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Monday, 5 March 2012

Ryan Fonceca - RMIT Graduate Employment

Ryan Fonceca began his professional career today as an automotive designer joining the advanced design studio at GM Holden. Congratulations Ryan.

The communications course at RMIT industrial design has responded to industry expectations of graduate attributes with the establishment of the Wacom Lab and a greater emphasis on sketching and visualisation skills which greatly assisted Ryan during the selection process for the position at Holden. Lecturer Bernie Walsh provides students interested in a career in automotive design with expert tuition in the practice of vehicle design and most importantly encourages creativity. Bernie is an alumnus of the industrial design program at RMIT University and began his career like Ryan at the GM Holden studios in Fisherman's Bend.


RMIT University industrial design graduate Ryan Fonceca begins his career with a position in the advanced design studio at GM Holden.


RMIT lecturer Bernie Walsh provides expert advice and feedback to Ryan during his studies at RMIT industrial design. Ryan is one of many automotive designers who Bernie has mentored over the years.


GM Holden Head of Design Tony Stolfo examines Ryan's final year project at the RMIT industrial design graduate exhibition with Communications Coordinator Ian Wong. Ryan was a GM Holden CO-OP student spending one entire year at GM during his studies at RMIT University. 


Ryan's final year single person transport transport project supervised by Bernie Walsh and Ian Wong was supported by industry partners Delineate and Autodesk.


RMIT industrial design graduate Ryan Fonceca's single person transport vehicle concept.






Sunday, 6 November 2011

Ryan Fonceca - Single Person Transport

RMIT Industrial Design Graduate Exhibition 2011
PROJECT: Single Person Transport
DESIGNER: Ryan Fonceca



Single person transport vehicle designed by Ryan Fonceca.







Concept sketches by final year industrial design student Ryan Fonceca.

Thursday, 10 November 2011

Ryan Fonceca - Holden CO-OP program delivers.

The Holden Co-op program provides RMIT students with the opportunity to work for one year at the Holden design studio at Fishermans Bend gaining experience across all facits of automotive design. Ryan Fonceca was very pleased to share his major project outcomes with Guy Burgoyne - Head of Advanced Design at Holden and Design Director Tony Stolfo and acknowlege the influence the year spent at Holden had on his project.


Ryan Fonceca celebrates his major project outcomes with Holden Advanced Design manager Guy Burgoyne and RMIT lecturer Bernie Walsh.


Co-op program participant Ryan Fonceca and GM Holden Design Director Tony Stolfo.


GM Holden Design Director and Ian Wong at RMIT Industrial Design Graduate Exhibition 2011

Wednesday, 9 May 2012

Bernie Walsh - Wacom Lab success

Concept sketching by industrial design students in the RMIT wacom lab has proven to be highly successful with graduates and undergraduates attaining industry positions with GM Holden. Bernie Walsh is to be congratulated for the success of this facility in providing the high quality outcomes acknowledged by industry. It is also a credit to Bernie that past students, Ryan Fonceca and Glen Tay, are supporting current students by attending evening elective classes and sharing their industry skills. Ryan was successful earlier this year being recruited by GM as a designer in the advanced design studio. Glen Tay is currently an intern with GM Holden, also in the advanced design studio.


Concept sketch by industrial designer Bernie Walsh


Concept sketch on wacom tablet by Bernie Walsh.


Automotive design sketch by Ryan Fonceca.


Ryan Fonceca demonstrates automotive design sketching in the RMIT wacom lab.



Concept car sketch by Glen Tay.


Glen Tay demonstrates sketching in the RMIT wacom lab.


Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Concept vehicle RMIT University 2011 - Industrial Design

Single person transport concept vehicle by RMIT University student Ryan Fonceca.

Project supervised by automotive designer and RMIT alumnus Bernie Walsh and supported by Delineate and Autodesk. Ryan was also supported in 2010 though is CO-OP year at GM Australia as part of this highly successful industry program.




Ryan Fonceca video



Monday, 25 July 2011

Autodesk - RMIT University Industrial Design

RMIT lecturer Bernie Walsh and final year student Ryan Fonceca were centre stage at the recent Australian Design Awards presentations demonstrating Sketchbook Pro and Wacom tablets to the assembled design profession. RMIT University is acknowledged as an leader in the application of the latest digital tools for industrial design education, providing industry ready graduates.


Bernie Walsh and Ryan Fonceca demonstrate Autodesk Sketchbook Pro and Wacom tablets at the Australian Design Awards.


Bernie Walsh Autodesk Sketchbook Pro camera concept sketch.


