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Based in California USA the Callaway Golf Company is the worlds largest manufacture of golf clubs. Based in Newcastle Australia Neo Industrial Design designed the Callaway Concourse III – probably the worlds most compact three wheel golf cart.   In 2013 we designed the Concourse II the worlds most compact two wheel golf cart – read it’s devlopment story here Newcastle………. coal

ABC Radio Newcastle works through the alphabet looking at a different profession each week. This week was I for Industrial Designer; the ABC Morning Programs Paul Turton spoke to our lead designer Jon Pryer. Paul “So what is industrial design” Jon “That’s THE question……….  an industrial designer provides the contact surfaces between the mechanics of a product and the user 

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

Tragically a large number of toddler drownings occur around the home, pools are an obvious risk but approximatly 8% of toddler drownings occur in buckets.The traditional bucket safety solution is labeling, warning of the danger – unfortunately this does not make the bucket any safer it merely alerts those who bother to read any labeling of the danger and toddlers generally can’t read…….. in an

We found this Lego model of our police prisoner transport design posted on a Lego builder forum recently – awesome work by Criga88 Follow Griga88’s work here : http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=96193 More than 400 billion Lego bricks have been produced since 1958. There are about 62 Lego bricks per person of the Earth’s population. Check out the video below to see how that happened

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

We have won a few awards for our design work and we have even designed and built a few awards for others. Jon recently oversaw the design and production of the 2014 Hunter TAFE Awards by design students Sharna, Sam and Pete – well done guys. The awards utilised a unique casting process that was a challenge for all involved, including the foundry; for each award recycled aluminium was cast around a block of recl

We have moved to larger premises – parking was often a bit of a challenge at our inner city Hamilton office; but now with onsite parking and a larger office / studio and prototyping workshop we are still centrally located only 15 minutes form our old address – that’s 15 minutes closer to the freeway for our out of Newcastle clients. It’s hard to believe but this is our sixth address in Newcast

The Good Design Award and Australian International Design Award have been won by the concourse golf buggy designed by neo industrial design for concourse golf. With more than 250 design entries from around the world ranging from cars to cameras, personal accessories to computer tablets and manufacturing equipment, six panels of Australian and international design experts assessed each entry on form, function, quality