Network with your fellow creative professionals and meet representatives from regional technology-driven, creative associations at Center City District Sips, this summer’s hottest happy hour series. Join Innovation Philadelphia, Center City District and the Communications and Entertainment Associations listed below on July 8, 2009 at Lucky Strikes Bowling. This is a unique opportunity to learn how you can get involved in the Philadelphia Region’s creative associations, as well as network with other creative professionals.

Dd-logo DesignDesign (Kennett Square, PA) is looking for a gifted Industrial Designer with demonstrated concept-to-production experience.

Telles is maker of Mirel, a bioplastic (polyhydroxyalkanoate or PHA) made through the fermentation of sugar. It can be biodegraded by the microbes present in natural soil or water environments. Check out the spec sheet on this stuff. It’s a lot stiffer that I was expecting.

These little cone-shaped things are used to hold planted seedlings in wetland restoration projects. These eventually disintegrate under water.

Okay, this is a little creepy... So this guy in Brazil is using an RP process used to generate 3D models of your unborn kid…

Makes a great xmas ornament!

SABIC Innovative Plastics (formerly GE Plastics) has a wealth of information available to designers. While some of it is written towards and engineer, many of these materials are great reference guides for industrial designers. Much of this stuff is based on the old GE Plastics design guides that I used for so many years. They’re really well-written and great to have on hand.

This issue of David Report is a checklist for sustainability. We will not provide all of the answers, but we will on the other hand ask a lot of questions – one of the most important ways to acquire knowledge. You will also find thoughtful quotes and best practise examples. One thing is for sure – sustainability is not about doing nothing.

From Popular Mechanics and the guys from Inventables, comes “16 Wild Materials You May Find in Future Products”.

BioThinking means looking at the world as a single system, and developing new ecology-derived techniques for industrial, organizational and sustainable design.

Edwin Datschefski is a consultant in the UK who trains companies and people in environmental management and sustainable product design. Hi site features a section on BioThinking for Product Design that features a lot of good articles on sustainability in product development and how to get there.

Product Display Room: Metal and plastic nameplates and trim manufactured in our facilities in the US and Europe are featured here. See products representing industries as diverse as cosmetics, electronics, appliance, automotive and recreational goods.

The Invincible mood board is part of a series of seven sample presentation boards created by Northern Engraving that focus on different themes and feature their wide array of aluminum finishes for their nameplates, trim and graphics products.