Autodesk demonstration by RMIT industrial design lecturer Bernie Walsh and final year student Ryan Fonceca.


Friday, 11 November 2011

Phillip Zmood - Industrial Design Graduate Exhibition 2011

RMIT industrial design alumnus Phillip Zmood visited the industrial design graduates exhibition today. Whilst studying industrial design at RMIT in the early 1960's Phillip won first prize in an international design competition for his concept car the Gannet 1000. He was awarded the John Storey Junior Scholarship and was also the recipient of the Die Casters Award. After graduating he started working at GM Holden in Melbourne in 1965 as a staff designer. He was promoted to assistant chief designer in 1966 and made significant contributions to the HQ sedan, wagon and coupe (Monaro), and was chief designer of the Torana studio from 1969 until 1978. After working in Germany at Opel as chief designer, Mr Zmood returned to Melbourne and, in 1983, was appointed as the first Australian Director of Design at GM Holden. Phillip is also a Hall of Fame member of the Design Institute of Australia.

Phillip showed particular interest in the work of Ryan Fonceca and his Single Person Transport vehicle that was supervised by RMIT lecturer Bernie Walsh. Phillip and Bernie worked together at Holden in the 1980s. Phillip encouraged Ryan to promote his concept for urban vehicles and congratulated him on his project outcomes.


RMIT alumnus and Design Institute of Australia Hall of Fame industrial designer Phillip Zmood congratulates Ryan Fonceca on his Single Person Transport vehicle concept.


Phillip Zmood and Ian Wong with the original drawing of the Gannet 1000.


Zmood - Designing Holdens exhibition Melbourne Museum 2010 curated by Ian Wong.


More RMIT Industrial Design Major projects 2011 here.

Friday, 29 July 2011

Concept sketch - Automotive

Concept sketch by final year RMIT industrial design student Ryan Fonceca. Ryan is completing his final year at RMIT and is also a tutor in the RMIT Wacom lab.


Creative concept sketch using Wacom 21UX tablet and Alias Sketchbook Pro by Ryan Fonceca RMIT University.

Thursday, 13 October 2011

RMIT Wacom Lab - Concept sketches

Bernie Walsh continues to provide inspiration to students with projects that demand creativity.


Concept sketch by Ryan Fonceca for desert racer.


Concept sketch by Glen Tay for desert warriors.


Concept sketch by Ryan Fonceca for desert racer jet engine.


Lecturer Bernie Walsh discusses concept sketching in the RMIT Wacom lab with final year student Paul Raikkenen.


Monday, 16 January 2012

Segway - Single Person Transport

Research can be a lot of fun!

The Segway single person transport vehicles are finding many applications including during the drinks breaks in our cricket. I could not pass the opportunity to test drive one whilst in New Zealand recently.

Technology like this is the platform for concept vehicles like Ryan Fonceca's RMIT industrial design project in my studio in 2011 and the Holden designed EN-V.





RMIT industrial design student Ryan Fonceca's single person concept vehicle.


GM Holden designed EN-V concept car.


Friday, 9 September 2011

Concept Vehicle - Automotive

RMIT final year industrial design project by Ryan Fonceca is exploring single person transport.

Automotive concept sketch for future single person transport by Ryan Fonceca.

Wednesday, 9 November 2011

Future thinking - Graduates on the move into industry.

See the future up close and personal at the RMIT Industrial Design Graduate Exhibition tonight. Wednesday November 9th - 6pm-9pm 440 Elizabeth Street. Level 5 Building 88. Industry ready and internationally focused the graduates from the industrial design program will lead us into a new and exciting future. Don't miss it!


Concept vehicle for single person transport designed by Ryan Fonceca.


Autodesk Alias presentation for single person transport designed by Ryan Fonceca.

Thursday, 10 November 2011

RMIT Industrial Design Exhibition 2011

RMIT Industrial Design Graduate Exhibition 2011
Product Design Studio
Lecturer: Ian Wong


RMIT Industrial Design Final Year Product Design Studio group: Dianna, Serena, Sam, Max, Rob, Tom, lecturer Ian Wong, Dimitri, Angelo, and Nathan. Absent: Paul, Serena, Carson and Ryan.




RMIT Industrial Design Exhibition 2011

Ryan Fonceca
Serena Chen
Diana Sari Dewi
Angelo Papageorgiou
Carson Tully
Dimitri Stronghilis
Jesslyn Salim
Lawrence Wong
Max Harper
Nathan Hollins
Paul Gilbert 
Robert Brown
Sam Froud
Tom Carroll