Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

Siggraph 2011 #2: The march of 3D scanning

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 11, 2011

The X-Scan 3D scanner from 4DCulture, compatible with Geomagic, PolyWorks, RapidForm and GSI Studio processing software It has been about a decade and a half since 3D scanners burst onto…

Prime Cuts: ‘Having a domestic’

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 11, 2011

As spick and span as we’d like to appear, the good folks of DEVELOP3D are a slovenly bunch; living in flea-ridden bedsits behind Kings Cross rail station and eating out…

Siggraph 2011 #3: Fantasy meets reality

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 12, 2011

The Envisiontec Ultra caught our eye In my first blog I promised to report today on 3D printing and storage, but I realised that, with a couple of exceptions, there…

What’s shaping sustainable design?

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 25, 2011

In the first of a series of articles, sustainable design specialist Chris Sherwin shares some of his experiences of pushing the boundaries of sustainability over the past 15 years Onzo’s…

“It’s Wacom, and that’s the way it is”

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 13, 2011

Nothing screams designer one-upmanship than “my Wacom’s bigger than your Wacom”. Frankly in the coming months I won’t be surprised to see young men walking around Shoreditch in East London,…

Prime Cuts: Hozelock’s summer loving

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 15, 2011

Summer in an English country idylll; a place for cream teas, a spot of croquet, and wistfully flicking through a novel while perched on a sun lounger. The reality is,…

Prime Cuts: Ford E-Bike sparks future ideas

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 22, 2011

According to a song by a pretty young lady who seems to sport George Clooney’s chin as a novelty facial addition, there are 9 million bicycles in Beijing. The population…

Prime Cuts: Feet meet your treat

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 13, 2011

If I had a penny for every time a designer or engineer comes up to me and starts complaining about the state of their plates of meat* I’d be a…

Pretty pylons for future power

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 14, 2011

We mighty be edging towards a wireless future, but electricity still has to find a way around the country and it might as well look good while doing it. Danish…

Knockout robots in Real Steel

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 19, 2011

A 3D printed concept model of the star robot, Atom, 1/5th scale, assembled and painted That nice special effects man out in Hollywood has been at it again – Legacy…