Consumers have traditionally made buying decisions based on whether a product was well designed, useful, affordable, and/or attractive. Today, however, many consumers are weighing in a product’s sustainability—or lack thereof—as well so manufacturers must add the environmental impact of products to their growing list of requirements they must meet. Everyone knows that designing for sustainability […]
As technology grows, we all take on roles that were once saved for experts. We all book our own travel, touch up our own photos, and find our way without stopping at the filling station to ask directions. In the world of 3D CAD, new technical developments are also making it easier for designers to […]
As companies upgrade blocky legacy designs to make them more stylized and ergonometric, they more than ever need specialized tools capable of defining the flowing surfaces that usually distinguish cutting-edge industrial design. But traditional industrial design tools are not capable of producing mathematically-precise, functional and manufacturable designs. It’s usually necessary to use separate tools for […]
Good designers know the value of exploring multiple ideas. But most say they can’t do as much as they’d like—there simply isn’t enough time. That’s too bad, because research shows that when it comes to concept design, quantity beats quality! That’s right, study after study finds that the best results come when designers are rewarded […]
We’ve written about many products designed with PTC Creo in this blog. But we don’t often talk about the specific people who use it. Today, we make an exception for Nout van Heumen. Van Heumen is a freelance Dutch industrial designer whose products have been featured on this site before. That’s because they’re visually appealing, […]
PTC Creo-designed products picked up more than a dozen iF awards this year for excellence in design, communication, and packaging. Here are just a few of them: Heavy equipment designed with PTC Creo earned iF awards for the following manufacturers: John Deere with its the 944K Wheel Loader AGCO and its Fendt 700 Vario Tractor […]
Musical instrument manufacturers are recognizing the value of Creo. “Designers created the preliminary concepts using Creo Elements Direct Personal Edition software from PTC. They focused on the instrument’s central core as defined in the Creo sketch as the most likely area to support user customization, a capability they felt would boost players’ self esteem. The […]
Integrative thinking is so very important today. For CST covers, stepping out of their storage tank roots and into modern architecture required creativity and an openness to all ideas. For over 100 years CST has designed storage tanks and aluminum covers, so the project of creating an architectural canopy for a library in Washington D.C. […]
Recently, red dot celebrated the recipients of its coveted red dot Product Design Awards, and guess what? Many companies using PTC Creo were among the winners. The annual red dot design award goes back to 1955 and is one of the world’s largest and most distinguished design competitions. An international jury selects the winners based […]
“Jack be nimble, Jack be quick” and so should today’s manufacturers. In order to survive in today’s fast-moving, globally competitive world, manufacturers must be agile and highly responsive to rapid market changes, changes in a supplier network, or any other type of change in product requirements. Their product development process must also be nimble, flexible, […]
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