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/ December 1 2011
The following principles were laid out by Mat Nalder during his recent designer in residence week with us. We alwasy love mat's work and it is great having him in the studio again. Read more
/ August 4 2011
There are three critical problems that confront anyone trying to undertake a product development. This presentation investigates how to identify a winning product, what are the ingredients of success... Read more
/ July 7 2011
Alfred Mann is one of the great medical device developers of our time. I had the privilege to attend the Medical Design Excellence Awards in New York where he was awards the MDEA Lifetime Achievement... Read more
/ July 6 2011
Today was awards day. The Medical Design Excellence awards recognise the achievements of medical product manufacturers, engineers, designers and clinicians who are responsible for groundbreaking... Read more
/ July 5 2011
Well the MD&M East tradeshow is massive http://canontradeshows.com/expo/east11/ . In true US form, this tradeshow had almost it all. The tradeshow is geared towards original equipment... Read more
/ June 20 2011
The Young Innovators Awards (YIA) were handed out tonight and we were fortunate enough to have Professor Paul Callaghan, New Zealander of the Year 2011 and one of New Zealand's most pre-eminent... Read more
/ June 17 2011
“It is not the strongest who survive, nor the most intelligent but the one most responsive to change” Charles Darwin.
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/ May 18 2011
The 2010 - 2011 Dupont Australasian Innovation Awards were held in Melbourne last Friday (the 13th - quite appropriate timing really for the coming together of some of the most innovative and... Read more
/ July 21 2010
The following Post is in Response to the Article on Fixing Wool in New Zealand which can be found on the Prodesign website.We were interested to read the article in the current issue of Prodesign... Read more
/ July 20 2010
Aided by an exemplary breakfast at the Downtown Quay West bistro, those who got up early enough to catch Dan Szuc's talk on Selling UX were well rewarded. His engaging and insightful... Read more