Make It - giving shape to new products ideas

MAKE IT
Design, Innovation, Entrepeneurship

Sent by Gonçalo Prudêncio, from Portugal


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After having published the furniture collection G.pt, today we share the new project from GPOD | Gonçalo Prudêncio Office for Design - Make It. This project gathers a number of independent manufacturers in order to give shape to new products, mostly related with furniture design.

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STATEMENT
"Make it is a new service offered by GPOD | Gonçalo Prudêncio Office for Design. Due to our everyday work, we've built a wide and very reliable network of manufacturers that can be of use to make ideas happen. Either you have an idea for a piece of furniture for your home, or you are a brand or entrepreneur developing a new product, we can be of use to you! Contact us to present your product idea, and we will work with you fine-tuning it, and set up a production system to have it produced within your budget and delivered according to your schedule." 

- Gonçalo Prudêncio

 

Porseg wins Red Dot Product Design award

The Portuguese company Porseg won the Red Dot Product Design 2013's award in the category of interiors design with its door "Plano". "Plano" is a security fireguard door that was developed by several departments of Porseg, in a project leaded by the R&D architects João Oliveira and Isabel Rebello de Andrade. From conception to production phase the project was concluded in just six months. Porseg will be in Essen (Germany) in July 1st to receive this award that is the most important one in the Design field at a worldwide level.

The door presents a very clean image, in which only the handle and the opening bar are visible and all the closing mechanisms are hidden. The door also presents excellent characteristics of fire resistance, accoustic insulation, water sealing, durability, wind endurance, air permeability, thermal transmission coefficient and crashworthiness.

This product was developed after a request made to Porseg by the Portuguese architect Carrilho da Graça for the Datacenter building of PT Comunicações in the city of Covilhã, Portugal. The first 300 units are already being produced by Porseg.

This is an example of how companies can invest in Research and Development as a way of differentiate their offer and be competitive in the international market, always beting on design and on high-quality solutions. Congratulations Porseg!

Red Dot Awards 2012's ceremony