Dan PrimroseNov 12, 20191 minMETS 2019We are excited to say that Dan will be at the METS, in Amsterdam, on the 19th and 20th of November. METS is the largest Marine Trade show in the world, and D...
Dan PrimroseJun 19, 20191 minOur new websitehaving spent the last few weeks and months setting up our We-Sense website, we have now finally managed to find the time to update our Light Black Design sit...
Dan PrimroseFeb 12, 20192 min2018 was a very different year....Wow. What a year 2018 was... As mentioned last year, Dan was fortunate enough to have joined Rachael Tapp at Smart Sail Systems Ltd, whilst still working har...
Dan PrimroseMar 9, 20183 min2016. So far....2016 has been another great year working closely with a range of companies in the plane, train and automobile (and a bit of boat...) industries. We've even b...
Dan PrimroseFeb 1, 20163 min2015. What a year....2015 was an extremely busy year for Light Black Design..... We have been very lucky to be carrying on the work we have been doing with Acro Aircraft Seating...
Dan PrimroseApr 17, 20142 minSome of the projects we were involved with in 2013 & early 2014Continuing on from all the successful projects to date, we continued to work in the aircraft, road car and marine sectors. Of particular interest was a proje...
Dan PrimroseFeb 1, 20131 minwhat we did for the rest of 2012....Conscious that we haven't been very good at updating this website, and having spent most of 2012 working with Simon and Oscar, developing our Flattens, for P...
Dan PrimroseApr 24, 20121 minDan sets up a new company to run alongside Light Black DesignEarlier in 2012, Dan Primrose and Simon Fry set up new British company called Primrose Fry Technologies Ltd, to work alongside their existing businesses, and...
Dan PrimroseSep 1, 20112 minBody Engineering of Karsan TaxiEarlier this year, Light Black Design were contracted by Hexagon Studio to do the full Body Engineering of the critical sections for the exterior panels of t...
Dan PrimroseJun 4, 20111 minAluminium Tooling for High Quality carbon fibre partsHIGHER QUALITY PARTS FROM NEW TOOLING METHODS. Light Black Design is currently working with Richard Faulkner Composites in the UK to design and produce tooli...
Dan PrimroseJun 1, 20112 minRotating foils on Yacht Rigging - GybeIn this video we can clearly see how the foils we designed for Future Fibres, in Spain, work as the boat is gybed, in light airs. Rotating foils on Yacht Rig...
Dan PrimroseJun 1, 20113 minHow we use Catia V5 in the officeOnce again, the automotive design offices are in a extremely privileged position to have the most advanced 3D CAD systems as standard. Whilst there are a num...
Dan PrimroseJun 1, 20112 minSprayed Carbon FibreAs mentioned in previous posts, Light Black Design have been working closely with Bentley Motors in the UK, to help them develop a possible process to produ...
Dan PrimroseJun 1, 20112 minShort fibre technologyThroughout Dans career in the automotive design sector, the principal aim of all the materials and processes that we developed was to reduce the part cost. W...
Dan PrimroseJun 1, 20112 minsome lightweight, low cost composite panelsFollowing on from the forum Dan sat on at the Yacht Racing Design & Technology Symposium in December 2010 www.yrdts.com, here are some of the details of the ...
Dan PrimroseJun 1, 20111 minThe "Taxi of Tomorrow"....Late in 2010 Dan was contacted by Hexagon Studio, in Turkey, to work with them to specify the manufacturing processes for the Exterior and Interior Panels on...
Dan PrimroseJun 1, 20111 minOptimising the composite structure of RIBSREDUCING THE WEIGHT AND COST OF PRODUCTION RIBs Late in the summer of 2010 we were contacted by a leading manufacturer of RIBs in the UK, Coastline Marine, w...
Dan PrimroseJan 25, 20111 minLightweight Chassis concept for Bentley Motors...CONCEPT CHASSIS DESIGN FOR BENTLEY MOTORS We were contacted by Bentley Motors, in the UK, to help define the geometry and material specifications for an area...
Dan PrimroseJan 25, 20111 minOur work with other industries.....Light Black Design's work is not limited to just the marine and automotive sectors. Other industries are also interested in learning from the advances made b...
Dan PrimroseJan 25, 20111 minRotating aerofoils for Standing Rigging.....IMPROVED AERODYNAMICS FOR YACHTS STANDING RIGGING One of the first companies to take advantage of our design and material knowledge was Future Fibres S.L.U, ...
