Spring Fair 2011

Our fantastic photo display product snapswall (www.snapswall.com) is being exhibited this week at the 2011 Spring Fair at Birmingham’s NEC. The UK’s largest home & gift trade show is a great showcase of innovative and exciting products for the home.

Photo Display System

If you are visiting, why not visit the 5ml trade stand and see snapswall for yourself!

The value of design?

Persuading businesses to invest in product design isn’t always easy. The end product isn’t tangible at the outset of a project, and overall costs are hard to pin down. Some people assume a designer just makes the product pretty after the real development work has been done.

It is enlightening to look at the profitability of a well known business that has put design at the heart of all it does. Apple Computers recently reported profits of $6bn on revenues of $26.74bn for the three month period running up to Christmas 2010. Read the rest of this entry »

Supporting Product Design in Liverpool

4D Products were delighted to be invited to speak to the latest crop of Product Design students at Liverpool John Moores University recently. There is a big leap when moving from academic studies into commerical design and the skills required to succeed are varied and demanding. Good luck to all the budding designers and we hope the experiences we imparted from our years in business gave you a valuable insight into the world of product design.

UK Innovation?

An article in The Observer Business section told how only 3% of Britain’s consider their country to be the most innovative nation. Read the rest of this entry »

2010 Northwest Biomedical Awards

Medical Product Design

4D Products long term client Mast Group Ltd have enjoyed recent success in the Northwest BioNow Awards, The Uri Plus system was short-listed in both the Innovation in Diagnostics Project and Healthcare Project of the Year categories.

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