2010
The life size Spark Action Hero packaging was a huge success at the recent Industrial Design Engineering Business Fair (IOB) run by the Technical University Delft. Thanks to this attention-grabber there was a constant flow of students to our booth […]
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November 2010
Spark is participating again this year in the Industrial Design Engineering Business Fair (IOB) business days run by the Technical University Delft. And how! At this tenth edition of the IOB students can profile themselves as the new Spark Action Hero […]
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October 2010
This year, Spark has scooped six Good Industrial Design (GIO) awards; that's double the haul from last year! For us, this is a wonderful recognition of Spark's design philosophy 'True Innovation' […]
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Spark recently ran an evening lecture for the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), a part of Erasmus University. The lecture, which was held in Spark's own design studio […]
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On the afternoon of Wednesday 13 October Spark will take part in the national NEVAT T&U event 2010 (Subcontracting & Outsourcing) in Papendal. The entire chain of suppliers and subcontractors […]
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Honeywell Enraf recently launched the Fusion4 MiniPak, an explosion proof control module, which it developed together with Spark […]
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September 2010
On 21 en 22 September Spark will be at Ecomobiel 2010, the event for green mobility […]
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July 2010
Spark is proud to report that three of our clients have been included in the Syntens Small Business Innovation Top 100 […]
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June 2010
Holmatro introduced a new line of innovative products to make rescue work quicker, safer and easier at Interschutz 2010 in Leipzig. One of these new products - the Personal Power Pump SPU 16 PC […]
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A team from Spark joined the friendly Ecomobiel rally for sustainable vehicles on Friday 5 June. The two Spark designers drove in our very own Carver One […]
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May 2010
From 27 - 30 May, Rotterdam will be swept up in the European Design Festival 2010. As a Rotterdam office through and through, Spark is among the many exhibitors […]
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Optelec recently launched an amazing new reading aid, developed in close cooperation with Spark, at Sight City 2010 in Frankfurt. This device, the ClearReader+, has a unique function […]
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April 2010
BCycle Solutions launched the SecuBike bicycle locker - developed by Spark - on April 13 2010, at the Urban Design Fair 2010 in Amsterdam RAI. This trade event […]
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March 2010
The wireless Honeywell Enraf SmartRadar Flexline has been awarded the de 'Engineers' Choice Award 2010' […]
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On Tuesday 2nd March, Spark, together with ThyssenKrupp Accessibility, proudly accepted an award for the Levant stair lift. […]
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Last week the brand new M2Desk was nominated as the ‘Best Innovative Hardware Product' for primary education. […]
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On the 1st of March, the first SecuBike bicycle lockers were put into use by local councillors […]
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February 2010
The British Forklift Truck Association has voted the Ravas iForks the most innovative product of the year […]
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From the 9th to the 12th of March, Spark presents its newest innovations at the ESEF 2010 […]
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November 2009
The Eco mixer tap won the ‘Eneco Sustainability Award' during ‘The Best Idea of the Netherlands 2009'. Spark developed the tap […]
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This year, Spark has won three ‘Good Industrial Design' awards. […]
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October 2009
‘The Best Idea in Holland' has once again asked Spark to take part in this successful television programme. […]
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September 2009
The men from Flextars came to us with an idea: a multifunctional accessory for mobile phones […]
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August 2009
We were thinking mostly about the transportation of children and shopping when we developed the Babboe; meteorologists in Rotterdam […]
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While working on the new Braille controller for Optelec, we wanted to make the smallest Braille controller […]
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June 2009
Fifty mums and their kids worked up a sweat for a good cause […]
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May 2009
More than 10 years ago, the Dutch businessman Henk dreamed of […]
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At the end of April Minister Eurlings of Transport and Water Management attended a demonstration of the PAL-V […]
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April 2009
‘When it comes to design it’s not about making something beautiful, but making something smart. […]
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The US television network, ABC, recently gave extensive ‘primetime’ […]
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'Ergonomics is still an integral part of the design process at Spark' […]
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March 2009
In recent months our Spark-team has been strengthened by a number of bright colleagues […]
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‘Particularly at this time we are very pleased to introduce iForks, the new solution in mobile weighing. The market is […]
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February 2009
Spark designer Eric Verberkmoes is, at this moment, flying towards Qatar […]
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Ahmed Aboutaleb, the brand new Mayor of Rotterdam, honoured us […]
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January 2009
Last Monday morning unknown robbers demolished an ING ATM machine in Amsterdam South-East […]
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December 2008
Last December Spark played a proactive role in the Business of Design Week in Hong Kong. Director Maarten Wilming presented on ‘True Innovation' at the IDT Expo. […]
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November 2008
Seatbelt-opener PietjeBelt, the product idea with which Cees Stam and Spark won ‘the Best Idea in Holland’ […]
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Last Saturday Robin Lokers and Spark were awarded a very honourable third place during the ‘Best Idea in Holland 2008' finals. […]
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October 2008
Last Saturday Robin Lokers and his box-chair made it through to the finals […]
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Are you creative HBO or WO studies almost finished? Then Rotterdam invites you to ‘HELLO, my name is...'! […]
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Spark design & innovation took to the podium four times […]
