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Article by Martin Gibson – @embody3d @martingibson - 12.07.2011 Like on all Australian’s the carbon tax will have mixed implications on industrial designers. It very much depends on individual/business circumstances as to how much you will benefit, suffer or perhaps stay neutral financially. In this brief article I am going to outline some of core issues [...]

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Article A Balasubramaniam – @embody3d – 29.06.2011 Today is World Industrial Design Day. (29th June). How does it change anything for you? Let’s say, by now you have brushed your teeth, put on a kettle, had a cup of tea and showered. That means you have been touched by the work of an industrial designer. [...]

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Press Release by Luca Abate – @embody3d @martingibson – Monday – 8/11/10 Charlwood Design’s innovative design for the Catch-AllTM Broom for Oates has taken out the inaugural 2010 Melbourne Design Award for “best consumer product design”. The Catch-AllTM is a uniquely shaped pull broom, dustpan and small brush which clip together into a complete package. [...]

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3 March 2011 Is it possible for business and sustainable design to happily co-exist? Can designers make a difference to environmental outcomes and still deliver products with mass market appeal? According to the Design Institute of Australia (DIA) – Australia’s only multi-disciplinary professional design body – the answer is a resounding yes. In conjunction with [...]

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Specialty 3D printing service helps industrial designers & architects bring ideas to life Award winning designers Elium Studio, Roubert Ravaux Clement and Sevnn win using Pro.Sculpteo.com Paris, France – (February 5, 2011) Sculpteo, a full online 3D printing service, is now offering its professional service in the United States, allowing real-life designs to be produced [...]

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Montreal (Canada), 2 February 2011 – How has the discipline of industrial design impacted the way you lead your life? In celebration of the 4th annual World Industrial Design Day on 29 June 2011, the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) invites designers and design enthusiasts from around the globe to spread awareness [...]

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Thursday, 27 January 2011 2011 AUSTRALIAN DESIGN AWARD-JAMES DYSON AWARD REVEALS NEXT CROP OF POTENTIAL AUSTRALIAN DESIGN HEROES The 2011 Australian Design Awards-James Dyson Award (ADA-JDA) has once again been inundated with entries, with 93 industrial design graduates submitting their product innovations into the prestigious annual program. The high number of entrants again this year [...]

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20 December 2010 Australian designers must get to know their neighbours In today’s global design studio few can afford to design in a vacuum. “Our clients are international and they expect us to be informed and aware,” says Geoff Fitzpatrick FDIA, Design Institute Australia’s (DIA) Director of National Strategy. “We have a number of DIA [...]

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175 Years of Design Exhibition puts a name to the clever thinking behind familiar designs Melbourne, VIC, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 From the iconic Sherrin to Redheads Safety Matches and the Oates All Australian Mop Bucket, the ingenuity of Victorian designers is captured in the Design Institute of Australia’s (DIA) current exhibition, 175 Years of [...]

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Article by Martin Gibson – @embody3d @martingibson – Monday – 8/11/10 Beautiful Modeler made by Interactive Fabrication is a concept 3D modelling program utilising a multitouch-based interface (an Ipad!) to manipulate 3D models. Technologies like this are a great first step towards a more fluid and interactive way of CAD design which could one day [...]

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