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Focus on

New & Emerging

Technologies

A unique insight into New and Emerging
Technologies and their potential to impact
on our lives.

Topic Areas:

• the nature of employment • biometrics • drones
• virtual and augmented reality • disruptive technology
• what is enterprise? • cooperatives • crowd funding
• government grants • not-for-profit organisations
• fairtrade • virtual marketing and retail
• what is sustainability? • linear and circular economies
• life cycle assessment • cradle-to-cradle • six Rs of
sustainability • finite and non-finite resources
• pollution and waste disposal • transportation of goods
• changes in the workplace • fashion • privacy & ethics
• technology push and market pull • cultural differences,
faiths and beliefs • design for the disabled and elderly
• scale of production • CAD/CAM • CIM • JIT
• flexible manufacturing systems • lean manufacturing
• standard components • quality management Industry: Drones

Focus on

Designers

and Companies

An examination of the work of world famous
designers and companies through well researched
text, images and YouTube clips including:

• Airbus • Virgil Abloh • Alessi • Apple • Laura Ashley
• Harry Beck • Ozwald Boateng • Braun • Marianne Brandt
• Marcel Breuer • Margaret Calvert • Joe Casely-Hayford
• Coco Chanel • Joe Colombo • Le Corbusier • Dyson • Primark
• Paul Costello • Pierre Davis • Norman Foster • Gap • Mary Quant
• Michael Graves • Robin Day • Heatherwick Studio
• Charles and Ray Eames • Bethan Gray • Yinka Ilori
• Zaha Hadid • Florence Knoll • Ann Lowe • Tim Sweeney
• Sir Alec Issigonis • Sir Jonathan Ive • Orla Kiely • Pixar
• Raymond Loewy • Charles Rennie Macintosh • Tesla
• Stella McCartney • William Morris • Singh Twins • Zara
• Alexander McQueen • Shigeru Miyamato • Dieter Rams
See our website for the full list of Designers & Companies

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