O-I Glass - Industry collaboration

RMIT industrial design demonstrated the programs strong links with industry yesterday with a one day intensive project with O-I  Asia Pacific facilitated by senior designer and RMIT alumnus Julian Ditchburn.

Briefing materials for industry collaboration between RMIT industrial design and O-I Asia Pacific.

Cintiq 24 - Wacom releases new tablet.

The Wacom Cintiq 24HD  has just been released and is currently on show in Melbourne at the Visual Impact Image Show.

Wacom 24 tablet released.

9/11 - Working in Outerspace

Today we are all reflecting on where we were and what we were doing when the World Trade Centre was attacked in 2001. I was working in Outerspace, well more accurately working back late at Outerspace Design Group on a project deadline with senior designer Paul Taylor. If I recall correctly we were working on prototype refinements for the neuroview brain scanning helmet. I had my mobile phone off and my partner rang the office several times as the events unfolded, eventually, and at the time reluctantly I left work, and at home we watched the footage of the towers collapsing into the early morning.

Ejo developed and project managed the batch production of the first commercial installations of this brain scanning technology for London, New York and Melbourne labs in 2000. When at OSDG in 2001 we were working on product refinements for future models. The eeg electrodes detailed at that time are still used in Neuro Insight equipment featured in the video below. This technology and its application in advertising was featured on a recent episode of the Gruen Tranfer.




Neuro marketing featured on Gruen Transfer.



Neuro Insight technology developed in Melbourne.

Back to the Future - Nike Concept

The release of the Nike Mag will serve to further inspire current RMIT industrial design students who have been working on future footwear concepts - see previous posts on footwear design and Nike designer Hodong Sung.

Back to the future with the release of the Nike Mag  - Image courtesy nikemedia

The mythical shoe that originally captured the imagination of audiences in Back to the Future II is being released – and they’re here to help create a future without Parkinson’s disease.

1500 pairs of the 2011 NIKE MAG will be auctioned on eBay with all net proceeds going directly to The Michael J. Fox Foundation. Each day for the duration of the ten-day auction, one hundred and fifty pairs of the 2011 NIKE MAG shoes will be made available via eBay’s Fashion Vault. The auction starts September 8, 8:30PM PST, and will end September 18. Thanks to a previous 50 million dollar match given to the Michael J. Fox Foundation, all donations will be matched, effectively doubling the contributions from the auction.

The original NIKE MAG was worn by the Back to the Future character Marty McFly, played by Michael J. Fox, in the year 2015. It came alive, lit up and formed to Marty’s foot. The 2011 NIKE MAG shoe was designed to be a precise replica of the original from Back to the Future II. The aesthetic is an exact match, down to the contours of the upper, the glowing LED panel and the electroluminescent NIKE in the strap. The 2011 NIKE MAG illuminates with the pinch of the “ear” of the high top, glowing for five hours per charge.

Concept Vehicle - Automotive

RMIT final year industrial design project by Ryan Fonceca is exploring single person transport.

Automotive concept sketch for future single person transport by Ryan Fonceca.

Ford Capri

The Ford Capri was an automotive export project by Ford Australia, Broadmeadows in the eighties. This one appeared recently at the end of my street and is proudly driven by a local store owner, purchased from the original owner, a retired CEO. Over 66,000 were produced from 1989 to 1994 with over 90% exported, mainly to the US as the Mercury Capri.

Ford Capri rear tail lamp and badge detail.

Australian automotive export program - the Ford Capri

Valentine - Olivetti collection

The Olivetti Valentine typewriter is a design classic. The distinctive red case caught my eye as this one sat on the floor of an antique shop in Williamstown twenty years ago. The paper price tag tied on with string said $25.00. My Olivetti collection, now numbering 37 typewriters and calculators started that day.

Design classic, the Olivetti valentine typewriter by Ettore Sottsass and Perry King.