Article by Martin Gibson – @embody3d @martingibson - 26.011.2010 I was fortunate enough to get my hands on two books from Rockport Publishing and I couldn’t help but notice that they make the perfect couple! So I thought why not do a double-review for this lovely young pair. One part of the relationship is Pattern + [...]
iF Product Design Award 2011 GOLD for Inventum AquaSpot ! Utrecht, The Netherlands, March 3, 2011 The boiling water kitchen faucet, designed by Mathis Heller of WeLL Design has won a 2011 iF Gold Award. The prestigious design award was awarded on Tuesday the 1 of March, at the CeBIT in Hanover, Germany. It is [...]
Here is presenting the Coral lamp which makes energetic aquatic environs within your residence. This is an innovative lighting dubbed the Coral lamp that separately from revealing your place as well draws thought toward endangered coral species. This amazing Coral lamp is made in glass featuring solar panels on its top exterior; the sustainable lamp [...]
Every now and again on Embody 3D we have articles that aren’t industrial design, often architecture, interior, graphic or web design. But we figured that industrial designers often get their hands dirty with graphic design. So we compiled a list of the greatest frustrations graphic designers face day to day. Please comment and list some [...]
For many product designers the consideration of product colour is often an oversight. It is quite often the very last aspect considered in the design process, but in many regards it is one of the more important decisions that must be made. I believe many industrial designers have a self-serving perspective of colour selection, picking more [...]
Embody 3D had the great opportunity to talk to Richard Liddle, industrial designer from Cohda Design which has been branded as a ‘punk rock eco design firm’, I guess not everyone can say that. Cohda seems to blur the line between fine art and industrial design to deliver some truly creative and beautiful products to [...]
In this second part of the article series ‘Understanding Strong Materials’ we will explore physical design strategies to optimise the strength of products you design. Sometimes we need to make compromises between strength and weight to strike a balance that is fit for purpose. Reading the first article will be helpful understanding certain material properties so this [...]
In Australia Solidworks has almost become an industry standard for hardcore product development and product engineering modelling. Designers often have a real love/hate relationship with Solidworks, whether it be its constant crashing or slow performance, there has got to be more things to love in 2010 than to hate. I have seen Solidworks, once a [...]
‘Sustainable design’ has got to be the most over-used term in the product design industry for the last couple of years, and by the look of things it is going to get worse the next couple of decades. We are inundated with sustainable this and sustainable that and company after company releasing a green policy [...]
