Digital Tools & Systems
Built a QR-code photo upload and print workflow so event guests could submit images and volunteers could print them without manual file handling.
This project supported The Big DV public installation by making one of the interactive pieces easier for guests and volunteers to use. The installation invited people to contribute photos and design responses to a public wall, so the workflow needed to move images from a guest’s phone to a volunteer-operated photo printer without creating a messy manual process during the event.
The visible workflow had to be simple: scan a QR code, upload a photo, and let the volunteers print it. I did not want guests handing over phones, emailing files, or relying on a volunteer to troubleshoot every submission. That meant the technical side could be more complicated, but the public side could not be. The system needed to feel like a normal event interaction, not a tech demo.
I connected a Dropbox File Request, Dropbox webhook, Cloudflare Worker, Join, Tasker, Autosync, and a Samsung Tab A9+ into one operating workflow. Uploaded images triggered the automation chain, the tablet was notified that new files were available, and Autosync moved them into a local folder the SELPHY printing app could read. For volunteers, the result was straightforward. Open the printing app, find the submitted photos, and print. They did not need to download files, search folders, move images around, or understand the automation chain behind it.
The setup also had to survive the realities of a public event. I configured the tablet more like a kiosk than a personal device, with separate accounts, minimal installed apps, public-use restrictions, and no unnecessary personal data exposed. I also built in fallback sync behaviour and failure alerts so the workflow was not dependent on someone noticing a problem at the exact moment it happened. Theft and recovery risk, account separation, volunteer handoff, and privacy exposure were all part of the design.
I recognized the friction in a live public interaction and connected available tools into a workflow people could use without thinking about it. The system reduced volunteer handling, protected guest privacy better than an improvised process, and made the interactive part of the installation feel simple from the outside
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Turned a collaborative festival concept into a CNC-fabricated public installation with seating, storage, an interactive wall, volunteer power, and reusable assembly details.
Creative & Community
For the Design Victoria Festival's Meeting Point Co-Design Challenge, our team’s concept, The Big DV, was selected from six proposals and built into a full-scale public installation. I led much of the technical and fabrication work, turning the shared concept into a CNC-fabricated installation with seating, an interactive design wall, hidden storage, volunteer power, and a practical assembly and handoff plan.
Built a laser-cut photo-frame guessing game with flipping tiles, integrated card storage, and a browser crop tool for printable photo sheets.
Products & Devices
Remember this game? I designed and built a custom photo-frame guessing game as a personal gift, using real photos of family, friends, and pets. The finished piece was laser cut from layered plywood, assembled by hand, and designed to work both as a playable game and a displayable photo frame.
Sometimes I go overboard with Christmas presents. The flipping tiles needed to move smoothly, the layers had to align cleanly, and the matching photo cards needed integrated storage so the game stayed self-contained.
Preparing the photos became its own workflow problem, so I built a small browser-based crop tool that turned inconsistent source images into consistent portrait squares and arranged them onto printable 4 by 6 layouts. That means the game can be updated with new memories over time instead of being locked to the first photo set.
The nostalgic gift became a mix of product design, fabrication, woodworking, and lightweight web-app development.
Built a Trello-based maintenance system for recurring inspections, site knowledge, work history, subcontractor follow-up, and automated reporting across commercial properties.
Digital Tools & Systems
At Pentillion Construction, I implemented a Trello-based maintenance management and reporting system for recurring work across a dozen commercial properties. The system replaced phone calls, personal notes, and memory-based tracking with site-specific boards, recurring templates, photo documentation, manuals, procedures, accountability labels, and automated n8n reporting.
