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Welcome to Pulse, the blog of product and service design innovation consultancy PDD. We're here to share our inspiration, our passion, our observations and the things that make us go hmm.

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For March, 2012 returned 14 results

Sent from the Studio (30.03.12)

30/Mar/2012

Robotic jellyfish, warrior snails, liquid energy and a man making coffee on a bicycle, what more could you possibly want from a weekly roundup of the internet? Read more

More good stuff

$What fracking energy crisis?$ What fracking energy crisis?

The energy potential of hydrocarbons and how our reliance on maintaining existing infrastructures is stopping progression in newer, renewable resources.

Is a patent a must-have for protecting your product idea?

Sergio, Principal - Medical Engineering, discusses the valuable insights into what inventors and designers need to know about the world of patents.

Wearable Technology

What the future holds and how consumers will accept the 'new normal' for wearable technology. Oliver Stokes, Principal - Design and Innovation, writes for Techopedia on the future of wearable technology.

A tale of 3 cities: Fashion & retail

29/Mar/2012

After a busy month of trotting around the globe, Design Insight Consultant Rosie Brodhurst-Hooper has put together a series of posts examining the key cultural differences in public hygiene, art & culture, public transportation and her favourite, fashion & retail. Read more

Part 2: Thoughts and photos from the Geneva Motor Show 2012

27/Mar/2012

Tristram Keech, Principal – Industrial Design and Matt Candy, Senior Consultant – Technical Design, popped along to the Geneva Motor Show this month and have returned full of thoughts and photos. Far too many for one blog post, so this has now become a series of two. And this is the second. Read more

Sent from the Studio (23.03.12)

23/Mar/2012

Lots of lovely links for you to enjoy today. Looks like the PDD studio was seriously inspired this week! Read more

Bend it like Nokia and Samsung, the next mobile revolution?

22/Mar/2012

As the Mobile World Congress has recently finished in Barcelona, it is a good time to reflect on the status quo of technology, design and user experience in the mobile world. Most notable for us is the potential exciting development for mobile device interaction and therefore design. Read more

Designing Women: Is modern print design really that modern?

20/Mar/2012

On a sunny March morning, we attended the opening of the exciting new exhibition, ‘Designing Women’ at the Fashion and Textiles Museum. The exhibit looks at the role of the post-war women, and their impact on the development of a particular style of textile design, which went on to influence domestic interiors across the UK. Read more

Sent from the Studio (16.03.12)

16/Mar/2012

No robots this week I’m afraid! But instead some great Service Design links were shooting around the studio. Enjoy reading and happy St. Patrick’s Day. Read more