Category Archives: Medical/Healthcare/Wellbeing
PolyOne Design Storm
Part of the design world involves connecting the dots. Sometimes the dots are concepts in a sketch, and sometimes the points are people- organizations made for each other, although perhaps unbeknown to them. Here at The Design Academy, we’re a bit guilty of playing matchmaker. We knew PolyOne and the Art Center College of Design [...]
Plastics in Medical Devices. Huron, Ohio, April 12th, 2011.
Scott Clear, VP Product Development and material sciences expert at The Design Academy recently spoke at the Plastics in Medical Devices conference on Collaborative Innovation: Bringing Breakthrough Medical Devices to Life. With his team he has designed plastic medical devices that can handle increased exposure to chemicals and radiation, working with materials makers PolyOne Corp. [...]
Medical Devices – a growing industry
Innovation was prevalent by the many small suppliers of medical devices at the recent Medical Design and Manufacturing West in Anaheim, CA. It immediately inspired our designers to think of ways to use the materials and transfer the technology to other industries. Due to the growing demand for medical devices, large corporations spun off independent [...]
HEALTH & WELL-BEING IS ONE OF OUR CORE COMPETENCIES
GE Healthcare – The Magic of Science & Empathy The Design Academy consulted with GE Healthcare on mentoring and unifying the global design team through a Design Philosophy, The Magic and Science of Empathy, that is currently being translated into a brand design language experience. The Global Design Philosophy presented by Bob Schwartz, GEHC General [...]
Product & Transportation Design
Healthcare and healthy living through exercise has been some of our latest design projects. We’ll keep you posted on their release. Visit BionX to start a healthy lifestyle.
Seeing Beyond the Obvious
The Salon is a methodology that supports The Design Academy’s philosophy of using The Power of Collective Thought™ to solve the complex issues of today’s society. Its foundation is Design, Knowledge, Creativity, Leadership and Exchange. Multi-disciplined practicing professionals participating in a casual setting contribute insights, ideas, concerns and issues to help build the foundation… Integrative [...]