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August 2008
Commissioned by DSM, Spark has designed a special drinks bottle, called the ‘Excellerator'. […]
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At the Spark Grand Open on 27 June, Syntens advisors […]
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Spark designer Jeroen Sluijter is at the Olympic Games in Beijing. […]
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The jury has reached a decision! […]
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July 2008
Spark Grand Open - a visual impression. […]
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June 2008
Leading Industrial Design Agency Celebrates 15 Years of Innovation Excellence […]
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Spark has been feverishly working on developing and getting production ready […]
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March 2008
Spark design & innovation, along with industrial designer Aafke Kauffman and TU Delft, has developed the “Unite”: […]
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Designers from Spark design & innovation will once again be members of the professional jury […]
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February 2008
Spark is present at the ESEF trade fair in the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht (NL) […]
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The Compact+, developed by Spark for Optelec was presented with an Independent Living Design Award […]
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January 2008
Spark was the beating heart of the listed 'Vertrekhal Oranjelijn' (‘Orange Line Departure Hall’) building on Thursday 10th January. […]
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November 2007
On the first of November we took up residence in a monumental building called 'Vetrekhal Oranjelijn', […]
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October 2007
On Saturday 20th October, Cees Stam and Jolanda van den Berg, supported by Spark design and innovation, were declared winners of the Best Idea in Holland; something which we at Spark design and innovation are naturally very proud of. […]
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Last weekend the awards ceremony for the Dutch Design Prizes 2007 took place in Eindhoven. […]
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The spark-designed Big Babboe ‘bakfiets’ or cargo bike will be in the spotlight in the coming five weeks […]
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March 2007
In recent times the Dutch market has been witness to a unique concept: a high-quality, high-in-character, ‘old-fashioned', reliable ‘bakfiets' (cargo bike), which is delivered in kit form. […]
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February 2007
Princess Christina opens new Optelec headquarters. Princess Christina officially opened Optelec's new headquarters in Barendrecht today. […]
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SBS6 TV program shows Braille Controller at the Ziezo fair […]
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January 2007
The HENK suitcase in ‘RTL Boulevard’. “Packing and dragging away”. RTL Boulevard anchorman Leco van Zadelhoff knows by now that this belongs to the past. […]
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November 2006
This month, Optelec’s ALVA BC640 was received by the market with applause. […]
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October 2006
Spark has developed the unique “Wheel Chair Manipulator” for the Centre for Rheumatism and Rehabilitation in Rotterdam. […]
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September 2006
Recently introduced for the first time on the Caravan Salon in Düsseldorf: […]
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August 2006
The “mbrace” is a rescue vehicle that can be used as a mobilisation aid for major natural disasters, especially earthquakes. […]
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April 2006
For the NMA company (Nederlandse Machinefabriek Alkmaar), Spark worked together with Niema […]
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March 2006
At our stand A116 in hall 1, a number of new exciting innovations are at display. […]
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Spark design & innovation is developing an innovative concept for a new generation scoot vehicles […]
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December 2005
Zowel de Sunshower als de luxe reiskoffer HENK zijn te bezichtigen op de Miljonair Fair in de RAI Amsterdam […]
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October 2005
Between 24 October and the end of November, Jetix 3D Jungle Cards can be collected at Super de Boer supermarkets. They can be viewed with the 3D viewer that was designed by Spark. […]
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Commercial director Eric Blomsma from Carver Europe GmbH said Wednesday that serial production will start in three weeks in a factory close to Strasbourg. […]
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From 700 entries both HENK and ClearView+ have been inclused in the 10 selected products in the category ‘Consumer products’ of the Dutch Design Awards 2005. […]
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August 2005
It obtained the International STAR DIAMOND AWARD, a prestigious emblem of achievement and true quality. […]
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June 2005
The DPU 31 PC Personal Power® Duo pump was developed together with Holmatro, to meet the wish of a light and quiet duo pump. It can power two hydraulic rescue tools simultaneously. […]
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March 2005
The Optelec ClearView+ is an electronic video magnifier system for the visually impaired. It can be used for magnifying (up to 40x) […]
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November 2004
Ir. Robert Barnhoorn and ir. Maarten Wilming, the two managing partners of Spark, have been interviewed […]
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October 2004
The PAL-V - a new vehicle to lead a revolution in personal transportation. […]
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September 2004
For more information see www.henk.com. […]
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May 2004
The Orinoco product line, developed by Spark for Proxim, has recently been extended with the addition of the new Range Extender Antenna. […]
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April 2004
As of 19 April, hundreds of thousands of Dutch children will have over one million Fox Kids TV-Cards to collect. They’ll all want a viewer, available free at Super de Boer supermarkets, to look at their TV-Cards. […]
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March 2004
The Ort-O-Mate is the first motorised aid for the removal of elastic support stockings. Recently nominated for Best Product 2003 by NRC Handelsblad […]
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February 2004
An innovation in wireless networks: the AP600. This single-radio […]
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January 2004
Medical innovations and more at Spark design & innovation's exibit at ESEF 2004 […]
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The latest Unilever Bestfoods Cup-a-Soup dispenser was designed and developed by Spark. This new automatic vending machine for soup has several improvements on its predecessor. […]
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