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Jessica Nagle
ba product design

Nottingham trent university

Graduates: 2024

Specialisms: Material Innovation / Contemporary Craft / Sustainable Design

My location: Brighton, United Kingdom

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Nottingham trent university

Jessica Nagle

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First Name: Jessica

Last Name: Nagle

University / College: Nottingham trent university

Course / Program: ba product design

Graduates: 2024

Specialisms: Material Innovation / Contemporary Craft / Sustainable Design

My Location: Brighton, United Kingdom

Website: Click To See Website

About

I am a First-Class Product Design graduate from Nottingham Trent University with a passion for creating thoughtful, sustainable experiences through design. I enjoy exploring materials, particularly natural waste and biomaterials, and using research, experimentation and storytelling to create meaningful designs that connect with people. Inspired by nature and my interest in art, I am driven by curiosity and a desire to understand how people interact with products, spaces and experiences. My work combines environmental responsibility with engaging visual narratives, always looking for opportunities to find beauty and value in overlooked materials.
Wildcraft - circular at-home eggshell ceramic pottery kit
kit & creations
Researching current trends to find an opportunity area
open interview with the demographic
interview highlighted growing feelings of climate anxiety
The brief and consumer profile
exploring the potential of waste
my workstation - experimenting
the material - an earlier test
experimenting with beetroot
the pink shade
the wildcraft colour palette created
developing the material into objects
eggshell vase with painted rim
turmeric yellow pots
eggshell tiles painted with the natural dyes
the created collection of eggshell ceramics
testing material with a focus group & sparking kit concept
developing the kit - initial sketch ideation
modelling the kit designs
brand identity for kit design language
adding graphics and personality to the kit
sleeve print ideation
the final print inspired by seaweed
the logo and print
user testing for evaluation and analysis
the complete user journey experience of wildcraft
a close up of the booklet provided with the kit
the website design to encourage user engagement and connecting with users through the online presence
the full kit

wildcraft

Specialisms:

Design for Social Good Sustainable Design Contemporary Craft

WildCraft is a project inspired by my passion for sustainability and research into the growing feelings of climate anxiety and a disconnect from nature experienced by many young people. Seeking to create a positive and meaningful response to these challenges, I explored how creativity, material innovation and storytelling could reconnect people with the natural world. Through extensive experimentation, I transformed locally collected waste eggshells into Eggshell Ceramic, a fully biodegradable material made using a seaweed-derived binder and natural plant dyes. The result is WildCraft: a fully regenerative, circular at-home pottery kit that encourages guilt-free creativity while celebrating the beauty and potential of overlooked waste. Every aspect of the experience, from the material and branding to the packaging and user journey, was designed to allow for connection, to inspire environmental awareness and build a community of eco-conscious makers. Once each creation reaches the end of its life, it can simply be composted, completing its natural cycle.