PLASTICS NEWS' By Design 2010 Video Series

Motorola's Bruce Claxton

Bruce Claxton, senior director of design and innovation, has been with Motorola for more than 25 years and directs the industrial design and human factors innovation teams for Motorola's Enterprise Sector. (Video Interview)

Sotera Wireless' Jim Moon

Entrepreneur, Jim Moon, of Sotera Wireless speaks about the ViSi Rapid Response product for continuous vital signs monitoring. (Video Interview)

RKS Design's Ravi Sawhney

Head of RKS Design, Ravi Sawhney, discusses his take on consumer-focused design in his book, "Predictable Magic." (Video Interview)

GE Healthcare's Bob Schwartz

Bob Schwartz, general manager of global design at GE Healthcare, discusses the future challenges for plastics in medical devices in this clip from the recent Industrial Designers Society of America conference in Portland, Ore. (Video Interview)

Autodesk's Keith Perrin

Since San Rafael, Calif.-based Autodesk, known for its AutoCAD design software, bought Moldflow Corp., a maker of computer-aided engineering software for plastics in Framingham, Mass., for $297 million in 2008, these efforts have had an even more pronounced effect on those designing plastic parts. Keith Perrin, a senior industry manager for manufacturing for Autodesk, discusses upcoming projects. (Video Interview)

Nike's John Hoke

John Hoke, Nike's vice president of global design, oversees a team of 600-plus international designers. He discussed the trends toward personal freedom that drives younger customers toward Nike's brands at the recent Industrial Designers Society of America conference in Portland, Ore. (Video Interview)

A. Schulman's Paul Boulier

Fairlawn, Ohio-based compounder/distributor A. Schulman Inc. aims to add functionality to commodity resins by promoting the use of such techniques as coinjection molding and by infusing such materials with bio-based fillers or other, secret ingredients. Paul Boulier, the company’s chief marketing officer, discussed some of these efforts. (Video Interview)

MotoCzysz's Michael Czysz

Designer Michael Czysz wanted a greener, high-performance motorcycle when his MotoCzysz LLC began creating electric racing machines. Czysz is taking Portland-based MotoCzysz's technology breakthrough into wider use through an agreement with Remy Electric Motors LLC in a deal that will create a drive system for cars and motorcycles. (Video Interview)

Styrobots designer Michael Salter

For four days, a giant robot towered over speakers at the Industrial Designers Society of America's annual conference in Portland, looming behind discussions of computer-aided-design software, cars and shoes. But Michael Salter, a professor at the niversity of Oregon, has created several "Styrobots" for museums and corporate lobbies worldwide. (Video Interview)

Local Motors' Jay Rogers

Local Motors is a Chandler, Ariz.-based car company setting a radical course to design, manufacture, and sell cars. CEO and Co-founder Jay Rogers spoke with Plastics News at the recent Industrial Designers Society of America conference in Portland, Ore., about his vision. (Video Interview)

Modo Inc.'s Bob Marchant

Modo specializes in producing equipment carts used by top medical instrument makers such as General Electric and Boston Scientific. Its carts and stands house products like ultrasound machines, cardiac treatment equipment and infusion pumps. (Video Interview)

Geocell Systems' Al Arellanes

The brainchild of Geocell President Al Arellanes, a former disaster assistance engineer with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Geocell’s Rapid Deployment Flood Wall is an expandable, stackable, modular wall made from Eastman Chemical Co.’s Spectar Clear-brand copolyester resin. Arellanes explains the process in this brief video interview.

McCain Design's George McCain

Plastics News caught up with McCain at the recent IDSA international conference in Portland, which drew close to 600 participants, and asked about his plastics experience and about what design educators and students can use from plastics materials suppliers today. (Video Interview)