the red dot award: product design 2011!

Manufacturers and designers from around the world are invited to compete for the internationally recognised mark of quality, the red dot.

With more than 12,000 submissions from more than 60 countries, the international “red dot design award” is the largest and most renowned design competition in the world.  Now the “red dot award: product design” is entering a new round. In the 18 categories the competition now consists of, the jury made up of international design experts assesses the submitted products in direct comparison on site and awards a prize to the best design achievements.

The winning products will be featured in both specialist journals and lifestyle magazines across the globe. Media collaboration includes magazines such as AXIS in Japan, and the Australian design magazine Curve.

Take advantage of this opportunity, prove your entrepreneurial spirit, and face the worldwide competition! Register now!

Are mushrooms the new plastic? Latest TED talk…

Here is the latest TED talk for your enjoyment.
Product designer Eben Bayer reveals his recipe for a new, fungus-based packaging material that protects fragile stuff like furniture, plasma screens — and the environment.

Excellent Database for Industrial Design and More…

QUT currently has a subscription to Ergonomics Abstracts, which is the only abstracting service dedicated to research in ergonomics and human factors, and is produced in collaboration with the Ergonomics Information Analysis Centre at the University of Birmingham in the UK.

Ergonomics Abstracts:
• Includes articles from over 400 leading journals, in addition to book chapters and conference proceedings
• Features over 120,000 records covering more than 20 years of ergonomics research
• Provides full search and browse functionality to make it easier to find that vital piece of research
• Is updated frequently with new records are added regularly, following selection and classification by expert ergonomists

Subject Coverage
Ergonomics Abstracts encompasses mainstream ergonomics as well as related material covering:
• General Ergonomics
• Psychology
• Physiology
• Biomechanics
• Workplace and Equipment Design
• Human-computer interaction
• Safety science
• Human engineering
• Medicine
• Occupational health, sport and transport

To can find Ergonomics Abstracts by clicking on the ‘database’ link in the ‘Find’ section of the QUT Library website, or click on this link.

AWESOME database for Industrial Design, Ergonomics Abstracts…

Attention designers (industrial et al.):

Did you know that QUT Library subscribes to subject specific databases for the design disciplines?  For the industrial designers, try Ergonomics Abstracts, a resource indexing 350 journals covering all areas of ergonomics and human factor, including:

• psychological aspects
• physiology
• biomechanics
• job design
• human- computer interaction
• safety science
• human engineering
• medicine
• occupational health
• sport
• transport

Log in and check out this fantastic resource at http://www.library.qut.edu.au/find/databases/fullrecord.jsp?id=2330.

REMEMBER - to track down the full text of an article in Ergonomics Abstracts, check out the JOURNAL TITLE search at this link: http://www.library.qut.edu.au/learn/type/journalarticles.jsp#fulltext

Resources in Industrial Design – Ergonomics Abstracts

Ergonomics Abstracts is a unique, international abstracting database spanning the world of ergonomics and human factors. It is a useful resource for anyone needing information not only on mainstream ergonomics, but also related material from:

• psychology
• physiology
• biomechanics
• job design
• human-computer interaction
• safety science
• human engineering
• medicine
• occupational health
• sport
• transport

Access Ergonomics Abstracts via the database record at http://www.library.qut.edu.au/find/databases/fullrecord.jsp?id=2330