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Future Currents

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We all recognise the need to cut our energy consumption for two reasons: prices are spiralling and putting a strain on household finances; and one third of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions come from our homes.

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Invention by Graham Barker and Peter Bissell

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How can inventors protect their ideas and make them profitable? Just how does a novel idea become a new product or service? Graham Barker and Peter Bissell explain how to make this process easier, pointing out potential pitfalls and offering practical help. From the Post-it note to Trevor Baylis’s Clockwork radio, many best sellers would never have seen the light of day without the hard work and...

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Product design by Dick Powell

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How do good ideas become marketable products? Dick Powell gives an overview of the product design process, from commission, briefing and market research through to product launch. Product design is crucial to anyone involved in the manufacture and marketing of physical products. A well-conceived product will sell more, increase market share, have wider reach, improve margins and potentially...

Dick Powell on design-led innovation in manufacturing

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‘There is a paucity of manufacturing companies left in the UK, but among those that do remain, it’s rare to come across someone who doesn’t understand the importance of design, ’ says Dick Powell, co-founder of design consultancy Seymour Powell. ‘However, some manufacturers still view design as a service – like buying photocopying paper – and don’t give it the importance in the decision making...

Design and manufacturing partnership

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When Aqualisa decided to partner with design consultancy Seymour Powell, it hoped to create an ongoing product development process designed to drive the business into new areas without losing sight of its core markets. Seymour Powell and Aqualisa have now been working together for over ten years, and some big changes have occurred in this time, but as Dick Powell, co-founder of Seymour Powell...

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27 October 2005

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Present George Cox (Chairman), Bonnie Dean, Penny Egan, John Hazelwood, John Hollar, Geoffrey Kirk, Stuart MacDonald, Paul Priestman, Chris Wise. Apologies Hamish Bryce, Jonathan Sands, Richard Williams, Simon Edmonds, Harry Rich. In attendance David Kester (Chief Executive), Hilary Cottam (RED Director), Deborah Fitzgerald (Media & Communications Director), Richard Eisermann...

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Help and advice for businesses

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Business owners will find these issues particularly relevant, but they are also useful for anyone involved in the invention process When an employee has an idea, who owns it? Much depends on the terms of the contract of employment. If the idea is directly relevant to the employer's activities or if producing ideas to improve the business is deemed part of the job, then the employer is likely to...

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Workplace design by Jeremy Myerson

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Innovative workspaces can have a direct and beneficial effect on staff productivity and creativity. Jeremy Myerson explains how And it’s not just staff performance that can benefit. Good workplace design can also help shape your organisation’s culture and improve corporate image, speed up information flow and nurture innovation.

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Trends by James Woudhuysen

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The ability of trends research to generate vital insights into customers’ and users’ future needs is making the practice increasingly important for all sectors. Trends expert James Woudhuysen explores the issues Less crystal-ball-gazing and more rigorous research, trends is a much-maligned discipline but one that, used wisely, continues to help businesses plan better and provide designers with...

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Resources for design and business educators

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How does design fit into business strategy? Find out how design combines with innovation and creativity to equal business success through a range of teaching and learning resources developed by the Design Council, with our support or by other organisations.