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IDC Helps Launch Design Council Initiative

October 2006
Managing Director Stephen Knowles gave a talk entitled ‘Commercially Effective Design — reducing the risk of product innovation.’ as part of the launch of the Design Council’s Designing Demand programme for businesses. The programme is intended to assist businesses to use design to improve their performance.

Continue reading 25 October 2006

Revolutionary Heart Monitor

The Daily Telegraph 24 October 2006
A technology venture that has spent £8m developing a revolutionary heart monitor is preparing for launch as the NHS shake-up reaches doctors’ surgeries. The C.Net5000, created by the software business Cardionetics, is a portable, fist-sized device that identifies abnormal heart rhythms linked to strokes and cardiac diseases. Patients simply strap on the battery-powered equipment and the results of a 24-hour observation are displayed on a built in screen.

Continue reading 24 October 2006

IDC client gets onto the Big Idea Show

October 2006
With the assistance of IDC, client Jason Rowles presented his Keyfreeze product on the Big Idea programme, which will be broadcasted on Sunday 29th October 2006 at 9pm on Sky One. His product is an innovative way to stop drink driving, by locking the drivers car key into a pocket sized case. To remove the key, the case needs to be placed into a freezer for a few hours to activate the release system.

Continue reading 14 October 2006

Innovative ‘mother and baby’ design

Daily Express 14 September 2005
"HIGH demand is expected for a new British-made cot that for the first time allows mother and baby to sleep safely within touching distance alongside each other. The BedNest is the handiwork of grandmother Cilla Labouchere, who was spurred into designing the cot after research from the childhood charity Right From The Start suggested aggression in later life could be reduced by infants having immediate contact with their mothers during the night.

Continue reading 14 September 2005

IDC is Design Effectiveness finalist

Design Business Association
IDC has been selected as a finalist in the 2005 Design Business Association (DBA) Design Effectiveness Awards. IDC were nominated in the Consumer Product category for the Vielle Discover Yourself™ product and the winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on Thursday 24th November at the London Trocadero.

Continue reading 24 October 2004

 

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