DEVELOP3D - Technology for the product lifecycle

Airport Seating. Joyful isn’t it. Old friend of D3D Paul and our boy Greg enjoy the Vegas spaceport stewed climate control.

It’s a sweet looking holiday in the UK, the summer looks to be firmly setting in and I suspect Waitrose is, right about now, running out of BBQ fuel, raw meat and faux-french lager as we speak. But a national holiday is not for the Americans and the team at SolidWorks has just announced a rather spiffy new Green Design contest.

Created in honour of Earth Day (and to promote its Sustainability add-on), the Green Design Contest has been established to give SolidWorks users around the globe the chance to demonstrate their creativity and consideration “for the Earth” by re-designing one of the world’s most ubiquitous objects - the airport terminal chair. Yes, an airport chair. Where aeroplanes fly from. For a green contest. OK - bear with me.

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