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03.02.12 PDD is attending the upcoming Creative Services Mission to Japan from the 6th to 10th February 2012 PDD Creative Director, Jamie Buckley and Senior Consultant of Industrial Design, Shun Ishikawa will be attending the upcoming Creative Services...: more

31.01.12 Medical Device Usability presentation by Polly Shelton Last week Polly Shelton, one of PDD's Human Sciences consultants, spoke at the LEG (London Ergonomics Group) and UKUPA (Usability...: more

30.01.12 Vassilios and Angela will be attending The Front End of Innovation (FEI) in Zurich. PDD Business Development Director, Vassilios Kanellopoulos and Angela McGarrigle will be attending The Front End of Innovation (FEI) from the 27th...: more

23.01.12 Polly Shelton will be presenting at UK UPA (Usability Professional’s Association) and London Ergonomics Group (LEG) joint event on Medical Device Usability Polly Shelton, Human Sciences Consultant at PDD, will be giving a 20 minute talk at UK UPA (Usability Professional’s Association) and London...: more

06.01.12 Jamie Buckley and Shun Ishikawa will be attending the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. PDD Creative Director, Jamie Buckley and Senior Consultant of Industrial Design, Shun Ishikawa will be attending the International CES Exhibition...: more

Archives 2011

05.12.11 Alun Wilcox joins the 'Consumer Healthcare Panel' at the Financial Times Global Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Conference. Our Director of Medical, Alun Wilcox, joins Jane Griffiths, Company Group Chairman at Janssen EMEA, and Jamie Heywood, Co-Founder and Chairman at...: more

30.11.11 PDD designers take part in UK London Santa Run It’s that time of year again where PDD designers Matt, Julian and Nick will ditch their computers for Santa outfits as they take part in the...: more

11.11.11 PDD to attend the upandcoming MEDICA trade fair Graham Lacy, Technical Director at PDD, along with Martin Wooler from Business Development will attend the upcoming MEDICA event in...: more

03.11.11 Oliver Stokes will be attending Brau Beviale 2011 Oliver Stokes, Principal of Design & Innovation will attend the upcoming Brau event in Nuremberg on the 9th & 10th November, 2011.Brau...: more

27.10.11 PDD helps to engineer Motion Control System for BBC's Frozen Planet Documentary Last night saw the first mesmerising episode of BBC’s new flagship series - Frozen Planet. Back in 2008 the BBC asked Kontrol Freax, Motion...: more

19.10.11 PDD is attending the upcoming Creative Services Mission to Taiwan from the 24th to 28th October 2011 Stephen Lau, Principal of Production and Vassilios Kanellopoulos, Business Development Director at PDD will be attending the upcoming Creative...: more

06.10.11 FT features PDD - Design Space: A camera for engineers Make it simple and beautifulClare Dowdy from the Financial Times reports how PDD designed and developed the popular Bonita Motion Capture Camera...: more

29.09.11 Shun Ishikawa talks to Nikkei Design Magazine about how to ensure projects are successful Shun Ishikawa, Senior Industrial Designer at PDD, was selected by Nikkei Design Magazine, as one of four designers to discuss how designers and...: more

15.09.11 Eliana Martella, Principal of Human Sciences to attend EPIC 2011 from 18th to 21st September We are pleased to announce that Eliana Martella our Principal of Human Sciences will attend The Ethnographic Praxis In Industry Conferenece...: more

08.09.11 PDD at the upcoming International Motor Show and Interior Motives Design Awards in Frankfurt on the 13th and 14th September Tristram Keech, Principal of Industrial Design and Angela McGarrigle from Business Development will attend the upcoming Motor Show in Frankfurt on...: more

25.08.11 Tristram Keech will be attending IFA on the 2nd and 3rd September We are pleased to announce that Tristram Keech our Principal of Industrial Design will attend IFA in Berlin on the 2nd and 3rd of September. IFA...: more

