limited company was formed and licensing deals were made, which included Argos and Pets at Home.

Having been awarded a Creative Seed Fund, by the University of the Arts London and had a successful trial by the Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital, Jim is developing 'Mindplan'.

A new range of high end domestic steel products.

Designer Michael Anastassiades asked me to build a cardboard model of the Sigmar gallery, for the planning of an exhibition running over London Design week 2008. I was responsible for planning and overseeing the installation of the work.

Designers Monica Chong, Vincenzo Di Maria, Jim Rokos, and Christina Worsing made up the Allendale Industrial Heritage team. Given a chance to explore the natural, social and built environment, what struck them deeply were the invisible elements of the town’s lead mining past. Much of the physical evidence of Allendale’s industry has faded away as it has decayed and been consumed by its natural surroundings. The built environment, if it remains at all, becomes a relic. Original forms leave only partial traces of a life that once was in full motion. It is these tangible leftovers we seek out when we try to experience our past. But for every form we are able to grasp, there remains a counter-form as well—a piece that sits invisibly alongside.With the desire to illuminate these moments of Allendale’s industrial heritage, the team has proposed a series of four light-based installations to fill in the gaps, which time and space has erased. Light provides the proof our eyes often require to make sense of a physical world that no longer exists.These four installations will run continuously yet be most pronounced during the evening hours. The experience is self-guided, whereby visitors move at their own pace and draw their own conclusions. In the hopes of supporting an open-ended experience, navigation and explicit background information will be kept to a minimum. Light is the guiding principle of this project. It will act as a beacon throughout the community to indicate locations, people, and resources that make up the experience. If seeking help, insight, or conversation, we encourage people to simply move towards the light. The rest will take care of itself. Ultimately, by interacting on one’s own terms, we believe connections between past and present have the greatest chance of being felt and known.

Associate teacher at London special needs school.

Managed several large jobs, delivered on time and on budget to an exceptional standard. I have worked on several movies and TV shows, either subcontracting for model making companies or for productions.

Photographic skills mastered over several years working as a photographic assistant.