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Leigh Heath

Technician Instructor 3D Design

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Biography

In 1989 Leigh studied art and design at Portsmouth Art College for a first diploma. He then took some years out from progressing with education and worked in a sail-makers for an engineer helping to construct and install medium to large scale metal and tensioned fabric works in commercial spaces. Leigh then returned to education after four years.

Leigh studied Art, Design and Media (Illustration) BA Hons at Portsmouth University, graduating in 1998. In the summer of that year, he began work for a niche training company producing video-based media for the cleanroom industry (pharmaceuticals, microelectronics and aerospace). He finally took over the company and now runs it as a small concern selling existing training topics online to global companies.

Leigh came to Solent in August 2019 as a technician instructor teaching CAD and Adobe software to interior design students.

Further information

Fabricating a kinetic artwork for the ITN offices.
Constructing part of the British Pavilion at the 1992 Expo in Seville.
Utilising digital applications for print media, video, animation and web.
Designing and programming digital training product formats.
Freelance video editing for a large multinational.
Creating reusable training videos and assessments to well over 100 companies such as Pfizer, AstraZeneca, FDA, NASA etc.

Taught courses

BA (Hons) Interior Design

Blend your artistic flair with technology and design, to create innovative and attractive indoor spaces for both domestic and commercial use on this SBID accredited degree.

BA (Hons) Interior Design Decoration

With award-winning graduates and a teaching team of industry professionals, our SBID-accredited degree will provide you with the design skills to turn your vision into reality.