Abstract: Provided is a computer-implemented method (400) for product design, the method (400) generally comprising a first step (402) of providing a graphical user interface (GUI) to a user for inputting product specifications, said GUI including a plurality of design modules each providing specific product specification customisation options. Once the GUI has been provided (402), a user is able to provide product specifications, which is then received (404) by the system (300). The method (400) then provides a substantially real-time user-manipulable visualisation of the specified product via the GUI. In addition, the GUI generally further also includes a pricing engine configured to provide substantially real-time product pricing information (410) according to the selected product specifications.

Abstract: It is required to provide a framework for an automated process for forming a visually appealing collage from a plurality of input images. It is required to provide a framework for this type of automated process which is flexible and robust and which can easily be interfaced to a related software application. An image synthesis framework is provided with a modular architecture having a first module, a plurality of prior compute modules and an image synthesis module. The first module provides an application programming interface, the prior compute modules compute information about input images, and the image synthesis module uses the computed information together with the input images to form a digital collage.