Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

New X-Rite AxF file to become a ‘Pantone chart’ for all material visualisation data

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 21, 2016

Colour science experts X-Rite and its more well known subsidiary Pantone have announced the release of the Appearance Exchange Format (AxF), a new file for the full communication of material…

The Design Museum prepares to reopen with new promo film

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 21, 2016

Sit back, relax, and enjoy shouting out the names of all the designers featured in this teaser film for the new Design Museum in London, opening in November 2016.

Honda’s ‘3D printed car’ takes most sensible path yet

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 24, 2016

The adorable Honda delivery EV concept Honda’s design for a future electric urban delivery van is so achingly cute, it should probably pop up in Pokemon’s next outing, but on…

Reebok’s ‘Liquid Factory’ to transform shoe design and manufacture

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 24, 2016

//giphy.com/embed/TT6GjccMpTSGA The race to ditch moulds and adopt more freedom for shoe outsoles has seen Reebok take the lead, as it looks to open a ‘Liquid Factory’ in Rhode Island,…

ZTE brings crowdsourcing into its phone design process with Project CSX

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 25, 2016

The winning ZTE USA concept for Project CSX With smartphone manufacturers coming under fire in 2016 for their design changes (headphone jacks anyone?), ZTE USA has gone to its community…

How much value does a colour add?

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 25, 2016

Would an exclusive rose gold finish make you more likely to buy this private jet? Last year we stumbled across what we believed to be the ultimate crowdfunding project, the…

Competition to design Scotland’s Baby Box opened by V&A Dundee Museum

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 25, 2016

The Scottish Government and V&A Dundee museum have launched the competition to design a baby box to be given to all newborn children A competition to design a box of…

Stray light and photoluminescence handled in latest Zemax OpticStudio release

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 26, 2016

//giphy.com/embed/SFhAFmZxzikZG Zemax OpticStudio 16.5 comes prepared with a list of new upgrades to make the optical and illumination design software more functional and wider reaching. New stray light analysis tools…

London’s phone boxes to be replaced with super fast free WiFi obelisks

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 26, 2016

The look of London’s streets is set to change as BT rolls out its Link wifi kiosks London’s street furniture will take a turn to the future as unloved phone…