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Good enough to eat
There is a phrase “it looks so good you could eat it”, but are there times where this idea goes a step too far? Or are there lessons to be learnt when it comes to product design? In this post I take a look at the force that is food.
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Wearable Technology
Wearable technology is becoming more common place through products like Nike+, but there are still many questions to be asked about what the future holds and how consumers will accept the ‘new normal’ for wearable technology. Our Principal of Design and Innovation, Oliver Stokes, writes for Techopedia on the future of wearable technology. The full article is available here.
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Three trends to spot in 2013
Our Principal of Design Insight, Maeve Keane, was approached by Second Sight magazine to write about the key trends that she thinks we’ll be seeing in 2013. Here’s what she wrote.
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Gifts for the Studio
On Fridays we generally like to spoil you with weird and wonderful links from around the world. However, as today’s the last Friday before Christmas – we’ve gone for a slight twist, and present you with some of the great products and designs that have caught our eye. So coincidentally, if you’re feeling generous – we wouldn’t mind these under our Christmas tree in a few days…
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Designed for Christmas
Every year, whether we like it or not, Christmas comes around and it becomes impossible to not immerse yourself in it. The effort that goes into it is sensational, from the Christmas lights that go up in the town centre, to the weird and wonderful products released. Businesses reveal new adverts, products, packaging – and a lot more, purely for the festive period. In this post, I take a look at some of the great, specifically Christmas things that have caught my eye.
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Sustainable, convenient and competitive – The Future of Transport
Taken from our latest Extract magazine, this post examines the future of transport from a tech and innovation perspective. From public transport to manufacturing, we take a look at the future of an industry continuously striving for optimum efficiency.
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CMF Trend: Colour Passivation
Passivation – a process for metal corrosion resistance, and to reduce friction for better running surfaces. As a side-effect, it can lead to some interesting colouration. Typically an industrial technique, with little aesthetic application beyond zippo lighters and fountain pens, but are we seeing an emergence into the design scene?
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Has the maternity retail space been designed and really thought through for pregnant women?
I have had nothing but bad experiences when shopping for maternity clothes and while working for a company that promotes Human Centred Design, I wonder if the retail giants have really taken the time to think about their pregnant customers and how that changes their retail experience needs.
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What is a medical device?
Over many years of working on medical devices in different contexts, what has often struck me is that people have very different notions of what constitutes a medical device. While this may seem like a pedantic point of semantics, there are valid reasons to reflect on this question more profoundly.
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Nice design and stuff
I haven’t done one of these posts in a while – you know, the ones where I essentially lay out all the things that I desire for Christmas. Perhaps I should rename this feature ‘Dear Husband…’ In any case, here are some beautiful things and interesting bits and pieces that have captured my attention recently.
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The Nature of Notifications
As our lives become increasingly busy, instantaneous communication feels a necessity. Notifications have had a great impact on how we use our devices. We don’t need to keep checking our smartphone every few minutes awaiting a response – we don’t have the time. But are they starting to take over?
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CMF Trend: is Expanded Polystyrene having a comeback?
Expanded polystyrene has not exactly got a good reputation, but I’ve seen a few things recently to suggest that this maligned material may be on the verge of a comeback.
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A debut to remember at the London Design Festival
With the London Design Festival fast approaching, we wondered whether we could provide a little taster of our 2-day Human-Centred Design workshop in only 90-minutes. There was only one way to find out.
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Evolution of advertising space…
Passing through Gatwick Airport recently, something caught my eye. Having cleared security I continued on, looking up at my gate number on the departure board. As I scanned down the illuminated display for my destination, something caused me to double-take…
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Links form the Studio 20.09.13
If you haven’t done so already come and visit us at our pop-up space for LDF13 at The Gallery, 50 Redchurch Street, E2 7DP. The sun will be shining and just in case it does rain the exhibition is indoors… so no excuses :). Have a great evening reading some of the links that have been flying around the studio this week and I hope to see you this weekend.
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Has Augmented Reality finally come of age?
The other day I overheard someone in the supermarket telling their friend that they had spent the weekend killing zombies all over their house. It turns out that these weren’t real zombies (quietly relieved) but characters in a smartphone game that uses augmented reality (AR) technology to make it look as if the un-dead are creeping up the stairs and clawing at your windows in droves.
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Keeping it local: PDD at the London Design Festival 2013
The Creative Matrix is filled with brightly-coloured sticky notes as the PDD LDF team furiously sketched ideas for what we could do with the impressive 1,200 square feet of gallery space on Redchurch street.
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Not so plain Planes – Part 2
After an intriguing look into what is becoming a homogenous look for commercial aircraft in our previous blog, ‘Not so plain Planes – Part 1’, we are going to be taking a peek at and altogether new look and feel of aircraft soon to take to the sky.
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