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 The Nica Headset and Dock by Speck DesignSpeck Design, Silicon Valley's leading product design firm was chosen by Maverick CEO Craig Janik to re-think the design of the Bluetooth headset.Maverick's goals were to differentiate themselves by creating a Bluetooth headset that was "not so 'Star-Trek,' high-tech but more like jewelry and that was comfortable and completely effortless to use in a car". Speck Design's industrial design and mechanical engineering teams jointly responded to the challenge by delivering a breakthrough research and discovery phase that included a survey of existing approaches in the marketplace, and a series of fresh form concepts, one of which was a compact circular shape. The simple, iconic form was chosen as the direction of Maverick's product line. Speck's research also provided alternative methods of connecting to the ear with increased comfort and security. The result is Nica, the only compact, open-air headset on the market. Speck's design has no mic boom extending into the wearers face, the headset is more stable and secure, yet draws less attention to itself. The open-air acoustics allow the headset to be worn comfortably for longer periods because there is no ear insert pressing on the ear canal. Speck worked with Maverick throughout the industrial design, engineering, and manufacturing phases on the headset and docks. more The Nica Headset and Dock by Speck Design design directory Speck Design > Industrial Design Companies added by Levent OZLER |
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 Formless FurnitureIn the mid-1960s, artists like Robert Morris, Joseph Beuys, Michelangelo Pistoletto and Lynda Benglis began to experiment with formlessness in their materials.The maxim Form follows material, however, was not only proclaimed in the era's avant-garde art: it had a distinct impact on furniture design as well - for example, on Gunnar A. Andersen's experimental polyurethane Portrait of My Mother's Chesterfield Chair of 1964 and Zanotta's famous Sacco beanbag chair of 1968. Edited by Peter Noever, Director of Vienna's MAK museum of applied and contemporary art, this volume is the first to concentrate on formlessness in furniture design. Featuring work from the 1960s through today by such revolutionary figures as Frank Gehry, Gaetano Pesce, Ron Arad and Karim Rashid, it illuminates connections between the historical avant-garde and the applied arts, and tracks the various manifestations of design formlessness to have emerged over the past half century - from Robert Dean's 1967 Sea Urchin chair to today's computer-assisted "blobjects." more astore.... (36) design directory Formless Furniture > Furniture Design Books added by Levent OZLER |
 Axion Launches Green Product Design CompetitionTo mark the launch of its new 100% recycled polystyrene sheet product - Axfoil - Axion Polymers has launched a design competition with a £500 cash prize to find the best innovative and sustainable product design using its sheet or Axpoly compound.In the first competition of its kind organised by the company, the winner will also have the opportunity to work with Axion Polymers on developing and taking their successful design to market. Axion is seeking designs for a novel household product with mass market appeal that could be manufactured from its Axfoil or Axpoly products, which are derived from 100% recycled refrigerator plastic, TV casings or post-consumer electronic games consoles. Deadline for entries is January 8, 2010. more www.axi... (145) added by Levent OZLER |
 Mercedes Mines China for Global Car DesignsA decade ago, in search of inspiration for an ultra-luxurious Mercedes-Benz, designer Olivier Boulay studied Japan's chauffeur-car culture.Now, as he dreams about the future of the automobile, he zips around the streets of Beijing on a $367 electric bike, along with throngs of the city's residents. "China is the perfect place to think about the future shape of mobility," said Mr. Boulay, the 52-year-old design chief for Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz unit in China, who moved to Beijing from Tokyo this year. "It's my job here to push my staff to push the envelope and think about the global automotive future from Beijing." more online.... (42) added by Levent OZLER |
 Optimizing Design for AutomationDevice developers put a lot of time and energy into the design of a new product.However, they may forget that all design needs to consider the next stages of manufacture, including assembly. The assembly stage represents a place to improve a product's quality, time to market, and cost-effectiveness. The best way to achieve those improvements is to begin thinking about assembly early in the process; that is, during the design stage. Working on design for automation up front is vital in medical devices because of the approval process involved. Once regulatory go-ahead is secured, it can be difficult to go back and make even minor modifications to a design, whether to reduce changeovers or any other purpose. more www.dev... (37) added by Levent OZLER |
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