Is this the Revolutionary Device that Apple claim it to be?
29Apr
Revolutionary Device…
28Apr
MedTEC Medical Device Exhibition
4D Products visited the MedTEC exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham. A great event to keep up to date with new products and services specifically relevant to the medical device design sector. We uncovered some great new suppliers for microfluidics and sterile packaging, whilst catching up with some old contacts in injection moulding and rapid prototyping. A 4D designed vacuum cast prototype was also spotted on the Paragon stand!
22Apr
The worlds most beautiful car?….
Is this the best looking car ever? It’s got to be up there. It’s Pininfarina & Alfa’s new 2uettottanta pronounced ‘duet-o-tanta’. What a beautiful looking machine, a great example of how Industrial Design can effect your emotional response to a product. Alfa’s have been plagued with reliability issues but here in the UK the brand is very popular as are convertibles. An estimated price tag in under £30,000 should make this a very popular vehicle with Brits.
21Apr
Design Lead Company flourishes in recession
Like them or not Apple certainly knows how to produce desirable products, they also know how to make money from their products. All their products are heavily focussed on the best product design and user experience. If you have ever bought an Apple product you’ll be amazed at how even the most basic of product has real attention to detail. Read the rest of this entry »
15Apr
Fab Lab Manchester
“Manchester has been chosen as the first city in the UK to host a Fab Lab, a community inventors’ workshop where new products can be built by both businesses and individuals.” (http://www.fablabmanchester.org/)
15Apr
Social Product Development
An interesting concept. Whilst most businesses are busily protecting their new ideas and signing everyone up to confidentiality agreements, Quirky are into ‘Social Product Development’. Read the rest of this entry »
9Apr
Darwen Tower ride
A windswept Bank Holdiday Monday was the setting for a 2 hour circuit cycled around the Jubilee tower above Blackburn and Darwen. Read the rest of this entry »
