London | April 2023
In the Q&A section after his keynote at DFM Summit #23, veteran UK designer Sebastian Conran talked about changes in the industry. 'Up until Covid, 60 to 70 percent of my work was from the Far East. It just put an end to all that. I taught myself CAD during lockdown.'
London | January 2023
In his keynote at last month's DFM Summit in London, CloudNC's Chief Product Officer James Monighan argued that demand for manufacturing is increasing, but that manufacturing output capacity will fall behind with a generation of skilled CNC operators retiring. Automation can solve the problem and accelerate CNC programming tenfold.
London | December 2022
The first panel at DFM Summit #23 last month in London discussed when and how manufacturers should be involved in the product development process and how design consultancy is changing.
London | November 2022
Nate Petre won a grant from NASA to 3D print surf boards from seaweed and went on to found circular economy tech startup Distributed Additive Manufacturing (DAM) in London. 'The question used to be, is 3D printing ever going to catch up to traditional manufacturing? More and more the question is, does it have to?'
London | October 2022
Industrial designer Gregory Epps helps clients understand markets and customers to deliver successful product releases. 'When you know the project is possible and know the customer wants it, you can then work out how to bring those two things together.'
London | October 2022
Leading British industrial designer Sebastian Conran and innovation consultant Gregory Epps are the first confirmed speakers for DFM Summit #23, the first edition of our product design and manufacturing innovation events since 2019.