Product Design

Profile: Aaron Fournier, thinksound

Posted by Al Dean - April 4, 2011

Interview with thinksound founders Aaron Fournier and Mike Tunney thinksound was founded by Aaron Fournier…

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Profile: Sam Harrington, Ecovative

Posted by Stuart Wilkes - April 4, 2011

Interview with Sam Harrington, Ecovative’s environmental directorEcovative Design, a bio-materials company located in Green Island,…

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Eco Materials Adviser

Posted by Al Dean - April 4, 2011

Autodesk has teamed up with materials science master, Granta Design, to create a materials selection…

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Getting a foot into Life Cycle Assessment

Posted by Stephen Holmes - April 4, 2011

Life Cycle Assessment is a cornerstone of any sustainable design project. Here is a brief…

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Back to basics – Light-weighting & optimisation

Posted by Al Dean - April 4, 2011

In the first of a series of back to basics articles, Al Dean explores one…

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Sustainable design gallery

Posted by Tanya Weaver - April 4, 2011

Four companies, four unique approaches to sustainable product development Company Ecovative Design Product EcoCradle In…

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Sitting pretty

Posted by Tanya Weaver - April 4, 2011

How Yves Behar & Herman Miller used an Eco-dematerialised design approach to create the Sayl…

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The Shannon Solo boldly goes where men fear to tread

Posted by DEVELOP3D - April 5, 2011

The Shannon Solo mini dumper is controlled remotely so it can operate in hazardous areas…

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IDC’s LCA Calculator

Posted by Tanya Weaver - April 5, 2011

I’ve just had wind of the launch of a new Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) calculator from…

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eBooks a new era in reading!

Posted by DEVELOP3D - April 7, 2011

In our digital age the book is no longer locked in black and white ink…