Article by Sarah-Jayne McCreath – @panda_mime @embody3d – SJ’s Blog – 18.10.2010 By Sarah-Jayne McCreath Ask members of the general public what they think design is and chances are you’ll get a myriad of responses. Some leaning towards what we in the business know as graphic design, some teetering on a description that would probably [...]
Position Title: Jewellery Display Material Designer Design Specialisation: Machinery Design Job Type: Full Time Location: London and China Applicant Location: Can be from anywhere in the world Job Description: Refridgerator designer/engineer needed to work on a vast number of Projects for Haier. Must have a solid portfolio or experience working for a industrial manufacturer or [...]
Although this book only covers the real artistic side of Leonardo and doesn’t attempt to cover the more exciting innovations of his career, Leonardo by Frank Zollner, published by Taschen is an exciting, entertaining read for any designer or artist. The most fascinating aspect of the jumbo sized pictorial is observing Da Vinci’s development sketches. [...]
Article by Martin Gibson – @embody3d @martingibson - 10.07.2010 This week we came across Edison Nation, a Web-based innovation platform that addresses the needs of major U.S. retailers and manufacturers through its social community of inventors, designers and engineers. The community submits to client-sponsored Live Product Searches and if a sponsor selects an innovation(s), the member [...]
Embody 3D had the great opportunity to talk to Kirsten Black, an industrial designer and entrepreneur from N.A.S.T. International. Kirsten has developed a brilliantly simple design called Halo Headphones which are headphones with an integrated speaker so users can listen to music, audiobooks or the radio on the go or in a more comfortable manner. [...]
Once and for all I am going to try and document the most commonly used cliche selling points industrial designers use. For some of us just a mutter of some of these cliches will get our tempers boiling and for others we might be mistaken for using them ourselves from time to time to suck [...]
