Google’s self-driving subsidiary Waymo is retiring its prototype autonomous vehicle, dubbed Firefly. The Firefly vehicle, which has no wheel and pedals, was developed as a platform to experiment and learn, but not for mass ...
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Cambridge Consultants, a global product design and development firm, has introduced a new smart packaging concept for the pharmaceutical sector. The AudioPack interactive packaging concept is designed as an alternative to traditional ...
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Punkt. will debut at Design Junction 2014, London's popular contemporary design show dedicated to the very best in furniture, lighting and product design from around the world. Scheduled from September 18 to 21 at the Sorting Office in ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
Norwegian food production company Mills DA has relaunched its Soft Flora and Vita hjertego' margarine products in an updated bespoke pack supplied by RPC Superfos. The food company's latest move to adopt renewed and improved packaging ...
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The 2014 edition of the Malaysian International Furniture Fair (MIFF) reported more buyers and record orders at its 20th anniversary edition, which took place from 4-8th March. The show recorded estimated sales of US$892m and a 6% jump in ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing, Economy
Have a seat and check out these drool-worthy models that just might make 8 hours in front of a computer a pleasant experience. It's a scenario that many of us have had the misfortune of experiencing: lower back pain, ...
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Visibility and hydration product maker Nathan has hired Adam Karl as a junior industrial design. Karl will support Nathan's hard good product group. "As a leader in the running essentials market, we are always looking for revolutionary ...
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You can't say that GE doesn't think outside the refrigerator box. When the appliance maker decided to target the millennial market it turned to someone in that cohort to design a kitchen suite that's both trendy and affordable. Created by a ...
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The Venezuelan-born industrial designer Pablo Pardo is known for creating beautiful utilitarian lighting pieces that foster amiable relationships between environments and people. His keen ability to create a design that is both useful and ...
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B&O PLAY by BANG & OLUFSEN has announced plans to launch two new headphones this July 2013. The headphones are significant as they combine quality craftsmanship with enduring materials and use the latest technology to make portable music ...
Tags: Premium Headphones, Electronics
Aaron Bethlenfalvy, formerly Cycling Sports Group’s global vice president of design, has launched a design consulting business, Alpha Dog Design. Alpha Dog Design specializes in strategic planning and conceptual development of new ...
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The Toyota Me.We concept has been unveiled in Paris, revealing a minimalist compact vehicle capable of being a small city car, an off-roader, a ute and a convertible. Powered by four electric motors – one in each wheel, like the ...
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There is an unspoken relationship between shadow and light. When there is light present, there is a good chance there will be shadow. It may be hidden and unnoticed but it will be there, if there are objects and form. In this light ...
Tags: Lighting, Makoto Tojiki
Mobility, modularity, and a dynamic, 21st-century life are the core concepts at the heart of a new collaboration between adidas and the renowned British industrial designer Tom Dixon. Debuting this month at MOST in an experimental factory ...
Tags: Tom Dixon, grand exploration, Apparel
When Michael Thonet (Boppard am Rhein 1796 - Vienna 1871), around 1830, he invented the serial technique of steam bending of beech wood, so far only small-scale, gave impetus to a new style of working of this material and it was unanimously ...
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