The Potential for the Bespoke Industrial Designer

2003-01-01
Şener Pedgley, Bahar
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Through the combination of innovative and emerging design and manufacturing technologies, a new bespoke industrial design methodology is emerging whereby there will be the ability for individuals to cost effectively control the design and manufacture of individual customized products. The use of novel design devices such as haptic modelling systems that can be used to create a customized three-dimensional model of a desired object, and the subsequent ability to three-dimensionally ‘print’ the design via rapid manufacturing technologies, will see the emergence of a breed of bespoke industrial designer. This paper introduces research work being undertaken at Loughborough University that is investigating these technologies and the effects and opportunities that they will have on the design and manufacturing community.
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/80236
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2752/146069203789355273
Department of Architecture, Article

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B. Şener Pedgley, “The Potential for the Bespoke Industrial Designer,” Design Journal, pp. 24–34, 2003, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/80236.
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