Neo Industrial Design and Your Engineer of Newcastle developed the design concept for the Concourse Golfs Smart Wheel which recently helped it gain support from the Victorian government to shift manufacture from China to the Melbourne company SRX in the suburb of Dandenong where minister Minister for Industry and Employment Wade Noonan announced the creation of nearly 200 new Australian manufacturing jobs, in a subu
Ralf Speth CEO of Jaguar paraphrased Red Adair when the said “if you think good design is expensive, you should look at the cost of bad design” Good design is cheaper than poor design or no design – because good design adds significantly to the profitability of a product and more than pays for itself. It is a given design objective that the design needs to work and be manufactured cost effectively,
Data released by the online jobs website Seek shows that the design and architecture sector is leading jobs growth. The number of new jobs ads in the sector increased by 42 percent in the 2015 financial year. With farming, animals and conservation jobs coming in second at 29 percent, manufacturing up 12 percent and revealing mining, resources and energy as the worst performing area by far, with a 30 percent decline.
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