Resources and Links

Hyphen’s Inventor’s Guide - our guide to product design for inventors new to the process.

Innovation and Patents Advice

www.creativebarcode.com - a new and excellent system for safe disclosure of design concepts and ideas.

www.bl.uk/bipc - British Library’s Intellectual Property and start-up advice.

gb.espacenet.com - Patent searching resource from the European Patent Office.

www.cipa.org.uk - Advice on protecting your ideas from the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents.

www.ipo.gov.uk - the UK’s Intellectual Property Office.

www.innovateuk.org - The Technology Strategy Board is the UK’s national innovation agency.

acid.eu.com - Against Copying In Design

www.britishdesigninnovation.org - Trade body representing industrial designers.

www.dba.org.uk - UK organization promoting best practices in the product design industry.

www.designcouncil.org.uk - The home page of the Design Council.

www.csd.org.uk - The Chartered Society of Designers.

www.mas.bis.gov.uk - the Government’s manufacturing advisory service.

www.made.uk.net - A great source of materials information and data.

www.bpf.co.uk/Plastipedia/default.aspx - A guide to the all things plastic.

www.howstuffworks.com - The title says it all...

manufacturing.stanford.edu/hetm.html - A guide to how everyday things are made.

www.efunda.com - Engineering fundamentals.

www.cfsd.org.uk - The Centre for Sustainable Design.

www.wired.co.uk - Our favourite magazine for future technology, innovation and design.

www.ted.com - devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading from the fields of Technology, Entertainment and Design.

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