After a record-breaking year for GB at Rio 2016, it was inspiring to see elite athletes achieve their dreams after years of intense training and pushing themselves beyond their limits. However, what really interests us at Cambridge Design Partnership, is how technology can help to squeeze out every last bit…
Are we happy with our bank cards or is paying with your smartphone really the answer? Payment methods have been evolving since ancient times where the smart solution was the ‘split tally stick’. A hazel stick was marked with notches to indicate the debt and split into two pieces so…
Yesterday Chris Houghton and Stergios Bititsios presented at Food Matters Live, a high profile event bringing together professionals from across the food and drink industry. If you missed the presentation or for those who enjoyed it and want a recap, here is a blog summarising the talk and some of…
Innovative technology and design consultancy Cambridge Design Partnership today announces that it has developed the world’s first wearable device designed to measure and monitor the vital signs of multiple trauma patients for emergency response in disasters and battlefield situations. The First Response Monitor is designed to help medics monitor both…
The UK Government has an ambitious target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 20501. Most consumers will be well aware of the need to reduce household energy consumption – either from rising energy household energy bills or the high-profile advertising campaigns around heating control technologies. One step to…
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, written in 1900 and adapted into the well-known film, is a fantasy story that culminates with the revelation that the almighty wizard is in fact just an old man, who has been creating an illusion that he is a great and powerful force. All of…
Cambridge Design Partnership was established in 1996 by three engineers (all of whom are still involved in the running of the business to this day). One of the founding partners, Mike Cane completed his Engineering degree at the University of Cambridge before studying Industrial Design at the Royal College of…
This month we’re talking to electronics engineer Ashley Robinson, our Near Field Communications (NFC) expert. Why did you join Cambridge Design Partnership? CDP were recommended to me as a smart career choice. I was very impressed when I arrived, even during the interview CDP appeared to be a really fun…
Innovative technology and design consultancy Cambridge Design Partnership today announced that due to the huge success of Europe’s first AAMI Human Factors for Medical Devices course they will be sponsoring more courses in 2015.Cambridge Design Partnership worked with the US based Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) and…
Cambridge Design Partnership is proud to support the Bloodhound Project, and last year we finalised the design of the SuperSonic car’s steering wheel for manufacture. With our infographic below, we chart the journey of how the wheel evolved, listing some of the design techniques that have been used, and the…