Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

Japanese engineering company floats new idea for inland flood victims

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 3, 2014

The new design for an ‘inland’ lifeboat (left) has more padding than its high-seas cousin Japanese heavy machinery maker IHI has designed a new lifeboat for ‘inland’ use – set…

Sochi 2014: Team USA Bobsled design

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 6, 2014

Tomorrow sees the beginning of the 2014 Winter Olympics, an event that has plunged the UK into a fervent, writhing diaspora of ‘meh’. With half the United Kingdom submerged by…

Seymourpowell shows off the versatility that makes product design great

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 12, 2014

If ‘variety is the spice of life’, then Seymourpowell is a having a veritable vindaloo of a time as this month it announces its Lynx/Axe can redesign and an outdoor…

Say ‘I love you’ with 3D printed crap this Valentine’s Day and prepare to be dumped

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 14, 2014

Love is in the air. Best stick with a card and some flowers (real ones) Having slumped in a doorway, newspaper held above our head, perpetual rain hammering away at…

Deep trouble: product design to aid flood victims

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 17, 2014

With persistent rain still falling, parts of the UK are still several feet underwater – with some suggesting that this is to become a near constant scenario for winters in…

Nokia want to get into your knickers

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 18, 2014

It’s fashion week once more here in London, and the tech companies aren’t shy of hanging on its glamorous coattails as Nokia proved today with its sartorial effort. The phone…

Future design of city cars – The new Twingo

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 18, 2014

Does the Twingo MkIII show the way for new small car design? Anyone that ventured to France during the 1990s will have inherently built up a hatred of the Renault…

Brick battle: LEGO looking to replace ABS material for sustainable alternative

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 19, 2014

An iconic toy and tool for almost every product designer, LEGO is facing a materials conundrum in its quest to become more sustainable. As the Danish company strives to increase…

Hipsters x Pizza = Fixie pizza cutter

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 19, 2014

What do hipsters love? Fixie bikes, and loitering around at ‘Tech Start-up Events’ waiting for the free pizza and beer – they love ’em! Preying upon this weakness, DOIY Design…

Would Stradivari have gone Open Source? – 3D print your own violin

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 20, 2014

A fiddle for all? Last month our eye was caught by a violin moulded from perspex, and as impressive a feat at this is, a 3D printed fiddle has since…