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Materials and Fabrication

Materials Considering which material is best for your product is of upmost importance. It can greatly influence the product’s form and function. For example, plastics such as ABS are robust, lightweight and wear resistant making it an ideal material for children’s toys. Stainless steel on the other hand is heavier, much stronger and evokes a [...]

Incredible crowdfunding success for young inventor thanks to TikTok

We are so pleased to bring you this news of our client Kieran and his cutting edge new product: MyBar Design engineer Kieran launched his Kickstarter campaign in April and met his goal of £9,300 in a record 24 hours. With 3 days still to go he has trebled his goal as pledges continue to [...]

2020’s new invention releases for Xmas

2020 has been a tough year for us all. With the set backs this pandemic has caused, we've seen some amazing inventions that we have helped get released on the market, despite all that 2020 has thrown at them. We are celebrating those inventions and would love to share it with you, to show you that [...]

What prototype is best for me?

The words ‘invention’ and ‘prototype’ go hand in hand. You won’t find an inventor in the world that hasn’t considered a prototype to be of the utmost importance in the process. When you think of a prototype, you might picture a garage covered in sawdust, a lab with test tubes and goggles or you might […]

Innovate client slays in the Dragon’s Den.

Did you watch last night’s episode of Dragon’s Den? Here at Innovate, we all did. We knew that our fantastic client Teirnan Mccorkell was going to feature with his great product, pipeEASY. The unassuming and some-what nervous Teirnan clearly charmed the Dragon’s, as we knew he would, with a innovative product and self-belief behind him. […]

DIP competition winner praised for research into breast cancer examination kit

Dublin university student Daniella Kaligorsky has been praised for her vision and outstanding product development after winning the 2019 Design Innovation in Plastics competition. Innovate Product Design are honoured to sponsor the Design Innovation in Plastics award once again this year. The DIP challenges and celebrates student designers to invent and design a new polymer […]

10 inventions you can buy to save the planet

We have got to a point in time where we all know what we should be doing: being more environmentally conscious. Whether that’s cutting out single use plastic, reducing our carbon footprint or helping our animal friends in the rainforests. We need to be swapping things out and changing our habits. There are so many […]

Get to know us: Harry

This is Harry. He is one of our fantastic and talented designers at our Salisbury studio. We fired some quick questions at him so you can get to know him, and Innovate, a bit better.. How long have you been at Innovate?Well I’m still a bit of a baby at Innovate – I’ve been here for just over 9 months. […]

Why plastic is bound to stick around

By Ashleigh Woodvine - Innovate research department   During a recent patent search I stumbled upon a document relating to a reverse vending machine for plastic bottles. Although the date of the application was relatively new, it soon became apparent that the general concept is a well-established one. Unlike some other European countries, the UK [...]