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10/08/2021

A new range of pet products designed and manufactured in the UK from recycled polymers.

Designed on SolidWorks to meet client requirements & manufacturing requirements with a quick turnaround from component design to tooling to manufacture in 10 weeks.

The Protool Plastics Group has delivered a complete range of pet toys, from design, proto-typing and toolmaking to full mass production in 10 weeks. This is another major reshoring success for the Fareham and Manchester based injection moulding group. Group Managing Director Michael Hadfield stated....

19/05/2020

Taking the time to enjoy the commute to the home office at the bottom of the garden. Taking a lot a pleasure from the garden in this period of lockdown. Everyday you see something new.
@ Eastbourne, East Sussex

11/05/2020

We have passed the peak but we can’t risk a second.

26/03/2020

Rishi Sunak provides some detail on help for the self employed. Based on 80% of the last 3 years monthly trading profits capped at £2500. HMRC will contact those who can apply for this.

24/03/2020

All set up and ready to go at the temporary ‘home office’ in the summerhouse.

18/03/2020

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27/02/2020

SolidWorks Simulation Xpress was used to simulate a 27kg loading, 264.8N (max. rating) on this blow-moulded platform component. The stress analysis showed that a larger radii around the pad pocket would help to reduce the stress points The analysis also confirmed that the deflection was within an acceptable range and that the platform behaved as expected.
Using eDrawings it was possible to share results with the client & toolmaker.

16/01/2020

"If you want to leverage design from a position of ‘strategic involvement’ to one of ‘strategic partner’, then hire a highly competent design leader and let her or him organise all design competences by reporting directly to the CEO. In short, enable the design leader to organise a design department that will deliver the maximum value to all areas of your business." - Yasushi Kusume

You'd have to agree that this kind of arrangement between Steve Jobs and Jony Ive yielded some of the most memorable products of the early 21st century. A CEO that understands good taste and good design and above all trusts his lead designer yields the rewards that brings. It will be interesting to see if the post Ive era at Apple is as productive & creative. Lets hope Tim Cook isn't just hiring Sunday designers to do and write post-it notes in between sessions of air-hockey.

Yasushi Kusume is Innovation and Creative Manager at IKEA and formerly headed up branding and design for companies like Electrolux and Phillips. We asked him what constitutes a great designer, and where the concept of ‘design thinking’ fits.

02/01/2020

First book of the New Year. The excellent No. More. Plastic. by Martin Dorey. 2020 is going to be a year of more reading and trying to cut down on single use plastics. Ironically it was paid for by a plastic National Book Token - another example of a SUP that we’ve come to ‘accept’.

My November blog talked about our addiction to stuff and how consumerism has made single use a culture we’ve too easily accepted. https://ivesproductdesign.com/blog/2019/3/1/how-did-plastic-go-from-being-a-hero-product-to-a-villain
#2020 https://ivesproductdesign.com/blog/2019/3/1/how-did-plastic-go-from-being-a-hero-product-to-a-villain

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31/12/2019

The perfect book for a product designer. Always loved studying cross sections and cut aways? ✅ Enjoy taking stuff apart? ✅ Just curious what makes stuff tick? ✅ This book is for you.

Mike Warren and Jonothan Woodward use a high-pressure waterjet cutter to show us the internal mechanisms that power the gadgets and appliances you probably own.

26/12/2019

Thinking ahead to #2020 do you have any new product development projects lined up that could benefit from product design? Get in touch for more details and make 2020 a year for product development and innovation!———————————————————