Taming the Dragon – The Manufacturing Apocalypse

Article after article, interview after interview on Embody3D has revealed one very prevalent theme, which is China’s inundation and domination of world manufacturing. Whether you’re in America and you thought Mexico was enough competition, then there was China. Whether you’re in developed Europe and you thought the baltic states and Eastern Europe was enough competition, [...]

The Apple Tablet! Does it matter for Industrial Design?

Unless you have been living under a cave the last couple of months you would know about the impending Apple release next week supposably featuring a new Apple Tablet potentially called the ‘ISlate’ ‘IPad’ ‘ITablet’ or for apple enthusiasts ‘Newton 2′. Despite countless rumours from Macrumours, Apple Insider, Endgadget, Gizmodo (all which are great sites [...]

Intellectual Property and Industrial Design – Part 2

When it comes to intellectual property everyone seems to have their own opinion of how it all works. Industrial design as a profession plays a crucial role in the development and maintenance of patents and it is in your financial interest and in the justice of being recognised for your works to have a solid understanding of intellectual property.

User Interface and Products – Part 1

This post titled: ‘User Interface and Products’ is a three part look at the design of interfaces from a product design perspective. In this first part I will give an introduction into what are interfaces and the importance of the interface in modern products. The second part of the series I will state a design [...]