X marks the spot Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 5, 2013 Venturing to the North-East of England, Stephen Holmes finds a styling house expert in designing desirable motorcycles for all genres…
European roundtable: Sustainable design Posted by DEVELOP3D - October 29, 2013 Chris Sherwin recently participated in a European roundtable on sustainable design. Unfortunately he learnt more about the design of roundtables…
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…
Ariel Ace – tailor-made for motorcycling performance Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 2, 2014 The Ariel Ace reportedly offers customisation levels never before seen by a motorcycle manufacturer Makers of the ridiculous, somehow street…
Design of the commemorative 50 pence piece for the Commonwealth Games Posted by Tanya Weaver - July 28, 2014 The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games are underway and the first batch of Glasgow 2014 50p coins designed by tangerine have…
Baking cakes is for old ladies – schools should get involved with The Great British Make Off Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 7, 2014 A new schools competition, the Great British Make Off is setting a design challenge around cycling The Design & Technology…
The Weekender: When art becomes part of the landscape Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 5, 2014 ‘Uphoarding’ was an artwork influenced by architecture and the materials – namely offcuts from the building work being done around…
Reverse engineering: an aluminium cycling helmet a shining example of CNC skills Posted by Tanya Weaver - September 26, 2014 An aluminium version of the Rudy Project’s Windmax Helmet being created out of alluvium on a Mazak machine A shiny…
Simulation at KTM Technologies Posted by DEVELOP3D - November 13, 2014 Designing with advanced lightweight composites is challenging although made easier through the use of simulation technology. Tanya Weaver talks to…
Ariel Nomad takes lightweight, superfast, customisable design off-road Posted by Stephen Holmes - January 8, 2015 The off-road Ariel Nomad – makes us want to move to the countryside! Ariel are known (and much loved) makers…