As the old Christmas tree stands outside, once proudly brimming with needles and joy, but now naked and threadbare, we bid farewell to the yuletide festivities and enter a new age. Twenty-twenty. 2020. Two thousand and twenty. However you write it, it feels like we are living in the future! We have now reached an […]
This is Rosie. Rosie is our Admin Assistant and Receptionist here at Innovate. We managed to catch her in-between her many phone calls to fire some quick questions at her. You have a very varied job role, what are your main responsibilities?My main role is being the first point of contact for all potential new […]
We are so happy to share that our client Simon Colling and his invention SecuriPlug® won two awards at this years British Invention Show. The product The SecuriPlug® allows you to control who has access to an appliance. It also monitors usage and receives alerts. It has many control methods such as fingerprint, face or […]
Did you watch last night's episode of Dragon's Den? Here at Innovate, we all did. We knew that our fantastic client Teirnan Mccorkell was going to feature with his great product, pipeEASY. The unassuming and some-what nervous Teirnan clearly charmed the Dragon's, as we knew he would, with a innovative product and self-belief behind him. […]
We have got to a point in time where we all know what we should be doing: being more environmentally conscious. Whether that’s cutting out single use plastic, reducing our carbon footprint or helping our animal friends in the rainforests. We need to be swapping things out and changing our habits. There are so many […]
The Orb - Bike Light and Bottle for 360° Visibility 1/3 of serious bike accidents are caused by side impact collisions. The Orb gives cyclists 360° visibility, keeping you safe and seen. Innovate worked through a concept generation process and evolved a design to successfully meet the client brief. Innovate helped Andrew with his patent […]
Why is International Women's Day so important? ‘International Women’s Day, a day to celebrate socioeconomic, cultural and political achievement of women’, giving silenced women a voice. International Women's Day recognises and celebrates the courage of women living in countries where their freedoms are restricted; women who dare to stand up for equal rights. It is […]
Farewell, Artur Fischer (1919-2016) If you have ever tried to hang a picture on sheet rock or put a shelf up on a plaster wall, then the chances are that you are familiar with one of the products of Artur Fischer. And where the Fischer wall plug was by far his most notable invention, the […]
Frugal Innovation (or Jugaad Innovation) What is it? ...and how does it affect the world? Frugal by its definition means to be sparing or simplistic. When talking about invention and the global community, the spending and the innovation have a perception about being all about the money involved in the development and production of the […]