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UK University League Tables – 2019 paints a mixed picture for product design and engineering

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 29, 2018

The annual Guardian University league tables have been published, and as ever product design courses are spread across the ‘Design…

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Graduates 2017 // 15 of the best

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 17, 2017

Another year of high-flying product design graduates were on show at New Designers, London, where we headed along to uncover…

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Moto GP prize puts Esteco 2016 student design competition on pole position

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 8, 2016

//giphy.com/embed/gfJPge7aWAjzW Esteco Academy, simulation software expert Esteco’s student user community, has partnered with Aprilia Racing and Gamma Technologies to launch…

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Design to ensure train wrecks don’t go off with a bang

Posted by Stephen Holmes - April 30, 2015

The Lac-Mégantic rail disaster claimed the lives of 47 people, inspiring the Safer Rail Car designs for flammable rail cargo…

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Bike that can’t be stolen? How a design countering theft is more likely to give the user a headache

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 27, 2014

Novel designs for bikes that can’t be stolen – like this example from Chile Bike theft is a massive ball…

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Student tackles beehive design with a unique concept

Posted by Tanya Weaver - July 27, 2012

There has been a lot of coverage on our blog in the last couple of weeks about New Designers however,…

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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…

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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…

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New Designers 2012: Our Best Finds – Part 1

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 16, 2012

New Designers gives us the chance to assess the latest crop of graduate design talent all under one roof, and…

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New Designers 2011 – Our best finds – part two

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 14, 2011

After a brief pause for some caffeine intake, we continue with the rest of our gems from the four-day New…

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