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Neoindustrialdesign was approached to redesign the packaging for the Sheffield Tool Groups extensive professional hole saw range of kits. With electrician, plumber, locksmith and tradie kits each in 11 and 19 piece sets it was going to require a lot of boxes, with some out of the box thinking however we designed an 11 and a 19 piece box with universal compartments to snugly locate all the wide range of different size

Q. Can you make……………….? A. Yes. We have never not been able to provide a prototype of a design, whether by 3D printing or a range of other related prototyping processes. Q. What is 3D printing? A. 3D printing is a generic term for a range of rapid prototyping processes – we can recommend the best specific processes to suit you application Q. I have a part can you print me a c

Jon Pryer of neo industrial design was recently invited to speak at the Hunter Net Advanced Manufacturing Seminar. Jon spoke of the importance of using good deign process if you want to get the most out of your product and the most out of your manufacturing potential, however advanced. He exampled two products which neo industrial design developed for local clients and which are now dominant in their product categori

Plastic parts made by rotational moulding are typically on the large and very large end of plastic products, such as the water tanks we designed for Formit Services.  The moulding process is slow so it is good for moderate volume production and tooling relative to the size of the part is quite cheap. Rotationally moulded parts, being typically large and bulky to ship, are one of the areas of manufacturing where local

The world’s longest-serving car goes out of production The Land Rover Defender, the Land Rover is going out of production in 2015. Since 1948 Land Rover has offered  new car buyers what is now the world’s oldest vehicle (depending on specification it’s not technically a car). The design for the original Land Rover vehicle was started in 1947 by Maurice Wilks, chief designer at Rover,  on his farm on the i

Research by Beverly Nielsen of Birmingham University entitled “Looking for growth, sack the economists and hire a designer” has shown that companies that put design driven innovation at the heart of their strategy significantly out perform the economy. Read the full article here

One of the most important decisions in the development of a new product is what processes should be used in its manufacture. Choice of process will have dramatic effects upon the form and structure of the product If you ask a carpenter to design a chair for you it will be made of wood and if you ask a metal fabricator it’s a fair bet it will be made of metal, ask an industrial designer and it’s a fair bet they will a

Our client was sourcing a large number of foot operated water pumps from a UK company as a component of their Australian made product – we were able to suggest that the number of pumps used was sufficient to justify design and out sourcing production of their own pump – primarily as a cost saving but also, through our design, providing a pump more closely suited to their specific requirements. The result