Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

Urban homes for London’s wildlife – the finalists

Posted by Stephen Holmes - March 6, 2012

We seem to be displaying a growing fondness for bees here at DEVELOP3D, although we’re fans of all little urban critters, hence our sustained interest in the InMidtown Habitats competition.…

Muji Product Fitness 80 – Naoto Fukasawa, Sam Hecht and Konstantin Grcic

Posted by Stephen Holmes - March 9, 2012

A simple hole allows this umbrella to be personalised, increasing personal attachment and lowering its likelihood of becoming a ‘disposable’ product Last night we were lucky enough to squeeze into…

Sound of protection: iPhone case made from 3D-printed sound

Posted by Stephen Holmes - March 12, 2012

Taking 3D printing further into the public domain, Shapeways has paired with SoundCloud – a social sound platform – to print whatever ‘sound’ you wish as a physical iPhone case.…

DEVELOP3D LIVE: WOWZERS! That was good!

Posted by Stephen Holmes - March 22, 2012

Legacy Effects were kind enough to bring Robert Downey Jnr’s actual Iron Man mask and to show off some special effects secrets I think we’ve all finally recovered from DEVELOP3D…

Switching-up your multi-tool

Posted by Stephen Holmes - March 27, 2012

At DEVElOP3D we’re people of action: seeking out new challenges, accomplishing gruelling tasks, and occasionally doing some household chores, which is why we like the Switch multi-tool. Currently on Quirky,…

Last call for Northern designers LDF exhibiting opportunity

Posted by Stephen Holmes - March 29, 2012

You could be centre of attention at the LDF The London Design Festival (LDF) is packed full of amazing product design – usually with an edge on furniture and domestic…

The Apprentice – a horror show

Posted by Stephen Holmes - March 30, 2012

The gaffer: Lord Sugar [Insert predictable joke about being fired] If you managed to peer from behind the sofa at the spectacle that was The Apprentice (without self-harming at the…

Create a user video to squeak a chance at over $5,000

Posted by Stephen Holmes - April 2, 2012

The 3D mouse is an alien gadget to non-CAD-users, sat perched on a desk cloaked in its own air of mystery and intrigue. 3Dconnexion, as designers and makers of such…

Chocolate binge to continue post Easter

Posted by Stephen Holmes - April 10, 2012

https://youtube.com/watch?v=iictiOdHhXc%3Frel%3D0 Having shovelled enough of Cadbury’s finest down our necks to whip up a fervoured stint of hyperactivity, it’s with mild reluctance that we were confronted today with a news…

Prime Cuts: The Adastra – luxury on the high seas

Posted by Stephen Holmes - April 12, 2012

Yesterday saw the launch of the $15 million, 42-metre luxury trimaran yacht Adastra, which we featured in DEVELOP3D in August 2011. Making its debut in some decidedly dirty water, the…