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28/04/2026

Medical Device Design - From their first device to their latest generation of advanced energy generators, members of the 7TH team have supported Creo Medical across a wide range of programmes. Design management, concept generation and device development across multiple categories and contributing to many patented innovations.

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20/02/2026

MedTech shows are an amazing place to discover new materials and processes. Two all time favourites: Radial Laser Cut Stainless Tube - Interlocking segments self align and lock tight when pulled. And Stainless Multi Wire Coil - Designed as a high strength, high flexibility tube, it has another mind blowing property. Individual strands can be moved up and down with seemingly nothing to hold them in place. Incredible materials, engineering and manufacture. Step one for ground breaking new designs is knowing these things are possible!





11/02/2026

CREATE IN ITERATIONS - I love the development journey this video shows: Experiment > Kitbash > Sketch prototype > Ugly prototype > Vision model > Looks-like-works-like prototype > DFM and Production. Morph was the world’s first foldable wheelchair wheel and it let you get a manual wheelchair in an overhead locker. Sad it’s no longer in production but hope it inspires more crazy ideas! Continuing to use this iterative process in every project we do :)





06/02/2026

ONCE UPON A TIME we designed a water bottle that counts how many times you refill. Joseph Joseph’s Dot Bottle was a big hit, and it was always a thrill to see a stranger walking down the street drinking from one of these. Still love the mechanical counter we built into the lid! And It was nice to create a health tracking product that doesn’t use any electronics. The biggest surprise? Seeing it turn up in the Academy Award Winning movie Druk (Another Round)!





23/01/2026

* AWESOME MECHANISM ALERT *

Recently, I stumbled across this absolute gem of a mechanism in a surgical device. It’s a lovely, elegant click-to-lock, click-to-return latching mechanism but there’s much more to it… The detail here in design for simplicity, design for low cost, design for high reliability and ease of manufacture are all off the charts. No pins, no linkages, no metal springs. Every single component has a different material specified to maximise function. The satisfying and utterly reliable snap, click and clunk of using this make it hard to believe it’s entirely crafted in plastic.

Whoever out there designed this - hats off to you. You did a fantastic job 👏🏻

Keep being curious, keep taking things apart… it’s the best way to learn!





16/12/2025

Exciting visit today, to discuss options for wearable device testing at the Extreme Environments & Occupational Performance Research Group, University of Portsmouth. We’ve come a long way in the development of VENTO for Keep Me Breathing. Each new test brings real-time wearable blood CO2 monitoring a step closer to reality! ——————————————————-

Hello old friend! Visit to Design Museum London this week to see the Morph Wheel and the incredible new Wes Andersen exh...
05/12/2025

Hello old friend! Visit to Design Museum London this week to see the Morph Wheel and the incredible new Wes Andersen exhibit. Still feels surreal to see pen and saw-marks I remember making, as part of the permanent collection - even more so with the next generation in tow… Can’t wait to see what inspires them, and what they create next!! ***

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23/09/2020

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- they really don’t make them like this anymore! Amazingly random (hand cut?) pattern, with each piece a lovely 3D o...
05/09/2020

- they really don’t make them like this anymore! Amazingly random (hand cut?) pattern, with each piece a lovely 3D object, still bearing band saw tooth marks. Hidden shapes in the pattern. No picture guide, so the image (whatever it is) is only revealed at the end. Brilliant!........

Thoughts on materials in early stage design concepting? Amazing lens effect from this cast resin sample made for us by ...
25/08/2020

Thoughts on materials in early stage design concepting? Amazing lens effect from this cast resin sample made for us by This is one of a wide range of sample materials we explored for a client project. Samples like this not only help us make crucial decisions on final product “feel” and aesthetic. They also often help inspire entirely new design concepts and interactions!

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