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 [...]
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 – [...]
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 [...]
4 Key Lighting Trends Seymourpowell’s Design and CMF researcher Chloe Amos-Edkins appeared in the 2012 November/December edition of Interior Design Today. In her report below, Chloe discusses four key trends inspiring lighting designs for 2013. Image credit Alluring imperfection We’ve seen a raised interest in the hand crafted over recent years, and as a result [...]
Image Credit Featuring in the September/October edition of Interior Design Today, Seymourpowell’s head of trends Mariel Brown explores five of the key trends that will have an impact on our bedrooms in the future. De-Tech Haven In our hyper-connected culture people increasingly desire moments of digital down time. The bedroom is proving to be an [...]
Last week, Barclaycard was honoured for PayBand at the Corporate Entrepreneur Awards 2012 at the London Design Museum. The event, now in its third year, celebrates reinventions and forward-thinking culture in business. Barclaycard PayBand topped the category for ‘Best Reinvention for an Existing Product or Service Line’, recognising brands for ‘enhancing an existing offering, raising [...]
Seymourpowell is happy to be entering a third year of collaborative educational workshops with the V&A schools team throughout the 2012/13 academic year. This year Seymourpowell will be running 10 extended DesignPro workshops, which will be held for students and teachers alike. The DesignPro workshops will introduce professional design practise in the area of product [...]
Following the announcement of Apple’s latest product – the iPad mini, Seymourpowell‘s head of user research Sam Crompton reflects on the continued relevance and power of the brand, while also exploring the functionality and purpose of the product… What is it about Apple launches that gets everyone so excited? One hears about the impending release [...]
This past weekend on Sunday 30 September, Seymourpowell took part in the Big Draw, Big Make at London’s famous V&A museum, a day of talks and demonstrations by some of the UK’s top designers as part of The Big Draw 2012. The annual Big Draw is a festival of over 1000 events taking place across [...]
In this edition of the Seymourpowell TV series, Sam Crompton, Head of User Research at Seymourpowell, examines to the role of design and innovation in the 2012 London Olympics. There are 3 axis of design at the games, Crompton says: emotion, performance, and brand. Whether it’s Mo Farah’s trainers or Mini MINI BMW’s fetching javelins, [...]
