The Imagination Factory | London based product design and creative engineering studio

NEWS + RESOURCES

A peek through the factory door at what we do and what drives and inspires us.

We are a certified BCorp

OCT 2020: The Imagination Factory is the first UK product design + engineering business to certify as BCorp. Find out what all the fuss is about here.

Donuts and Coffee

How can designers take a resource-conscious approach to their work? Mark unpacks the bigger picture of designing for the circular economy?

Smartglasses: where are they now?

Separate fact from fiction with Mark Hester review of the smartglasses evolution.

A podcast and a few beers

Brad interviews Mark, Tris and Tim talk sustainability, B Corp and Factory Friday.

Spotlight on how we use CAD

Our spin-out business PlasmaTrack Ltd features in SolidWorks case study

Guidelines for Designers

If you design consumer products and want to know how to design for recycling please download and read this ebook

BBC Click feature

VIDEO: One of our spin-off businesses, PlasmaTrack features on BBC Click - highlighting the breakthrough technology that has caught the attention of the rail industry.

100% recycled plastic

Fundwaste sensor: designed with 100% recycled plastic from the post consumer waste stream. Enables users to disrupt the current recycling and waste streams and earn from their waste.

Human-Centred Design

HCD - it's origins and why it's integral to de-risking the design thinking process

End of line for leaf grief?

iNews October 23, 2020
The company behind the experimental cleaning system [PlasmaTrack] is a spin-off from London design engineering firm The Imagination Factory which has worked closely with British Steel and the Government’s National Physical Laboratory...

Top 1% Global Innovators

Interview highlighting how The Imagination Factory's membership of the ten network benefits clients

Gamifying swimming

BBC technology reporter Chris Fox tested our prototype, alongisde recently launched FORM goggles. September 2019.

Red Bull's real-life Iron Man

Find out what we've been up to, working with Richard, to develop this real-life, Iron man's 'heads up display'.

SwimAR - how we made it

Mark explains how they waterproofed a heads up display to see swim progress in real time underwater.

Circular Economy

Great summary of why we have cradle to cradle principles in mind with all of our projects.

SwimAR pitch - Innovate 2016

Mark Hester, Imagination Factory shares the vision for our unique swim goggle attachment.

Who's Who in Createch 2019

The Imagination Factory in the Creative Industries Council’s 50 Createch companies ‘ones to watch’.

A SOCIAL EXPERIMENT:

1% or 90% of plastic is recycled?

ITV coverage of our railway project

How we are solving the problem of leaves on the line with a novel new solution.

Good design is like distilling a fine spirit

One thing in particular caught Mark's attention on a recent tour of a local Gin distillery - something that's an essential part of a good design process - making sure things are not too easy.

ASK THE EXPERTS:

Featuring Mark Hester Co-Founder, The Imagination Factory

SpringWise profiles SwimAR

Plasma White Paper

In our first published white paper, Julian details the science behind our latest rail cleaning technology.

Turn you idea into a product

Got an idea that you want to turn into a product? Wondering where to begin? We've created the Entrepreneur Design Hub for you!

Explore more blogs - how to come up with a sound idea, how to design for a circular economy and how we came to work with a real-life Iron Man...

Does your idea have commercial potential?

Work through these 5 steps to find out.

A better way to innovate

How to reduce the risk of getting too far down the line without spotting a show stopping problem.

Why we love to hate innovation

Innovation is one of those divisive buzz-words that you either love, hate or love to hate. What if anyone from retailers to teachers to small business owners could learn the skills to innovate effectively on a daily basis?

Where do ideas come from?

Superb TED talk by Steven Johnson

What is OPEN design?

We do our best work in collaboration with clients and specialists, rather than in isolation. Here we demonstrate how that plays out in live projects.

Design for Rail
Design for Health
Design for a Circular Economy
Design for AR

Design for Space
Design for Recycling
Design for Manufacturing
Human-Centred Design

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