Ieva Daujotaite

Hi, I am a London based design and research practitioner specialising in modern art and design. 

Having walked in the shoes of a product designer and a design historian, I have professional experience in various tasks, from research and administrative support to product design and event management.

I have completed a bachelor's degree in Product Design at Central Saint Martins, during which I obtained a diploma in Professional Studies working for a contemporary art & design gallery Atelier Lachaert Dhanis, and the world's largest independent design consultancy Pentagram. 

At Atelier Lachaert Dhanis my internship role was Gallery Management Assistant. I oversaw the ‘Inside/Outsie Architectural Objects’ exhibition. Designed event invitations and playbills. Performed general administrative and managerial tasks such as visitor assistance at the front desk and exhibition cataloguing. 

Throughout my most recent professional experience at Pentagram I co-designed 7 products. My internship role of a Product Designer consisted of market trend research, model making and general assistance to the team including the shipping of sample packs and product prototypes to clients, devising client presentation decks, and keeping studio resources in order. 

Following my undergraduate qualification, I desired to sharpen my research skills, which became the premise of my decision to study history of design at a master's level. 

Throughout my master's education in MA History of Design, I have learnt how to research from the expertise of the Victoria & Albert Museum research associates, who supervised my progress in writing scholarly proposals and artefact monographs according to the highest professional standards. The research process has taught me how to work with information across multiple libraries, data search bases, private and public archives in the UK and abroad. Consequently, I am accustomed to compiling and organising large amounts of complex information from catalogues raisonné, exhibition catalogues, physical objects, and secondary literary sources. 

In addition to producing research through objects and documents, I learned how to research people and their histories: the V&A curators lectured about their personal experience working with unrepresented communities, offering their best pieces of advice to ensure an authentic and just representation of cultural minorities. 

Throughout the degree, I applied my knowledge to multiple public-facing research presentation cases, which included written research proposals, a symposium, exhibition and an end-of-year publication.