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This is the public profile of Alasdair Barnett, Additional information and high-resolution images are available for accredited press members, to access additional information about Alasdair Barnett please login as a press member.Industrial Design is the use of a combination of applied art and applied science to improve the aesthetics, ergonomics, Architecture, functionality, and usability of a product, but it may also be used to improve the product's marketability and production. The role of an Industrial design engineer is to create and execute design solutions for problems of form, usability, physical ergonomics, marketing, brand development, and sales. DesignEdge provides a total industrial design and electro-mechanical engineering service to a wide range of industries. Not only can we add style and bring brand appeal to your new product but with our technical expertise we know how to bring those ideas successfully into manufacture. We can look at your product laterally and find innovative solutions that help you realise your product's full potential and lower your costs. As a company we do not follow overnight trends but leading edge design integrating classic proportion with dynamic surfaces to rolll into a pure aesthetic package.
ORGANIZATION:
DesignEdge Cambridge Ltd
EDUCATION:
Industrial Design and Technology BSc, Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland.
EXPERIENCE:
Director - DesignEdge Cambridge Ltd
Design Services Manager - Cambridge Product Innovation Ltd
Product Designer - Ogle Design Ltd
Industrial Designer - Cambridge Industrial Design Ltd
Product Designer - Rank Strand Lighting Ltd
MIXED EXHIBITIONS:
red dot design museum - Germany - 2012 - EndoCuff
red dot design museum - Germany - 2011 - Össur - Proprio™ Intelligent Foot
EVENTS:
The Design Icons: Cambridge Innovation Festival a celebration of Cambridge design talent taking place throughout February 2012. The Össur - Proprio™ Intelligent Foot was chosen as one of the top twenty most important products to come out of Cambridgeshire over the last 40 years, designed by DesignEdge Cambridge Ltd. The Exhibition is part of a month-long Festival organised by Creative Front Cambridgeshire; chosen as part of the Design Council's Design Fund for Growth initiative. The exhibition was opened by guest speakers; Julian Huppert, MP for Cambridge and Clive Grinyer; Head of Customer Experience at Cisco Systems.
AWARDS:
2012 Global Technology Award - Best Asian Product - Nordson Dage - XD7500VR Jade FP X-ray Inspection System
red dot award: product design 2012 honourable mention - ARC Medical Design - EndoCuff
2012 Cambridge Innovation Festival - The Cambridge Design Icon Showcase
Össur - Proprio™ Intelligent Foot
red dot award: life science and medicine 2011 winner - Össur - Proprio™ Intelligent Foot
iawards 2010 - Celebrating the Best of British Innovation - Ubisense - Precise Real-Time Location Systems
2009 IBO (Instrument Business Outlook) Industrial Design Award - Laboratory Equipment Industrial Design - Gold Award - Genevac SP Scientific - Rocket™Evaporator
Design Week Awards - Consumer Product Design 2009 - AlertMe - WiFi Home Awareness System
Medical Design Excellence Awards - Supplier to a 2007 Winner - Össur - Proprio™ Intelligent Foot
EM Asia Innovation Award 2007 - Nordson Dage - Inspection Equipment - X-ray
Plastics Industry Awards - Consumer and Industrial Product Design - Finalist 2006 - Megger - Wiring Test Meters
2005 IBO (Instrument Business Outlook) Industrial Design Award - Laboratory Equipment Industrial Design - Bronze Award - Genevac SP Scientific - EZ-Bio Personal Evaporator
PRESS APPEARANCES:
Production World - 2010 - Midas Touch Provides Design Edge for GeneVac
Cambridge Connections - 2008 - DesignEdge Helps Rocket Launch
New Design Magazine - Issue 55 - 2007 - 'On Full Alert' - AlertMe
Control Engineering UK - 2008 - Instruments With Style
New Design Magazine - Issue 20 - Sound Bytes
COMPUTER LITERACY:
SolidWorks CAD Software, Illustrator, Autodesk SketchBook Pro, Photoshop, InDesign
SYMPOSIUMS AND ACADEMIC CONFERENCES::
Design Icons: Exhibition A unique celebration of Cambridge design talent which recognises 20 of the most important products designed in Cambridgeshire over the last 40 years.
MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS:
British Design and Innovation
Cambridge Network
University of Cambridge's Institute for Manufacturing (IfM)
Ubisense Strategic Supplier
Red Triangle Alumni
Business Link
Smart Club for the East of England (SCEE)
CLIENTELE:
AlertMe, Bayer Diagnostics, Carl Zeiss Inc, Coca-Cola, Domino Printing Sciences PLC, Elektron Technology, Inca Digital, Megger, Nordson Dage, Össur, Renishaw, Siemens Healthcare, SP Industries, Toshiba, Ubisense, Videojet, Xaar
WEB SITE:
http://www.designedge.co.uk/
PORTFOLIO URL:
http://www.designedge.co.uk/1st%20Level/Portfolio%
20Menu/HTML/DesignEdge%20product%20portfolio.html
REGISTRATION DATE:
2013-02-26 04:57:22
COUNTRY/REGION:
Great Britain
ACCOUNT TYPE:
New
Awards received by Alasdair Barnett
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Endocuff Colonoscopy Device Silver A' Design Award Winner for Medical Devices and Medical Equipment Design Category in 2012 Alasdair Barnett, Bruce Hutchison for Designedge Cambridge Ltd |
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