Objectified
About the trailer… the voices belong to Jonathan Ive, Andrew Blauvelt, Marc Newson, and Karim Rashid. The song is “I Like Van Halen Because My Sister Says They Are Cool” by El Ten Eleven.
The Designer’s Field Guide to Sustainability, by LUNAR
The LUNAR Elements team has recently published “The Designer’s Field Guide to Sustainability”, a tool designed to help all designers and engineers, no matter what their level of experience, design more sustainable products.
It can help form a checklist of considerations to take along the design path to ensure that no sustainable opportunity has been missed.
Check out the full pdf here
Herman Miller - Embody
Another great looking and I’m sure comfortable chair from Herman Miller
Specialized Epic 2009
The guys at Specialized have produced an awesome new bike for 2009, Epic S-works, which utilises some really interesting engineering and well thoughtout design.
Magnetic Rotary Position Sensor - MagSen360
The MagSen360 utilises non-contact magnetic sensing technology to provide an electrical output over 360 degrees - the mechanical housing has been designed to permit easy installation and operation under extreme temperature and vibration conditions.
To keep manufacturing costs to a minimum, the idea of quick and easy assembly has always been at the forefront of the design. Build complexity is kept to a minimum with a linear assembly method while, ‘one process’ fastening keeps the whole sensor together.
RDInsights - Chris Wise, design engineer
RSA podcast - Chris Wise, design engineer
RDInsights is a series of lively and informal interviews conducted by graphic designer Mike Dempsey RDI with fellow Royal Designers. They span a wide range of fascinating design disciplines
Swiss Desk Station Model M29 Telephone - black
Great telephone!
Nappak Sleeping Cube
Nappak Sleeping Cube. A temporary shelter.
