Francesca Kistnen

Francesca is an enthusiastic and driven product designer with a passion for creating products that are not only aesthetically pleasing but are functional and user focused. Throughout her work she uses the double diamond approach to resolve problems that are highlighted through primary and secondary research. Her greatest accomplishment came in her second year at university where she won a gold Student Starpack award.

This then gave her the confidence which helped her to secure a three month structural design internship at Burgopak London. Throughout the experience she created high fidelity client prototypes and learnt valuable skills which are relevant to the creative industry.

Vita Plant PotSketching was used during ideation to help develop and communicate ideas.
Vita is an expandable plant pot which grows with your plant. Vita makes indoor gardening easier for people with small space urban housing.
Vita uses coloured snap fasteners which can be popped in different patterns, this creates an adaptable pot which is suitable for all plants.
To water the plant unfasten the snap fasteners to gain easy access.
Functional packaging was created to allow planting indoors to be less messy and contained.