“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 »
17Mar
Liverpool Chamber of Commerce
4D Products offer free one hour design consultation to fellow members of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce. Any members developing new products or ideas can take advantage of this offer to discuss their project with experienced product designers under confidentiality and under no obligation.With the benefit of many years design experience, we can offer advice on how best to proceed and maximise the potential of your ideas and improve on existing products.
See www.liverpoolchamber.org.uk and click on member to member offers for details.
15Mar
Alliance Boots Presentation
A Medilink organised event in December gave SMEs the chance to discuss their innovative health care products with market leading OTC company Alliance Boots at their Nottingham headquarters.
15Mar
Medilink Awards
James and Iain attended the recent Medilink UK awards event at the Merchant Adventurers Club in York. They were invited in their capacity as shareholders in a joint venture with Medilink NW, which is developing an innovative pain management system.
The event was attended by delegates from the NHS, TrusTECH, Medilink, the NWDA, and the private sector. Innovation in business and product design in the medical sector over the last 12 months was recognised with a series of awards in the beautiful historic building located in York city centre. It was also a great opportunity to make new contacts and connections in a relaxed and interesting environment.
10Mar
Back to School
What do you do when 65 children at a Liverpool school need advice on product design for their ‘Dragons Den’ themed project?
Call in the experts!
4D Products designer and director Iain McCall was recently invited to Shorefields Technology College to deliver an introductory talk on the basics of product design and marketing.
“Its great to get the opportunity to inspire the next generation of inventors and business people in Liverpool. Presenting to clients is easy compared to this!”
25Feb
Bionow Directory
England’s Northwest is one of the UK’s top three biomedical clusters
4D Products advertise their design services in the North West biomedical directory 2010. The bionow directory is a valuable resource listing North West based biomedical manufacturers, suppliers, and service providers.
We look forward to supplying innovative product design of new medical devices in the coming months and years.
24Feb
NESTA Creative Credits
Apply for Creative Credits Now!
4D Products are delighted to be able to offer Manchester based businesses £5000 worth of product design consultancy for just £1000 as approved suppliers under the NESTA Creative Credits scheme.
29Jan
Collaborative design
Innovation in composites manufacture
4D Products work with industrial partners to design and develop an advanced composites manufacturing system for the Technology Strategy Board.
30Nov
4D Products join Medilink
Encouraging product design excellence in the North West medical sector
After recent successes in the product design of medical devices, consumables and laboratory equipment 4D Products have joined Medilink North West.
