We saw an article a few weeks ago on Design Taxi and couldn’t help but think of the BuzzBrush®. The article, titled Did You Know: Computer Keyboards Five Times Dirtier than Toilet Seats?, points out the most disgusting electronic items … read more

Toyota recently launched a concept car called the “Fun-Vii”, which stands for Vehicle Interactive Internet. The idea behind the Fun-Vii is to treat cars like a Smartphone with the touch screen display and customizable skins. It gives the user the … read more

At Beyond Design, the creative design process always starts with a sketch, and later moves on to 3D models to explore the design proportions and volumes. I recently came across a video that demonstrates how CATIA V6 (CAD software) allows … read more

We hope you all have a great holiday weekend!

As an effort to continually stay up-to-date on international design trends, we found an interesting trend report written by CBi China Bridge (a design firm in China) about the 100% Design Shanghai show. The show is a unique exhibition in … read more

Sean joined our team in May of this year with a six-month contract working as a Mechanical Engineer. He spent his last day in the studio on Friday, and left over the weekend for the long drive home to California. … read more

We featured the Blimpus in one of our posts back in July, and we finally have our very own!

Thanks to Tony Ruth for sending one our way!
(More photos to come)

Happy Birthday to Beyond Design! Today marks the start of the 18th year that Beyond Design has been in business. The company was formed in 1994 by Michael Prince, the President of the company. In the beginning, it was Prince … read more

We are excited to have Chris Kulujian join our team at Beyond Design! He has been an Industrial Design Consultant in Chicago for 11 years, with experience in a variety of industries, including: electronics, fitness, housewares, contract furniture, and commercial … read more

I saw this video and found it fascinating that Honda has come so far in developing this robot that replicates human motion. Honda has always been known as a mobility company—first developing motorcycles and then automobiles. Not many people know … read more

For the development of the BuzzBrush®, we are working with manufacturing partners in China to assure implementation and quality control. Injection molding is the method we use most often for producing plastic parts. It is an extremely versatile process that … read more

Our design of the Rubbermaid Paint Buddy was a 2005 IDEA Bronze Award winner and noted as one of the “50 Coolest Products of the 21st Century” by Businessweek. A few years ago, ProMo Costumes, a custom costume company based … read more

Adobe Systems announced that it will stop developing its Flash Player for mobile browsers. Good news for us, as we will now have improved browsing experiences on our iPhone’s and iPad’s!
Adobe says they will focus on the HTML5 web … read more

We are always keeping an eye on the future of materials and how they can improve or influence our industrial design. In this interesting development, BASF has been working with Smart Car to develop polymer wheel rims for their smart … read more

A few members of our team spent this past Sunday at the Kenmore Live Studio in downtown Chicago helping with the Student & Professional Portfolio Review hosted by IDSA. At Beyond Design, we understand the value of a great portfolio … read more

A few members of our team attended Institute of Design’s (IIT) annual Design Research Conference in Chicago last week. The conference started with a half day workshop followed by two days of presentations. Speakers from various disciplines of design (industrial, … read more

I came across a Japanese blog that highlights the major graphical changes between Apple’s ios4 software and their new ios5 software that was released with the iPhone 4S. The photos in the blog show how much attention to detail was … read more

Lizzi Skalka is a 17-year-old student attending the Educational Center for the Arts (ECA) in New Haven, Connecticut. She has been attending ECA for three years and is currently applying to a number of art schools to study drawing … read more

Curve Magazine, a source for industrial design and the latest innovations in product manufacturing, featured our design of the Aero Pakmat® in the October issue of their print magazine. The issue features various products that won red dot awards and … read more