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28 Jun 09
KeepCup: The new cafe experience
Have you wanted to do more to reduce your environmental footprint? Want to personalise that sacred coffee experience and enjoy your skinny-decaf latte like never before? CobaltNiche together with our clients... Read More
31 Mar 09
Goodbye Cobalt, Hello Africa
Well I’ve had a fantastic 4 years here at CobaltNiche. It’s been a very enjoyable experience where I’ve learnt a great deal and had the good fortune to work with a bunch of very talented... Read More
10 Dec 08
Design in Economically Lean Times
No-one knows how the global financial crisis is going to effect manufacturing. The traditional view is that businesses will need to reduce non-essential spending. To many businesses this will include R&D... Read More
1 Dec 08
Dell visits CobaltNiche
During his recent visit to Melbourne, Leong Lee Chye, Design Manager for Dell visited CobaltNiche and gave an insightful and informal presentation of Dell’s design strategy. Leong is a former RMIT... Read More
20 Nov 08
The Ultimate Designer Toolbox
CobaltNiche has recently added the powerful Unigraphics NX6 system to our suite of high-end CAD modelling tools, complementing ProEngineer, Solidworks and 3D StudioMax. Unigraphics CAD software is used by... Read More
29 Aug 08
10 Years @ Cobalt
Simon graduated from RMIT University Industrial design in 1996, and it was during his final year that he met Jack and Steve who were lecturing while in the early stages of founding their consultancy; Cobalt... Read More
23 Aug 08
Premier's Design Award
CobaltNiche recently won a Premier’s Design Mark for the design of Varian’s 900-series HPLC instrument. The Premier’s Design Award, is one of Australia’s most prestigious design awards... Read More
16 Aug 08
Iken Design Competition
Iken recently announced the winners of its biennial ‘Workstation of the Future’ Design Competition. The competition encourages students and professionals in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji to... Read More
16 May 08
Clay Stove
As part of her masters degree Lorrin Windahl is currently designing a clay stove for use in rural Uganda in East Africa. Lorrin has an ongoing interest in design for the majority world after living and... Read More
