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Industrial Design
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Product Design Sketching Techniques for Beginners
A beginner’s guide to product design sketching: start with basic forms, follow a simple three-step process, draw with confident lines…
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Common Product Design Materials and When to Use Them
A plain guide to metals, plastics and composites, with ABS as a worked example and a short routine for shortlisting…
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The Industrial Design Process from Brief to Product
A plain-language walk through the industrial design process using the four-phase Double Diamond framework, from discovering the problem to delivering…
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A Short History of Industrial Design
A concise timeline of industrial design, from the factory-built Crystal Palace and Thonet’s bentwood chairs to Ford’s assembly line, Peter…
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Ergonomics in Product Design: Fitting Things to People
Ergonomics in product design fits things to people’s bodies and minds. See the three domains, the questions to ask and…
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Design for Manufacturing: Making Ideas Buildable
A practical look at design for manufacturing, using injection molding rules for wall thickness, draft, radii, ribs and undercuts, plus…
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Dieter Rams’ Ten Principles of Good Design
A plain-language guide to Dieter Rams’ ten principles of good design: their origin in the late 1970s, what each principle…
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Bauhaus Design Principles and Their Lasting Influence
Form follows function, honest materials and art joined with industry: the Bauhaus design principles, seen through the Dessau school building…