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02 / APPROACH

Less, but
with intention.

Nicholas considers both the people who use a product and the systems that bring it into the world. His approach combines research, visual exploration and prototyping to develop clear, useful and carefully resolved outcomes.

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Understand

Notice the needs, habits and context behind a design brief.

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Make

Use sketching, CAD and prototypes to test ideas in three dimensions.

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Resolve

Bring form, materials, use and manufacture into a coherent whole.

03 / THE DESIGNER

A practice
across disciplines.

Nicholas Malanos is an Industrial Design and Business (Marketing) student at QUT. His work explores how thoughtful form, material choices and an understanding of people can shape meaningful everyday experiences.

QUT double degree · Industrial Design and Marketing
Executive Deans’ Commendation for Academic Excellence · 2025–26

His experience spans product studies, visual communication and design research. Through QUT’s Impact Lab, he worked with Orange Sky Australia on The Student Cycle, a student-run café and social-space concept focused on wellbeing. Attendance at Australian Manufacturing Week also connected his manufacturing studies with industry practice.

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