Liberty Stadium, Swansea, SA1 2FA // Wednesday 23rd November 2011 // 8.30am -12.30pm
PDR is a world leading research, design and innovation organisation. We have a unique approach and have been helping companies both large and small from around the world to discover, design and develop world beating products and experiences for over 16 years.
Knowledge Transfer Centres (KTC's) within PDR currently deliver projects directly to Welsh Industry across three areas of expertise. This event is an introduction to these programmes and an opportunity to learn how your business could benifit from the experience, skills and technology within PDR.
The event will include short, sharp presentations from PDR and feature presentations from companies that we have worked with over the past year.
Places are free but must be booked in advance here: www.pdr.eventbrite.com
PATIENT-SPECIFIC DESIGN
There is increasing demand for such developments from patients and health services; however, this has not been possible with traditional manufacturing processes because of the costs involved. In order to meet this need our centre acts as a knowledge centre for advanced digital and additive manufacturing technologies which provide a way of developing products for this market. To find out more about Patient-Specific Design click here.
SERVICE DESIGN
Service innovation is becoming increasingly important as businesses struggle to compete on cost and quality alone. Service is often the key difference between one company and another, but how do you actually achieve service innovation? Design Wales deliver the service design programme that companies to use the latest design-led approaches when developing new services. To find out more about Service Design visit the website.
USER CENTERED DESIGN
By placing the user at the heart of product design, development risk can be reduced as the end design more accurately reflects user needs. At PDR we utilise capabilities in rapid and interactive prototyping together with facilities for structured user observation and expertise in product interaction analysis to shape the development of products.To find out more about User Centred Design click here.
