Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

New Designers 2012 – Top Five – No.5: Rosie Ansell, Aston University

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 18, 2012

Playgrounds serve the purpose of entertaining children, but when transported to Africa the energy of children can play an important role in powering more than a happier childhood. A perfect…

New Designers 2012 – Top Five – No.4: Nick Chubb, Sheffield Hallam

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 19, 2012

Nearly 2,000 babies are born in the UK every day; that’s a lot of women undergoing – even in an age of modern medicine – a painful experience filled with…

New Designers 2012 – Top Five – No.3: Marco de Jesus, Coventry [automotive and transport]

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 23, 2012

As fans of the 42-metre Adastra Superyacht we were instantly drawn to this beautiful project by Coventry University’s Marco de Jesus, expecting a student homage – we were wrong. The…

New Designers 2012 – Top Five – No.2: George Barrett, Coventry

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 24, 2012

“So it’s a Brompton?” was the response of a colleague when I showed them the Grace folding bike from Coventry University’s George Barrett. No, it’s not. The problem with cycle…

New Designers 2012 – Top Five – No.1: Richard Burrow, Plymouth

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 25, 2012

Products come and go – today’s iPhone could soon be yesterday’s Bakelite dial phone – so taking the time to look at past designs and completely re-engineer them for modern…

Scalextric4Schools Challenge – 2012 Final

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 26, 2012

Overall winners Forfar Academy take to the podium The schools slot-car racing design challenge returned for another final, at the RAF museum, Cosford including a pair of international entrants from…

3D printing hits London’s high streets

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 6, 2012

A short moment’s walk away from Britain’s busiest shopping hub of Oxford St, 3D printing is now available to anyone walking off the streets and into any of The Color…

Nissan redesigns London’s iconic Black Cabs

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 7, 2012

Times are hard for London’s cabbies: rising fuel prices, insurance payments and emissions reductions are not appeasing the notoriously disgruntled workforce of the Capital’s iconic transport. Having already been chosen…

SIGGRAPH 2012 #6: report from the show floor – part 1

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 8, 2012

InfiniteZ’s zSpace holographic design system Some people who attend the SIGGRAPH computer graphics trade show year after year complain that there are no technology breakthroughs to be seen. Sometimes it’s…

SIGGRAPH 2012 #8: report from the show floor – part 2

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 9, 2012

TeamUp’s Multi-Optics software uses real time physics-based rendering to enable teams to collaborate in a web-based interface. For some designers and engineers, rendering is like buying new tyres for the…