Call for Entries Reece, Australia’s leading name in bathrooms, announces the launch of the Reece Bathroom Innovation Awards (BIA) 2011, one of Australia’s most prestigious product design competitions. The BIA was established in 2005 by Reece to encourage and celebrate original bathroom product design and aims to showcase creativity and reward design excellence. The Reece [...]
We are putting out a challenge to all cyclists, artists and designers: design your own graphics for a NeilPryde Diablo on the theme of Freedom. As the theme suggests, anything goes. Break free from common conceptions and let your imagination fly. The Brief 1.Download the bike drawing AI, EPS, PDF, eDrawing 2. Get inspired Create [...]
Article by Martin Gibson – @embody3d @martingibson - 08.12.2010 On the 2nd of May, 2o1o Marc Newson’s iconic ‘Lockheed Lounge’ (pictured above) sold for $1.6 million US. The design was conceived by Newson in 1986 shortly after he finished his design education and it was exhibited in a Sydney gallery. This brief exposure sent cataclysms around the design [...]
Article by Martin Gibson – @embody3d @martingibson - 11.01.2011 If you have installed the latest Mac Operating System update you would have of course noticed the new Mac App Store because it is shoved right at the top of your dock. The Mac App Store is a push by Apple to transfer the success of the [...]
We had the priviledge of talking to Emily Lutzker founder and CEO of OpenInvo a company which aims to connect people who want ideas to people who conceive them. Emily explains some of great features of OpenInvo including the extensive work the company has done ensuring both the idea generator and seeker are protected. If [...]
Article by Martin Gibson – @embody3d @martingibson - 13.11.2010 1000 Product Designs – Form, Function, and Technology from Around the World by Eric Chan, Published by Rockport is a book showcasing the coolest and sexiest products designed in the last couple of years. All designs featured throughout are ultra-modern and the book covers every product design [...]
Making musical products never sounded so sweet When Wilba found he could use his Personal Factory to make custom products with no setup fee and no minimum order size, he quickly jumped at the chance. He had a great idea for a DIY electronics project, and had now found the perfect way to make his [...]
Competition Launches to Design a Better Workplace Award SayThanks.com uses crowdsourcing to generate designs, offers $3,500 total to winners SALT LAKE CITY – Say Thanks, a competition to design a better workplace award using the principles of crowdsourcing, launched today at SayThanks.com. Each year, millions of workers around the world are given awards in recognition [...]
It is very rare on Embody 3D that we give a book such a raving review, in fact it is our first 5 star title! But ‘Stationary Design Now!’ edited by Julius Wiedemann and published by Taschen wiped the whole team of writers at Embody 3D off their feet. ‘Stationary Design Now!’ is a beautifully [...]
Article by Martin Gibson – Twitter: @martingibson @embody3d - 31.08.2010 In the last few years we have seen an emergence of global project centres for freelancers of any occupation, particularly design-based industries because of the computer related savviness of the designers themselves. These project centres include growing websites like Elance, Freelancer and the Australian based ServiceSeeking which offer [...]
