From Idea to Market: The Great British Bollard

Synopsis

The road bollard is an example of a product with a specialist market. Although technically simple, the design has evolved over the past 30 years as a result of new technologies and materials. Shows people who design, make, install, maintain and repair bollards, looking at product development, testing and the conflict between ease of manufacturing and ease of use.

Series

Innovation: Design, Environment and Strategy, Course T302

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

Year of production

1997

Availability

Sale; 1999 sale: £55.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Subjects

Design

Keywords

product development; road building; traffic engineering

Production Company

Name

BBC Open University Productions

Distributor

Name

Open University Worldwide

Web

http://www.ouw.co.uk External site opens in new window

Phone

+44 (0) 1908 274066

Address

Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA

Notes

NB. As of May 2016 Open University Worldwide are no longer distributing DVDs. They have posted this message on their website: ‘Unfortunately Open University Worldwide Limited has decided that product sales are no longer viable given the reduced funding to Higher Education institutions and diminishing demand for the products we have traditionally stocked. At present the Open University Students Association (OUSA) will continue to sell the "Good Study Guide", and we are in discussion with other possible distributors to continue to make The Open University’s products available for purchase. As soon as we have any information on other channels of distribution we will update this notice’. Some products are still available via second hand dealers on Amazon.co.uk