Our Year in Industry Students Miranda Dobson and Isaac Blanc report on how they took STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) into one of our local primary schools to help to inspire the next generation of engineers and scientists. Early exposure to STEM helps young people better understand the world…
1. Why did you join Cambridge Design Partnership? Since a young age I have been fascinated with developing solutions to complex problems through design and engineering, whether it is in motorsports, drug delivery or robotics. CDP has been innovating at an exceptional rate since its inception 23 years ago, which…
Meet one of our Mechanical Engineers, Adam Turner. Has mechanical engineering always been a passion for you? My fascination with making things work goes back to childhood. As a teenager I was into building and flying remote-controlled helicopters and I became part of a display team performing stunts at shows…
The challenges of bridging the ‘design transfer chasm’ are well known in the medical device industry. If your approach to design and innovation has not fully anticipated the intricacies of volume production in a regulated environment, then difficulties will arise when it is sent to your manufacturing partner to be…
Cambridge Design Partnership has become part of a progressive new trend to accredit its year in industry students through a national work experience initiative backed by Prince Charles. CDP is employing three students as part of the Industrial Cadets scheme. The programme is aimed at encouraging young people into STEM…
WEBINAR How the latest prototyping methods unlock digital innovation Wtih Tom Lawrie-Fussey 1 MAR 2019 Digital is a term that has become a way to describe how our products, and our interactions with them, mature from simple, local mechanical interfaces, to complex, distributed, connected eco-systems. A key driver for this…
Industrial design (ID) and engineering skills are different, yet both are crucial to successful new product development (NPD). But as anyone involved will have experienced, tensions can arise due to the approaches and goals of different members of the team. Having attended both art school to study ID and university…
14 March 2018 – Technology and product design firm Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP) has worked with leading shoe brand ECCO on a breakthrough in data-driven customised footwear. It opens the door to a new generation of customised footwear for the mass market – heralding an evolution in engineered comfort. Consumers…
The Challenge Following the success of its Active 10 and Active 12 GPS devices, Satmap Systems decided to create the next generation of Active devices – with improved screen toughness, button functionality and waterproofing. It also wanted to incorporate new features such as a touchscreen, Wi-Fi connectivity, improved GPS and…
Innovative design and technology consultancy Cambridge Design Partnership has worked with King’s College London to develop a novel steerable catheter which King’s researchers had designed. The catheter is designed to improve the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia – a range of conditions which can lead to stroke or heart failure that…
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…
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…