Blazing a trail
Will the Olympic torch survive our temperamental British summer? Tanya Weaver talks to the engineering firm who ensured it was not only a beautiful design but an extremely robust one…
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Stephen Holmes
As Editor-in-Chief, Stephen’s role covers the online space and the magazines. A mix of interviewing designers for in-depth features, and hunting for the latest industry news keeps him busy. If you have a story, get in touch.
Wheel power
Tanya Weaver visited RGK in Staffordshire, UK, which has designed and manufactured in-house the official wheelchair of the men's and women's Great Britain Olympic basketball teams
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Postion this: Software solution for dummies
For those intrigued by the world of automotive crash tests, the dummies inside provide an important tool in measuring the safety of a vehicle. 3D optical measurement technologies and engineering…
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World Industrial Design Day: let’s all join hands and sing a song?
“People all over the world, join hands, start a love train… love train…” Today is the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design‘s (ICSID) World Industrial Design Day, although frankly…
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Olympic cycling nostalgia from 1992 – design destroys the field
You can still see the original at London’s Science Museum It’s up there as one of my clearest childhood memories of the Olympic games – the bizarre shape and construction…
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DesignBUZZ update: GrabCAD join up + deadline extension
You might be in the midst of scribbling your designs, or touching up your final renderings, but there’s a challenge coming over the horizon – GrabCAD, the largest online community…
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Gee-Up! Because you never know when you’ll need a 3D model of a horse
Creators of stock digital 3D models and textures, Dosch Design, have launched a range/herd of horses to its downloadable catalogue of buildings, furniture and appliances. The completely textured 3D-models are…
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Sergio Pininfarina dies, aged 85
We’re sad to hear that the Sergio Pininfarina, a legend of automotive design has passed away, aged 85. He received dozens of design awards for his incredible portfolio of work…
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DEVELOP3D Live talks: Alice Taylor – Building a business on 3D printing and mass customisation
From our series of talks from DEVELOP3D Live, we present Alice Taylor of MakieLabs. Founded in early 2011 by Alice Taylor and three co-founders, MakieLab is developing its first line…
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Sports regulators warned about future of ‘technology doping’
American swimmer Ryan Lochte will be hoping for an advantage from Speedo’s latest equipment at this year’s Olympic Games Having seen what performance enhancements technology can bring to sportsmen and…
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