Yesterday I gave a talk to students at Leeds Metropolitan University keen to know what it takes to start a design business when they leave their studies. Other themes included sustainability in design and the skills required as a design professional. Attendees included third year Product Design students as well
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Monthly Archives March 2012
Mar 22, 2012 | Post by: Dan No Comments
Enterprising ideas
This striking building is home to the University of Sheffield Enterprise, part of Sheffield University and designed to bring people together to make ideas happen. I was asked to attend an event here last night as a judge on a panel, to choose a winner from three completely new products/service
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Mar 16, 2012 | Post by: Luke No Comments
Friday Finds
Happy Friday! Here’s 3 things we’ve found interesting this week, including some beer predicaments and a simple solution to a fiddly problem. 1. FreeKey Have you ever stopped to think just how fiddly it is trying to remove keys off your key ring? It snaps nails, is inevitably impossible for
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Mar 09, 2012 | Post by: Luke No Comments
Friday Finds
A Sheffield building is our first find this week. We were to busy working to realise this new addition to the cities architecture had been built and it wasn’t until it featured on Dezeen that we noticed. Heres a before and after shot. Kickstarter is the source of the second
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Mar 02, 2012 | Post by: Luke No Comments
Friday Finds
Three things for the weekend; 1.Copenhagen bike wheel is a great product that helps encourage people to ride in a city where there are more bikes than people. The Wheel enables you to capture the energy dissipated while cycling and braking and save it for when you need a bit
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