Evan Thomas, Author at Blender. Product Design & Development

Design Sustainability Technology

What’s shaping Product Design in 2023?

Product design is an ever-changing field, with new trends and advancements emerging every year. As…

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Evan ThomasMarch 16, 2023

Sustainability

Design Engineering Sustainability

Five ways to make existing products more sustainable.

The hardware space is changing. As part of our process, we regularly assist with the…

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Evan ThomasFebruary 3, 2022

Design Knowledge

Five ways 3D visualisation is rapidly transforming online shopping.

Admit it, online shopping is a common guilty pleasure for most of us. Gone are…

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Evan ThomasMay 13, 2020

Opinion Sustainability

Biodegradable plastics & the Lion King.

Have you ever noticed those small “novelty” items that hang between food groups in a…

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Evan ThomasOctober 11, 2018

Business Culture Design Opinion

Designing for impact with Oliver McDermott.

Blender Design has a vision to make the world a better place by developing products…

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Evan ThomasOctober 2, 2018

Hardware Product Tear Down – A Designer’s Perspective.

I was told a number of years ago that the first sign of an industrial…

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Evan ThomasFebruary 21, 2017

Future cities: Shenzhen

Wired have just begun a video series called "Future cities" which is aimed at exploring the…

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Evan ThomasJuly 11, 2016