Did you have a favorite toy growing up? Chances are high it was LEGO. Although the article was written over 3 years ago, it’s a fascinating read on Corporate thinking and fun facts. Head over to Gizmodo for the complete article. I bet you don’t know which was their best selling product. And [...]
Well another year has gone by, and the World is 8 APD Graduates richer. It’s been a great run and so much learned, so much sacrificed and so much fun. Check out All the APD degree projects and get inspired: Artur Emil Erik Markus Martin Metin Paco Regi Enjoy! Looking forward to contributions from the [...]
http://www.davidfriedmanphoto.com/blog/inventors/ definitely worth a read and a watch. Inventor Portrait: Steven Sasson from David Friedman on Vimeo. thanks Joris for the tip.
Thinking Digital 2009 Talks: Caleb Chung – Beauty and Magic from Herb Kim on Vimeo. Nice video of a career path of a toy inventor, product design path of Furby and Pleo, full of great little insights.
Those few of you who read this blog can get a feel of where I stand on democratization of design. Not just the democratic distribution and use of final results, but the process itself. Found this talk really inspiring and full of good arguments to support my views. Hope others find these thought-provocative and inspiring:
I’ve seen a lot of industrial machinery, but don’t remember last time seeing something this fluid and cool. Brush up on the Sweep command in your favorite CAD package and go at it :) Who said industrial process can’t be beautiful?
Well couple of high technology project behind us, and this made me appreciate more analogue solutions. Great solutions can still be achieved with simple-tech solutions rather that relying on the magic of high-end ‘magical solutions’. After seeing this wanted to write this post. Here Korg made an analogue synth, and the guy performing (Koishi) can [...]
Finished our 5 week course on visual storytelling. “Industrial designers often has, as a natural part of the development of the concept and physical design of a product, imagined, considered and sometimes even designed the principals for the interaction between the user and the product, either with physical, audio, or visual feedback and communication, but [...]
All industrial designers know how valuable it is to hold a prototype/mock-up in your hands. Most of us know the joy of holding a highly detailed, ‘fresh from the oven’ SLA part. Trading hours in the workshop with sandpaper for cans of jolt in front of the computer. Most of us know as well the [...]
IDSA is organizing a conference with the theme of DIY. http://idsadiy2010.org/ While having an interesting mix of speakers, it’ll cover 6 themes: ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES DIY AS AN INNOVATION ENGINE SLOW CRAFT CONSUMER CUSTOMIZATION CROWDSOURCING INDEPENDENT DESIGN & CREATION While I am all for DIY design, and empowering the masses to -think before doing- (my definition [...]