09.06.11 The role of product innovation within the new manufacturing economy presented by Graham Lacy We are pleased to confirm that PDD's Technical Director Graham Lacy will be presenting at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers on the role...: more

06.06.11 Maeve Keane will be presenting at the PACE packaging event in Las Vegas. PACE ‘Packaging And Converting Executive Forum’ is an exclusive, invitation-only community of senior packaging executives who...: more

31.05.11 Strategic Alliance to Transform Connected Experiences in an Information-Rich World MAYA Design, a leading technology design and innovation lab, and PDD Group, a product and service design innovation consultancy are pleased to...: more

23.05.11 PDD will be visiting The British Library for 'Who owns the story of the future'. Will the future be better or worse? – and does the story we are telling ourselves help or hinder us? Can we make the right choices, and deal...: more

19.05.11 PDD joins Thames Bridges Bike Ride! Julian Swan, David Elmer and Nick Reddall will be cycling along the bridges across the Thames from Tower Bridge to Hampton Court this Sunday (22nd...: more

09.05.11 PDD will attend the upcoming Product Design + Innovation Conference Product Design + Innovation Conference, London Excel, 18-19th May http://www.pdesigni.com/home Product Design + Innovation is a unique event for...: more

06.05.11 Jamie Buckley will be attending the upcoming KBB event KBB, London Excel, 15th & 17TH May http://www.kbb.co.uk/kbb-london KBB London is the leading event for kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom...: more

03.05.11 Oliver Stokes our Principal of Design and Innovation at PDD will attend the upcoming Interpack and Lux Pack events Interpack, 12-18th May, Dusseldorfhttp://www.interpack.com/ Held at Dusseldorf Exhibition Centre, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, the Interpack is a...: more

14.04.11 Milly, James and Shun are at the Millan Design Fair from 14th to 15th April. If you would like to meet up with the team please contact on the following:MillyDesign Insight ConsultantEmail: millyroberts@pdd.co.uk JamesSenior...: more

04.04.11 Tristram Keech, our Industrial Design Principal, will be attending Aircraft Interiors. Tristram Keech, Principal of Industrial Design and Vassilios Kanellopoulos, Business Development Director will be attending Aircraft...: more

22.03.11 Alun Wilcox talks at the Injectable Drug Delivery Conference Alun Wilcox, our Director of Medical, will be talking about the essential link between ethnographic research, human factors engineering and risk...: more

10.03.11 Tristram Keech, our Industrial Design Principal, will be attending ISH trade fair. Tristram will be in Frankfurt for the upcoming ISH trade fair show on the 15th and 16th March.The ISH provides the world’s biggest showcase...: more

02.03.11 Angela McGarrigle, PDD Business Development, will be attending FEI 2011 Angela will be in Berlin for the upcoming Front End Innovation Europe event from the 3rd – 4th March. If you would like to meet up please...: more

25.02.11 Tristram Keech, our Industrial Design Principal , will be attending the 81st International Geneva Motorshow Tristram will be in Geneva for the upcoming Car Design Night and Motor show from the 1st – 3rd March. If you would like to meet up...: more

18.02.11 PDD walks away with Gold DBA Design Effectiveness Award and the International Export Award. PDD has triumphed to its second Gold DBA Design Effectiveness Award in as many years with the Merck Serono easypod™. PDD also won the...: more

02.02.11 Oliver Stokes, our Design and Innovation Principal, will be attending the PACE packaging event in Brussels. We've been involved with PACE for the past four years where we've shared our opinion, learnings and ideas for all things packaging. Oliver will be...: more

25.01.11 PDD Design Insight Consultant, Milly Roberts is attending the UK’s biggest, most exciting interiors exhibition at NEC Birmingham. Interiors 2011 is a unique opportunity for retailers, interior designers, architects and contractors to compare an array of inspiring products...: more

