Product Design Consultants in Yorkshire

By coincidence both the Sheffield and Leeds Inventors Groups had excellent presentations from product designers in November 2011.

John Biddleston of The Big Consultant spoke to Sheffield on 7 Nov. He has posted his slides to his blog which you can view and download here.

Alex Smith of TRIG Creative spoke to Leeds on 16 Nov 2011 and you can download his talk "Cost Effective Product Development" here.

John and Alex represent just two of many excellent design consultancies in Yorkshire. Others include Matthew Conley of HJC Design of Barnsley and Richard Hall of Pd-m International of Harrogate.

All of them are friends of the Leeds and Sheffield clubs.

Manchester Inventors Group: The Essential Steps of Product Development

Independent design pro Steven Bookbinder will be guest speaker at the next meeting of Manchester Inventors Group on Tuesday, 5 July 2011 at 18:00.

The title of his talk is "The Essential Steps of Product Development". According to the Group's website, it will cover:

- general development process and reducing risk
- sustainable innovation
- materials and the importance of getting them right
- turning a good idea into a great idea
- what is quality, knowing when you can and can't cut corners
- the harsh reality of what it takes to get the big boys to bite.

The meeting takes place at City Library, Elliott House, 151 Deansgate, Manchester, M3 3UK.