Article by Martin Gibson – Twitter – 08.04.2010 Honda UX-3 The Honda UX-3 is a bizarre contraption which rivals previous efforts like the Segway to become the next lightweight personal mobility solution. The UX-3 is still at a prototype stage at the moment, but Honda intends to continue research and development of the vehicle to [...]
In this extended interview Stephen Mayall, Business Development Manager of Tiller Design, based in Australia and the UK, will outline some of the feature projects of Tiller as well as give an insight into the current state and future of the Australian Design Industry. Tiller is both a design and manufacturing business with a wide [...]
The sixth edition of the Marksman Design Award (2007 – 2008) challenged young design students to ‘Design the perfect pen’. In this digital age, where the keyboard dominates our working lives, it’s encouraging that writing implements remain the most popular business gifts. The competition attracted 386 entries from 264 colleges and universities in 54 countries, [...]
The James Dyson Award is an international design award that celebrates, encourages and inspires the next generation of design engineers. It’s run by the James Dyson Foundation, James Dyson’s charitable trust, as part of its mission to inspire young people about design engineering. The Brief Put simply; design something that solves a problem. For full [...]
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, [...]
Design presentations and pitches are an integral part of the industrial design profession. As what is a great idea when there is no one to sell it? In fact many great ideas in our time haven’t come into fruition due to poor communication. A lot of the time within small to medium businesses we find [...]
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.
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 [...]
Each year for a week CES or the Consumer Electronics Show (Las Vegas) an array of ultra cool gadgets and concepts from some of the largest players in the industry including Samsung, Lenovo, Toshiba, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, HP, HTC, Motorola, 3M, LG, Intel, Sony , Dell, Palm, Philips and much much more, as well as [...]
