A Hint to all Product Developers and all Product Development Projects!

This is a simple and also a very powerful demonstration of how to do! The Vancouver based Canadian designer Andrew Zo made this perfect “box” for the unique purpose of engagement. The idea was to have a wallet like box with a discreet and design driven outcome. As an european I’m a bit sceptic …

Unique British Handmade Luggage by Sarah Jane Williams – That’s Product Development!

What kind of luggage would you design, if practicality were besides the point? At first glance, British designer Sarah Jane Williams suitcases and trunks look like they might hold musical instruments from odd places, and then you realize she’s made these unique forms because she can and …

Looking for a Dream Car?

And being or going to Atlanta, GA? (The above car is a Bugatti Type 57S Compétition Coupé Aerolithe, 1935) Then you must go to the High Museum of Art in Atlanta were they exibhits dream cars in all kinds of shapes until 14th september 2014. The name of the exhibition is Dream Cars – Innovative Design, …

Wazuma V12 – oh la la, or How to Ride a Trike (almost) with a BMW V12 engine

The Wazuma V12 is a one-off prototype based on the Wazuma R1, the production vehicle designed and manufactured by Lazareth. This masterpiece of design and engineering is powered by a V12 5.0L BMW delivering 350 hp for 750kg. What make a Wazuma different from any other vehicle are the twinned rear wheels providing …

What’s in the Head of a Product Development Professor?

A couple of days ago I met mr. Olaf Diegel, the new professor in Machine Design, at Department of Design Sciences, Faculty of Engineering LTH at Lund University in Sweden. With only three months in Sweden there is still much to figure out for a professor – not only the difficult Swedish language. But here we …