Ford Is Using Microsoft’s HoloLens
to Design Cars
Ford is using Microsoft’s HoloLens, an IDEA 2017 Gold winner, to let designers quickly model out changes to cars, trucks and SUVs. This allows designers to see the changes on top of an existing physical vehicle, instead of the traditional clay model approach to car design.
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Step Up
Looks like Under Armour is going cross-country to take on Nike. The athletic wear giant based in Baltimore, MD is opening an Innovation Hub in Portland, OR. The new footwear design and development center includes a biomechanics lab and training center for athletes to test products.
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Inside Hyundai's New Design Studio
Hyundai Motor Co. has opened a hulking new design studio for its Hyundai and Genesis brands that will allow the automaker to work on 24 separate vehicles at the same time. The main goal of the new studio will be to accelerate the product development process.
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Nike Unveils Live Design That Creates a Custom Sneaker
The almighty Swoosh has unveiled the Nike Makers’ Experience that, according to the brand, merges “digital design with traditional footwear making.” This new retail experience, at the brand’s Nike By You Studio in New York City, custom designs sneakers in less than 90 minutes.
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The Design Value Index Shows
What “Design Thinking” Is Worth
IBM CEO Thomas Watson Jr. famously declared “good design is good business.” Jeneanne Rae, IDSA has the numbers to prove it. In 2013, Rae, founder of Virginia-based consultancy Motiv Strategies, devised the Design Value Index (DVI), an investment tool she says shows that companies that integrate design thinking into corporate strategy can outpace industry peers by as much as 228%.
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Design Students and Audi Design a New Car Seat
A team of design students at the Braunschweig University of Art, cooperated with Audi's development/innovation unit, to rethink the notion of the car seat and create an innovative vision of a dynamic structure for the future of autonomous driving.
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YouTube Rolls Out New Design
The new desktop design, which is now available to all YouTube users globally, is supposed to be cleaner and simpler. The design also comes with a dark mode, which swaps out the usual white website background for black for an eye-friendlier experience during nighttime viewing.
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Elon Musk Revealed SpaceX Spacesuit Design
Musk revealed an image of a person sitting in what looks like a spacecraft cabin, wearing a bright white-and-silver spacesuit. Musk said that the suits have already been tested in "double vacuum pressure," although these suits are likely not intended to be worn outside the spacecraft. He also noted that it was "incredibly hard" to balance aesthetics and function.
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Industries of the Future
Dassault Systèmes Soiidworks once again is the sponsor of the IDSA Student Merit Awards. And Dassault's commitment to higher education continues. See how its 3DEXPERIENCE platform is being used more widely to develop and refine students' skills before they join leading companies.