Tagged: Product Design

Institute of Engineering and Technology Conference

Final year student and STEM ambassador Charlotte Ward presented at a conference for the Institution of Engineering and Technology last Tuesday. The talk discussed ways of inspiring the next generation of engineers and technologists.

Whist there, Charlotte introduced members of the IET to our Product Design course, and the work that we have been doing with STEM and local schools around Sussex.

The reception from members of the IET was extremely positive and Charlotte received some excellent feedback, in relation to the work that is undertaken by our course, and the students outreach work with younger members of the community.
Charlotte is also currently working with STEM and Southern Water on an outreach schools program, and since doing the presentation to the IET, has been invited to be part of the Big Bang event in Crawley this summer as a STEM deliverer.

Guest Lecture: Alan South

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Alan South, formerly of Cambridge Creations and European Manager for IDEO, gave an inspiring talk to final year Product Design students yesterday about the evolving design philosophy of IDEO and the changing face of design consultancies.

His talk featured a huge range of interesting product development examples, including project winners and losers, and discussions around service design, experience design and interaction design.

Many thanks Alan.

Maxwell Mentoring Sessions with James Coleman

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Maxwell Render Mentoring at the University of Brighton teaches students how to use one of the most realistic render engines in the world, and its taught by one of our own, James Coleman. The mentoring sessions are also going to raise money for our end of year exhibitions. So far it has be a massive success, raising £950!

Spaces are still available in March, but space is limited. To book a place email MaxwellRenderBrightonCDT@gmail.com

Also check out:

www.youtube.com/MaxwellBrightonCDT

www.maxwellrender.com

So get in touch to secure your place to gain some valuable skills, and by doing so you will be supporting our final year exhibitions!

Thanks

Exhibition Update

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We are in the process of designing our exhibition space for New Designer 2013, and features sustainable stands designed which make use of re-used and recycled materials sourced locally around Brighton such as chipboard and cardboard tubes.

The space is designed to showcase around 20 students’ projects, with the other students having their work presented on a television screen.

‘Seen Me, Seen You’ 2nd Year Project

jacket groupSecond year University of Brighton Product Design students Adam Hargrave, Barnee Lloyd, Danny Hughes and Raul Jimenez have won a design competition held by global safety company FHOSS alongside with Brighton and Hove City Council.

They were working with self-illuminating fabric to help increase visibility of pedestrians and cyclists around roads at night time.

The group designed a reversible reflective jacket which can switch to plain or cycling mode, the latter being the side of the jacket with reflective materials added on it. It also has light strips running along the arms to use as indicators. Their design won Fhoss’ £1000 competition which particularly aimed towards the younger generation’s safety on the roads. This is a great solution due to its ability to offer a plain jacket mode as well as the high visibility mode, as most high-vis clothing is rather hideous and not attractive to the younger target market.

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Brighton and Hove is known for having a cyclist and pedestrian safety problem and was named last year as the most dangerous city for cyclists and pedestrians.

The council has worked with our design studio on projects before to help make their streets safer. In 2011 they worked with Emily Brooke in the early stages of her Blaze bike light, which has since gone under a lot of development and recently been launched on kickstarter.com.

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Graduate Project: Blaze

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Emily Brooke, a Brighton Product Design graduate from 2011, has recently launched her Blaze bike light onto kickstarter.com.

The bike light features a super bright LED that projects the symbol of a bike down onto the road ahead of the cyclist. This alerts road users ahead of the cyclist of their presence, helping to prevent vehicles turning across the cyclist’s path making them more visible and more safe.

She has also been featured in an article in the Daily Mail.

Check out her appeal on kickstarter.com, and her charming promotional video. This really is a great project, so help her along the way if you can.

Good luck Emily!

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