Two BDI members 3form Design and Brightworks have recently revamped their sites.

BDI members Engine Service Design and Livework, are featured in Forrester’s January report Executive Q&A: Customer Experience Co-Creation, in which authors Kerry Bodine and Amelia Sizemore define what Customer Experience Co-Creation is, why is it important for innovation and how to implement it.

UK-ASEAN Business Council, in partnership with The Law Society, invites you to explore growth opportunities for your business in South East Asia. The event will be held Thursday 21st March 2013, from 16.00 to 19.30, at The Midlands Hotel, Manchester.

Consumer products giant Unilever is to establish a new research and development site in Cheshire where it will have access to the UK’s most powerful supercomputer.

Fresh evidence that Apple has been working on a smart watch concept has emerged in a patent filing. The document describes a flexible touchscreen display that would communicate with a smartphone or other electronic device.

New BDI member Hymid Multi-Shot is co-hosting a free seminar with PDR (National Centre for Product Design & Research) and Intellectual Property advisers Marks & Clerk aimed at exploring the processes involved in bringing a product to market.

Wearable and washable computers which could be used for medical and military purposes are one step closer after a prototype garment which integrates electronic micro-devices into the core of yarns was produced by Nottingham Trent University.

Launched at the Consumer Electronics Show this year in Las Vegas, the eCalm, designed by BDI member 3form Design for Energenie, brings home automation and power monitoring at plug level to the masses.

During the winter months, the drop in temperature means that food runs out for birds that come to our gardens looking for some extra help to keep warm. BDI member Renfrew Group has designed a new bird feeder to help them out.

BDI member Therefore has developed the first of a new genre of all-in-one 3D surround sound speakers with Swiss based Sonic Emotion.

For the last three months BDI member live|work has been coaching teams of start-ups as they run through an intensive programme with Healthbox.

British product and furniture designer James Irvine, who founded his studio in Milan in 1988, has died at the age of 54.

World Industrial Design Day (WIDD) was established in 2007 to mark Icsid’s 50th anniversary and since then has been observed annually on 29 June in recognition of the industrial design profession.

BDI member MJV Technology & Innovation has launched a version of its book Design Thinking – Business Innovation for the Kindle. It contains example case studies of how MJV’s approach has benefited Brazilian insurance companies, airlines and many more, and is now available from Amazon.

DESMA is a training network in Design Management, funded by the European Commission. It combines four leading European Universities, four complementary product and service organizations and four leading European design consultancies, including BDI member Engine Service Design.

Michael Gove’s change of heart means that creative subjects will no longer be marginalised, as would have been the case under his proposed English Baccalaureate (Ebacc).

BDI member Dalziel + Pow have been working with Peter England (part of Madura Fashion and Lifestyle) to design a new retail identity for the brand.

As part of the NHS Leadership Programme BDI member Renfrew Group welcomed a cohort of clinical leaders to their Leicester headquarters for a day dedicated to ‘change in innovation’.

BDI member LA design’s work for Sonatest has received the highest category recognition in the 2013 International A’Awards competition.

The Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (HEFT) has appointed Steve May-Russell, BDI National Board Director and MD of Smallfry, as ‘Designer in Residence and Innovation Mentor’ to help embed a genuine culture of innovation throughout its organisation.