Oscar Murphy is a technician for theatres and live events across the UK for Pirate crew. Previously he worked as the visual merchandising technician for The Conran Store in London.
A designer who graduated at Nottingham Trent University with a degree in furniture and product design.
Since leaving he has been involved in a range of projects including installation of sets for theatres, prop design for films and visual merchandising for retail. He brings interesting ideas, creative problem solving and an understanding of real world manufacturing and fabrication.
Skills
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Ability to fabricate designs and decorate on a large scale
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Ability to use CAD to create and read CAD designs
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Proficient at problem solving across design mediums and a rage of tasks
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Ability to accurately collect information and design from these sources
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Can communicate and liaise efficiently with different departments, suppliers and couriers to ensure projects are delivered on time
Pirate Crew
2023 June - Current
Pirate Crew is an agency of skilled technicians that work on all aspects of the creation and removal of live events and theatre sets. I work as a technician to install new sets in theatres across the UK by reading CAD plans provided by the theatre directors to construct the sets from mainly prefabricated flats, flooring and props. I can use a variety of tools and carpentry skills to construct each design whilst working alongside a variety of technical groups. I dismantle sets and events when the production is over in order for the new design to be installed.
The Conran Shop
2022 August - November 2023
The Conran Shop is an institution in the design community and is known world wide. It sells a mixture of high end items for the home ranging from contemporary furniture, home-wear and lifestyle items. Headquartered in London, I worked between 3 shops in Marylebone, Chelsea and in Selfridges where I worked initially as a visual merchandiser displaying products. Two months into this role, I took on a new position in the team as the visual merchandising technician, where I was responsible for altering the stores for new displays, fitting new furniture and lighting. This role developed my knowledge of fabrication and installation of large scale projects where I became adept in problem solving and utilising the available tools and materials.
Feather Pendants
2021 Feb - 2021 July
Feather Pendants was an independent Jewellery shop located in the famous Hatton Garden area. They needed some display stands for a new space age collection called "Interstellar" that was to be displayed in pop up stalls. I created a modular design that could be easily configured in different spaces and changed to display different groups of products. The bases were rounded on all edges and painted metallic to compliment the jewellery and not to distract from it. At the Oxford Street pop up store, I set up the displays with the collection to make the most attractive displays possible for the product.
Stronghold Productions
2021 Nov - May 2022
Stronghold is a film production company that manages all stages of the production including screen writing, prop making, filming and post production. I worked on the sequel called Kinglsayer about Richard 1, where I created leather items focusing on bags for various film characters. Throughout the process, I met with my prop making colleagues to ensure we all had a consistent design style between the different types of props.