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Neo industrial design and Jon Pryer are currently collaborating with renowned Australian Chocolatier Dean Gibson on what is probably the worlds first all chocolate mechanical sculpture. Click on this link to see how it’s going. The 2.2 metre high automaton rhino “Bone Shaker” will be assembled and put through its motions at The Smooth Chocolate Festival at The Overseas Passenger Terminal on Circular

This morning our lead designer Jon won the 2016 Hunter TAFE Award for Excellence in Teaching; for the evening program he delivered to upskill TAFE teachers in industry standard 3D CAD and 3D Printing / prototyping. Thanks Kath for the award nomination and support- and congratulations on your own award. Not sure how long he’s keeping the new facial hair – post a comment

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

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

Neo Industrial Design lead designer Jon Pryer receiving the Award for Excellence and Innovation in  Addressing Sustainability Issues in Design (left to right) Francesca Saccaro, Associate Director OTEN ; Hon Gabrielle Upton MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Tertiary Education and Skills. By thinking about how your product will be made, serviced and used and ultimately disposed of you can do a lot to minimise its enviro

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

Jon is principal designer of neo industrial design. Jon comes form a long line of  “makers”; carpenters, builders, cabinet makers and boat builders, he first became interested in industrial design through a family friend the UK industrial designer Eric Kemp before studing Sculpture and Industrial design at Victoria College, Melbourne. His career started with five years managing the design department of De