The power of colour
Steffan Williams, design researcher at product design and development consultancy ts design, discusses the significance of colour and its importance in the design development process
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Lenovo ThinkStation E32 SFF
Compact workstations are all the rage and this little beauty from Lenovo stands out for its serviceability and storage potential. Greg Corke reports
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Unmasking SFX
From giant puppets to small film props, special effects (SFX) company Artem melds cutting-edge design and engineering with traditional sculptural techniques to bring its amazing projects to life. Tanya Weaver…
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Musical instruments
This month we get our groove on as Stephen Holmes prepares to make sweet music with modern manufactured marvels
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Review: Materialise Magics 18
If you've never got to the business end of 3D printing you may think it's simply a case of output STL, print, done. The reality is there's a whole lot…
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Consumer vs. professional tools: who decides?
Who gets to decide who a tool is suitable for? Al Dean takes a look at a growing trend in the 3D world that segregates the consumer from the professional…
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Helping engineering take off
To increase the number of future engineers private sector foundations are taking matters Stephen Holmes finds the work of one small northern company benefitting an entire county
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Are we using technology for technology’s sake?
New inventions and technologies have certainly made their mark throughout time but Tanya Weaver ponders whether we really need some of the recent gizmos and gadgets being offered up Unbelievably…
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More than meets the eye
At UK injection moulding specialist Rutland Plastics, VISI software is used for much more than merely designing mould tools
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Managing colour
Following on from last month's look at how colour influences design, Al Dean reports on how it can be managed to ensure the design decisions we make in software are…
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