Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

Bang & Olufsen’s new TV glides into view

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 8, 2014

The new Bang & Olufsen TV swivels to face the user Bang & Olufsen has launched its new television, the Avant, yet its moving parts and precision manufacturing stops you…

Coffee machine engineering contest – take on the Italians!

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 19, 2014

Last week we were lucky enough to attend Esteco’s UM14 event for ModeFrontier users in Trieste, Italy, where we found the spiritual home of all Europe’s coffee culture. Illy, the…

Dassault Systémes acquires RTT – what it all means

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 19, 2014

Dassault Systémes has acquired visualisation specialists RTT The world of design technology slows for no man or editorial team in transit around the globe, so here we take a catchup…

Live blog: PD+I conference, London – Day 1

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 22, 2014

We’re here bright and early, with a group of exciting industrial designers poised ready to talk. It’s the fourth year of this conference and it’s really grasped some of the…

Live blog: PD+I conference, London – Day 2

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 23, 2014

Well we’re back, running on coffee and anticipating another day of industrial design goodness. Day two of the conference will see talks around ethics, education, automotive and wearables, so there’s…

Disney takes on CAD, robotics and 3D Printing in its new animated movie: Big Hero 6

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 27, 2014

Big Hero 6 will see a young robotics prodigy take on a criminal gang Since continuously repeated viewings of Frozen have been described to me as ‘uniform torture’ by several…

Protect Your Design campaign: CAD at the centre of the problem

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 28, 2014

Trunki designer Rob Law is at the heart of the battle to safeguard thousands of British product designs now left vulnerable Some of the great and good of British design…

Shoes not helping you to win the Tour de France? Make your own like Hanseeno

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 29, 2014

When pro cyclist Adam Hansen favoured shoes were discontinued he made his own, and an entire brand to go with them Cyclists are as tough as old boots, which doesn’t…

Space X gets ready for lift off with Dragon V2 spacecraft

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 30, 2014

The new Space X Dragon V2 spacecraft Space X has taken another step towards its goal of space travel by launching (not literally) its Dragon V2 craft to the world…

Clean up your act: 3D printing post processing equipment

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 9, 2014

Get some pro-level help cleaning your 3D printed models Rough weekend? Find yourself waking up in a Japanese family’s rec room? Well you need help my friend, but not as…