Last month, the design industry converged on Milan for the Salone Internazionale del Mobile (AKA the Milan Furniture Fair) – without a doubt one of the most important events in the design calendar. This year, Seymourpowell got together with design magazine FX, and on 25 April, we hosted a special drinks reception back in London [...]
SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco has remained one of our favorite locations for research. Its a hub of cutting edge individuals as well as offering plenty of interesting things to discover and do. Seymourpowell design researcher Sonia Wang names a few finds from a recent research trip that made her the envy of many back in [...]
Seymourpowell is pleased to announce details of its design for the Growbag Waterer and Flexi Spray from leading European manufacturer of gardening products, Hozelock. The Growbag Waterer, which launched in 2013, automatically waters growbag plants for 2 weeks without needing to be refilled; while the Flexi Spray, which also launched in 2013, has tripled sales [...]
By Sarah Johnson, design researcher at Seymourpowell. As we enter into the age of the information economy, ‘Big Data’ has become big news. No matter what problem we need to solve, ‘Big Data’ will have the answers. It will help us be healthier, greener, smarter, more efficient and most importantly happier. Yet no one really [...]
Seymourpowell was lucky enough to secure the talents of professional portrait photographer, Rosie Collins, to come and take a new set of corporate and staff photographs. The whole team are thrilled with Rosie’s work, which has perfectly captured the rich and vibrant mix of staff working at Seymourpowell as well as the energy around the [...]
Discover how designers sit at the forefront of packaging sustainability design in this Industry Intelligence webinar with Chris Sherwin, head of sustainability at Seymourpowell, on May 15, 2013 Industry Intelligence Inc., a market intelligence and information management company serving the forest products, packaging, and food and beverage industries, today announced it will offer a webinar [...]
Image Source In the March/April edition of Interior Design Today, Seymourpowell design & CMF researcher Chloe Amos-Edkins discusses furnishing trends form far-flung places. In the UK we have a long history of mixing and matching inspiration from cultures from around the globe and assimilating it into our interior furnishings style. Today is no exception – [...]
New counter mount and tap design showcasing the ‘magic behind the gates’ of Guinness. Seymourpowell is pleased to announce details of its design of the new on-bar livery for Diageo brand Guinness. The Global rollout commenced in November 2012 in the UK and Ireland. The design language for the project, which aims to deliver cohesive [...]
Seymourpowell senior designer Laurence Willmott has a step-by-step guide on how to create your best design portfolio. Back in 2003, when I attended the product design course interview at Ravensbourne College, I carried an A2 leather folder under my arm. Inside were numerous pieces of paper of varying sizes, and included things like charcoal drawings [...]
Belgian designer and engineer Carl de Smet featured on the BBC today in a special pre-Milan Fair preview. Carl is using shape memory materials to really exciting effect by creating self assembling furniture that grows from a compact form to a pre defined design in just a few minutes. The material is a shape memory [...]
