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Well a little while back I posted my first post in just over a year. As I said I've been quite busy. I've been working on a couple o...

Recently I read an article on the Design council’s website written by the CEO David Kester advocating support for design businesses to help...

I read a comment on another blog recently from an engineer who objected to designers wanting to “own” design thinking as if were a special s...

Dear blogger it's been 1 year since my last blog post! Crikey! Well I have been rather busy with projects such as the product design pr...

OK so you got your Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA) signed by you and whomever you should meet up with to discuss your idea and work out how i...

Have you ever been in the back of a taxi cab and needed to make an important call only to find you have left your mobile phone at home or y...

An interesting debate has been sparked over on Twitter about the merits or demerits perhaps of PWYW by C Sven Johnson of reBang and nithink...

You know what really grinds my gears? Bad product design, that's what! Yeah, I know I said that already but it's still hanging aroun...

Spaceclaim have released the above video on YouTube which I came across via Solidsmack on Twitter. Quite frankly I'm staggered! I suppo...

Do you remember the 2000 box office hit film What Women Want ? Mel Gibson play an Advertising Executive, who by freakish accident is able t...

There you are sat in the green room, waiting to enter the 'Dragon's Den' all dressed up in your Sunday best with sketches in han...

I'll tell you what really grinds my gears... Good customer service, that's what! Yeah, that's right, you heard me. No I haven...

That is what many people proclaim when engaged in conversation with engineers, industrial designers and businessmen . Sadly though, many of...

Well as promised I bring you bloggings from the world Series by Renault. Of interest to some may be the Renault Design stand located in the ...

My son an I are off to Silverstone this weekend to watch the World Series by Renault . My love of motorsport has always played a part in m...

No, I'm not talking about some hip trendy new weight loss plan to give you that "cut look". What I am talking about is what a...

I met today with Alex Childs, a maths teacher at Penair High School to discuss how Buff Design coud be of help to their Greenpower car proje...

I'll tell you what really grinds my gears, bad consumer product design, that's what! At risk of being sued by Peter Griffin for nick...

If like me you've got four kids then you'll know how difficult it can be to keep track of where the TV remote has gone. Is it down ...

Don't panic, this isn't an obituary for Phillipe Starke, Dick Powell or Richard Seymour. No, but the family is sad non the less, bec...

Yes, that Kenny Rodgers, the famed country and western singer. "Why genius?" You say. Well because he gives good business advice i...

As an ID professional with a leaning towards the more technical aspects of industrial design, from time to time I feel a need to refresh my ...

Over on Product Design forums , Rob Villa has produced a stunning concept of a brighter caravaning future, he says "My design is inspir...

Pro/Engineer 5.0 highlights + Direct Edit sneak peak from DEVELOP3D on Vimeo . News just out from PTC , authors of the much lauded Pro Eng...