Posts Tagged ‘product development’

New Dragon’s Den Series Showcases Exciting UK Product Design

Friday, July 9th, 2010

As the new series of Dragon’s Den approaches, we are once again reminded of the huge number of people out there who are passionate about a myriad of different product ideas. From what we can garner, the new series (Wednesday 14th July, 21:00, BBC 2)  looks set to be the most explosive yet, with the Dragons all looking to get maximum value from the ideas they eventually invest in. Among the highlights are a Devon-based vineyard, and an innovative approach to re-designing the nation’s road signs.

Despite the economic challenges that face all business people, the Dragons know that the best way to keep ahead of the competition is to continually find new ideas that help to address specific problems –and make lots of money along the way. For any developed nation, it is of course paramount that it’s resident are as inventive as possible – and the new Dragon’s Den series looks set to demonstrate just how inventive the UK still is.

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Apple Does It Again Thanks To Class Leading Product Development

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

Electronic and Technology giant, Apple has done it again with the release of their latest gadget and gizmo the iPad. The device which features the company’s usual class leading brand of product development, provides users with a tablet portal that will enable them to perform a large proportion of the tasks that users currently perform on bulkier and more cumbersome laptops.

Apple’s latest invention went on sale recently in the United Kingdom and just like the iPod and iPhone before it, customers queued up for hours before on the streets outside the shops in order to get their hands on one of these devices. The tablet, which basically presents users with a scaled up version of the iPhone, allows the consumer to browse internet pages and construct emails in near A4 size perfection.

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Philippe Starck Causes Product Design Stir on BBC 2

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

Philippe Starck remains one of the most famous proponents of forward thinking product design in the world, and in the new BBC 2 programme Design For Life he offers 12 British designers the chance to work with him. A 6 month placement is up for grabs in his new design school in Paris.
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Starck claims Britain’s product design industry needs an injection of vigour in this series, which is sure to inspire others to enter the industry – not to mention give one of these lucky designers a huge career boost. Arguably though, it has little to do with luck. These designers are called upon to squeeze out even more creative juices than Starck’s famous lemon squeezer did back in the day.

True, it’s another reality TV show, but it gives a fascinating insight into the design process – so familiar to many of our clients. It demonstrates the importance of fresh thinking and going beyond the obvious ideas, so that something genuinely unique, exciting – and above all functional is created.

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Nintendo Wii Fit Plus Pushes Gaming Product Development

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

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Nintendo has announced that its new Wii Fit Plus will be out in October. This updated version of the hugely popular Wii Fit is a prime piece of product development. Many gymnasiums, no doubt, around the country will not wish to see the continued success of the Wii Fit, as it keeps people away from their facilities and money out of their tills.

The success of the Nintendo Wii lies in its product design; they managed to put some very impressive technology into a very small piece of kit. Video games are notorious in many people’s minds for not promoting physical activity, so the Wii Fit was arguably a masterstroke in getting people off their sofas and getting actively involved in a video game.

Hula Hoop, one of the Wii Fit Plus’s new games, is meant to burn off 140kcal in half an hour.

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Kaputt R. Demolition Robot Brings Down the House

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

kaputt2It might look like something you’d find lurking around some science fiction space ship. But the Kaputt. R. Demolition Robot is a piece of product design that has been dreamt up very recently by a certain Tony Weichselbraun.

This striking yellow-and-black concept looks like a relation of animated creation Wall-e, and much like the rubbish-stacking Disney character, the Kaputt. R. robot also has a very practical function. It has two demolition arms that fold out, counter-balanced by enough weight to ensure they can tear walls down with ease.

Driven by 4 electric caterpillar tracks, this piece of robotic muscle can disperse its weight across a wide area – crucial when the floor beneath might be unstable.

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Revolutionary Product Design: Driving the Thunderbird into the Canyon

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Design studio Mike and Maiike are the first to admit they love the muscle cars of the past. But according to these forward-thinking designers  – Dutch and Californian respectively – it’s time to grow up and revolutionise the way we travel.

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The product development they’ve been conducting is sure to shock many of us who like the old fashioned driving experience. An experience, say the designers, that has not changed significantly since the 1960s. They seem to have taken every facet of what we think of as a car, and driven it off a cliff.

The AutoNoMobile, or Atnmbl, seems to be designed to take the entire driving experience away from the car owner altogether. With its spacious interior and windows that cover almost the entire left and right sides – this car looks like the ipod of the personal transport world. A matrix of glowing lights are the answer to traditional rear lights, while the idea of looking out of the front of the vehicle has been completely removed; passengers sit facing each other as the car moves.

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