Dalia Jojo brings an unexpected perspective to design. After fifteen years working in luxury retail, she made a deliberate decision to return to education and pursue what had always drawn her, the process of making things that are both honest and useful.

Now completing her Access to Higher Education Diploma in Design at Ravensbourne University London, Jojo's work spans 3D model-making, spatial design, and sustainable product development. She is drawn to problems that are often overlooked, the everyday frustrations, the unglamorous objects, the people and moments that design tends to forget. The five works presented here reflect a year of pushing herself technically and creatively, from organic sculptural forms to functional spatial concepts and from group collaboration to an independently developed product she believes in.

Jojo's Final Major Project, a redesigned wet umbrella case built from sustainable materials, is the clearest expression of who she is as a designer, someone who starts with function, thinks about impact, and doesn't reach for decoration until everything else works.

Jojo is currently preparing to progress into a BA (Hons) in Product Design at Ravensbourne University London.