UX / Product Design

Good Design Australia opens entries for 2026 awards

Sponsored content by Good Design Australia For more than six decades, Good Design Australia has celebrated the power of design to shape innovation, industry, and...

Minitab acquisition highlights growing role of experimentation in modern manufacturing

As manufacturing processes become more complex and competitive pressures intensify, companies are increasingly turning to structured experimentation and advanced analytics to optimise production, reduce...

Researchers advance manufacturing of 3D-printed bone implants

UNSW Canberra researchers have developed a new 3D-printed bone implant that could transform the manufacturing of personalised medical devices and improve treatment for fractures...

Manufacturing first: Surfboard fins made from recycled wind turbine blades launch in Australia

ACCIONA says a new collaboration with Australian surf fin maker Bolero Surf is highlighting how recycled renewable energy materials can support local manufacturing, with...

Early adopters of 2D barcodes to gain ‘competitive edge’ – Leibinger

The global packaging industry is seeing a shift toward 2D barcodes, which can carry significantly more data than traditional linear barcodes, and an industrial...

Manufacturing-led design boosts flexibility of 3D-printed nitinol structures

Manufacturing research at IMDEA Materials Institute has demonstrated a new way to increase the flexibility of 3D-printed nickel–titanium alloys, using woven architectures to overcome...

DesignLab.au launch marks collaboration between global design and local manufacturing

Precision Plastics Australia has unveiled DesignLab.au, a new platform designed to link global product designers with Australian additive manufacturing capability, in a move that...