06.01.11 Jamie Buckley and Tristram Keech currently at the International CES Exhibition in Las Vegas PDD Creative Director, Jamie Buckley and Principal of Industrial Design, Tristram Keech are currently at the International CES Exhibition. The...: more

Archives 2010

13.12.10 Designers Matt Candy, Julian Swan and Ollie Moore ditched their computers for Santa outfits to take part in UK London Santa Run PDD designers Matt, Julian and Ollie ditched their computers for Santa outfits as they took part in the annual Disability Snowsport UK London...: more

06.12.10 PDD attend Design Korea 2010 PDD Creative Director Jamie Buckley and Designer Lucy (Soo Min) Jung attend DESIGN KOREA 2010 ( http://www.designkorea.or.kr/site/en/) from 6th to...: more

06.12.10 PDD talk to TvTokyo about its unique approach to design and innovation. TvTokyo made a visit to PDD in London, to discover the importance of design and innovation in the UK and how the British government avidly...: more

01.12.10 PDD exhibit at the Hospex Exhibition 2010, Japan PDD exhibit at The 35th International Healthcare Engineering Exhibition.HOSPEX Japan, held in conjunction with the Conference Healthcare of...: more

24.11.10 Alun Wilcox joins Designplus major projects industry review panel at Brunel University. Alun Wilcox, our Medical Director, joins Designplus major projects industry review panel at Brunel University. 24th November at 6.30pm....: more

10.11.10 Light Work: Electroluminescent ink could help cyclists stand out on the road, but not in a crowd. By Tara Hounslea for the Future Materials, published November 2010.A new concept cycling jacket has been developed to combine the potentially...: more

21.10.10 PDD boosts its creative team with the addition of Tristram Keech, from Studio Conran PDD are delighted to announce the appointment of Tristram Keech, who takes up a key role as Principal of Industrial Design. Keech joins after 10...: more

05.10.10 PDD wins 2010 DBA Design Effectiveness Award, second year running PDD is delighted to announce, that after two rounds of rigorous judging, the Merck Serono Easypod has won the prestigious 2010 DBA Design...: more

17.09.10 The British Steam Car Challenge At PDD our passion for life’s adventures continues outside normal office hours. One of our associates, Matt Candy, shares every boy's...: more

02.09.10 A pharmaceutical experiment in design By Andrew Jack for the FT, published 26th August 2010Alun Wilcox, our Medical Director, featured in an FT article on the importance of drug...: more

18.08.10 TED using PDD Vicon Camera The award winning Vicon MXT-Series, one of our recent achievements, features in the latest episodes of TED Global.John Underkoffler,...: more

19.07.10 Defining a new business concept with Vodafone Our Human Factors team connected with Vodafone users to better understand how they engage with digital and physical services. The result...: more

16.07.10 AXIS Magazine feature: The Future of Medical Treatment The Japanese Design Magazine AXIS talked to Shun Ishikawa, Senior Consultant Industrial Design and Alun Wilcox, Director of Medical for their...: more

06.07.10 Yell's directory innovation PDD and Yell, a leading international directories business operating in classified advertising markets in the UK, US, Spain and Latin America...: more

01.06.10 PDD Medical Director in the June 2010 edition of the European Medical Device Technology Alun Wilcox, Director of Medical at PDD, provides his perspective on the past two decades of Medical Product Design and an outlook for the future...: more

08.04.10 Paper launched on patient - centred innovation in medical device design Human Factors team at PDD have published a paper on patient - centred innovation in medical device design. A version of this paper was first...: more

11.02.10 Mobile phone crime prevention device designed by PDD is unveiled. i-migo, a mobile phone crime prevention device designed by PDD is unveiled to the media.PDD and DT&C were joint winners of the ‘Design...: more

19.01.10 PDD passes combined audit with flying colours PDD has once again completed its audits by BSI for both ISO9001:2008 and ISO13485:2003 with no non-conformances!Auditors regarded PDD as an...: more

13.01.10 PDD designed product wins Best New Business Technology product developed in the UK The Vicon T-Series motion capture cameras, designed by PDD, won Best New Product Developed in the UK at the BCS & Computing...: more

07.01.10 PDD at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas If you are interested in meeting with Jamie Buckley, Creative Director, and Vassilios Kanellopoulos, Business Development Director, during the...: more

Archives 2009

14.12.09 PDD challenges students to create inclusive innovation for the ageing population Press release issued 14 Dec 2009 London based product and service innovation consultancy, PDD congratulates the winners of the 2009...: more

02.12.09 New Chapter for PDD Press release issued 2 December 2009 Following completion of a management buy-out, control of PDD, the award-winning product and service...: more

01.12.09 PDD at Design Korea 2009 PDD exhibited at Design Korea 2009, Dec 2 - 8, to develop deeper strategic partnerships with our Korean clients and introduce...: more

23.10.09 PDD and Unomedical win Gold in the DBA's Design Effectiveness Awards PDD’s innovative, integrated approach to medical device development has paid off with the announcement that it has won a Gold Award for...: more

13.10.09 PDD at Innovate '09 PDD exhibited at Innovate '09 with i-migo, PDD's partner in the Design Council's national challenge to design 'crime proof' mobile phones....: more

12.10.09 Jamie Buckley, Creative Director at PDD, is featured in newdesign, Issue 73 Jamie Buckley has now been PDD’s creative director for a few months: at 31 he may be the new kid on the Board, but he already has nearly...: more

23.09.09 New Face for PDD PDD is pleased to announce the appointment of Vassilios Kanellopoulos as Business Development Director.Vassilios Kanellopoulos Business...: more

09.09.09 PDD: shortlisted for the 2009 European Strategic Manufacturing Awards PDD was shortlisted for this year's European Strategic Manufacturing Awards in both the Operational Excellence and Innovation categories for...: more

17.08.09 PDD wins a 2009 DBA Design Effectiveness Award After two rigorous rounds of judging, PDD's project, Unomedical's UnoMeter™ Safeti™ Plus, has won a 2009 DBA Design Effectiveness...: more

10.08.09 PDD signs up to the Designers Accord The Designers Accord is a global coalition of designers, educators, and corporate leaders, working together to create positive environmental and...: more

16.07.09 Jamie Buckley now joins the Board as PDD's Creative Director PDD is pleased to announce the promotion of Jamie Buckley. Previously Principal - Industrial Design, Jamie now joins the Board as PDD's...: more

24.06.09 PDD wins national Design Council Challenge to design 'crime proof' mobile phones Some of the UK’s top designers and technology experts have been announced as winners in the £400,000 Mobile Phone Security Challenge,...: more

19.05.09 Are Concentrates the Future? Alex Peacop, PDD Principal - FMCG, spoke during the Plastics, Design & Moulding (PDM) Conference on 19th May. 'Are...: more

18.05.09 Practical tools when building early requirements in development Max Middleton, Technical Design Principal at PDD, provides some pointers as to why, when and how early use requirements can help turn commercial...: more

14.05.09 The use of prototyping in research PDD is featured in the Design Week Prototyping & Modelling supplement article 'Same again?'. Mark Hester, Senior...: more

24.03.09 Alun Wilcox, Director of Medical, at the Injectable Drug Delivery Conference Alun Wilcox, Director of Medical, spoke at the Injectable Drug Delivery Conference held in London at the Le Meridien Hotel,...: more

29.01.09 PDD at MEDTEC 2009 PDD exhibited at MEDTEC UK 2009 at the NEC, Birmingham on March 25th & 26th. http://www.devicelink.com/expo/mdt09/: more

27.01.09 easyFairs Packaging Innovations 2009 PDD exhibited at easyFairs PACKAGING INNOVATIONS 2009 on Feb 11 & 12 at the NEC in Birmingham. We showcased our exciting concepts for future...: more

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