Product/industrial design inspiration | #440 « From up North | Design inspiration & news
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
Product/industrial design inspiration | #440 « From up North | Design inspiration & news
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SO Dsgn Shows Us How It’s Done: Inside the Chicago Studio Mixing Brand and Industrial Design
The Dieline
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
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The University of Leeds launches an online Digital Design & Communication MA – and these five things make it unique
Creative Boom
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Its School of Design's Degree Show has long been a highlight in Creative Boom's calendar, so it's great news that the university has just announced an innovative new Masters course in Digital Design & Communication, with the first intake starting in May 2023.
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Eames Institute by Manual
BP&O
MAY 10, 2022
American industrial designers Ray and Charles Eames fundamentally believed that good design should be available to everybody. Design that was supposed to be accessible has become a symbol of taste, The post Eames Institute by Manual appeared first on BP&O - Branding, Packaging and Opinion.
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F5: Scott Newlin Shares a Quirky Newsletter, the View He Can’t Quit + More
Design Milk
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Scott Newlin is an industrial designer and Vice President of Design at Harry’s , having joined the company way back in 2013. With design being one of the company’s central pillars, he leads the process across all touchpoints of the company – from physical products and packaging to branded environments.
50 Best Design Blogs You Have To Read (2023 Update)
Shillington
AUGUST 20, 2023
That’s where design blogs come in. The best ones bring you the latest work, best practices, news and conversations in bite-sized chunks that never feel like a chore to read. Design Week Founded in 1986, Design Week was the UK’s leading design magazine until 2011, when it became online-only.
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50 Best Design Blogs You Have To Read (2020 Update)
Shillington
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Design Week. Founded in 1986, Design Week was the UK’s leading design magazine until 2011, when it became online-only. It continues to bring you high quality, well-written news and inspiration across graphics, branding, interiors, digital, product, furniture and more. Designer News. Design Taxi.
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The inverse value of UX and Art
UX Collective
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Located in New York, it has housed one of the largest and most influential collections of many genres. In the department of architecture and design alone, there are over 28,000 works, including architectural models, photographs, and drawings. Industrial design, appliances, automotives, furniture, and even graphic design.
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The importance of craft in interaction design
UX Collective
JUNE 25, 2022
The fourth dimension in interacton design is not exclusively time, but time plus behavior. Let’s take a step back; visual designers’ craft is about exploring 2D space, and industrial design is about crafting in the physical tridimensional world. Ithiel de Sola Pool What we call “code” is at its essence logic.
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Picks of the month: the best design events to catch in September
Design Week
SEPTEMBER 3, 2020
Info: London Design Festival runs from 12-20 September. Keep an eye on Design Week over the coming days for previews and news relating to the festival. Podcast: iD Cast, by Design Truth. Topics covered include the future of travel, working in China and why diversity is so important in industrial design.
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Design Week Awards 2020 judges revealed…
Design Week
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Exhibition designer Gitta Gschwendtner Joining Dawkins in the Spaces section of the awards is Gensler’s principal and design director Valeria Segovia, 20.20 creative director Jon Lee, Exhibition designer Gitta Gschwendtner, creative director of Your Studio Howard Sullivan and Drinkall Dean partner Angela Drinkall.
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It’s time for dimensional thinking in design
UX Collective
JUNE 19, 2023
The representation of 3D models, guided by different views, may be an odd experience for most users and UX designers. Yet, it is uniquely strange and familiar to engineers, architects, and industrial designers. Oxford ; New York, Oxford University Press, 2007. The Art Newspaper — International Art News and Events , 7 Nov.
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University design courses stage fightback against proposed funding cuts
Design Week
JULY 6, 2021
When news broke in May that the government had plans to slash university arts funding in half, the decision drew a familiar ire from the creative industry. Design leaders called the idea “destructive” and “short-sighted” Design courses have been threatened with budget cuts many times before.
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XGIMI Magic Lamp Lifts the Ceiling on Simplifying the Home Projector
Design Milk
JANUARY 9, 2023
” But the newest XGIMI projector, the Magic Lamp , is something altogether different, a “lifestyle triple-threat” designed to transform any space into a media room. Now for the bad news: the Magic Lamp is limited to a maximum 1080p resolution and modest 900 ANSI lumens brightness.
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The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Attract Vendors on a Marketplace
Inkbot Design
AUGUST 9, 2023
In a press release, formal news, including brand offers, product launches, event announcements and other updates, are directly submitted to media networks with international, national and local connections for further publishing. Press Release Press releases provide the necessary media coverage that brands require in the beginning.
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Veterans can trust the US Department of Veterans Affairs again because of design
UX Collective
MARCH 15, 2023
She has degrees in Graphic Design and Industrial Design, as well as a deep expertise in Human-centered Design (HCD). Federal Government. Today, Roseann helps purpose-driven humans navigate systemic challenges to realize climate-beneficial futures.
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“A safe space to do risky things”: a Canadian design guide
Design Week
AUGUST 20, 2021
The news has impacted all sectors of society, including design. Rutledge is an Indigenous graphic designer at digital studio Animikii and president of Graphic Designers of Canada (GDC). There are also industry-facing initiatives, such as a recent slew of real-world branding briefs set by Indigenous-owned businesses.
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An homage to Syd Mead, the visual futurist behind Blade Runner
Abduzeedo
JANUARY 1, 2020
AoiroStudio Jan 01, 2020 As many of us have been celebrating the arrival of a new decade, the last moments 2019 have suffered some sad news with the departure of Syd Mead at the age of 86. For those who aren't familiar with Syd's work, he is commonly known as a concept artist, industrial designer, and futurist.
How to Choose Hardware for Your Design Business
Speckyboy Design Magazine
MAY 14, 2020
Unless you really want the status that goes with top-notch industrial design (ahem, Apple) or enough power for a desktop replacement, a solid midrange model will do. The good news is that, in most cases, you don’t have to blow out your budget. So, going this route would probably mean working in the cloud.
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Is the iPhone 14’s new Dynamic Island plain stupid or the next revolutionary UX pattern?
UX Collective
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
News articles and reviewers are hopping on the bandwagon claiming it has the “smallest” upgrade ever in apple history. I am not here to tell you if you should upgrade your phone or not, what I am going to talk to you about is iPhone 14’s new stand-out feature, Dynamic Island, which I believe may change the world of UX as we know it.
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AZURE Talks: Made in Toronto at IDS Toronto
Azure Magazine
DECEMBER 13, 2019
Brian Richer’s artistic practice is as varied as his work experience, which includes industrial design as the Creative Director of Castor Design (a studio he runs with Kei Ng), stone carving, restaurant ownership and interior design. Brian Richer, Co-Founder, Castor.
Branding yourself as a designer
UX Collective
JULY 23, 2023
One of the readers of my newsletter reached out to me, replying to the piece I wrote recently about starting a company as a creative , in which I shared several pieces of advice from my industry friends/colleagues. But that’s a prerequisite for us designers. Build your brand” was the advice. One day she offered to tidy his desk up.
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Top 5 Reasons To Attend MAX 2022
Graphic Design USA
AUGUST 24, 2022
MAX is one of the largest gatherings of graphic, web, UX, and multi-skilled designers; creative and art directors; illustrators; film, video, and motion graphics pros; photographers; and creative leaders. You can attend in person or online, and GDUSA readers can save big with promo code.
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Remembering Richard McConnell 1942-2020: the inimitable exhibition designer
Design Week
APRIL 29, 2020
On graduation he established his early career as an exhibition designer for initially The Council of Industrial Design and subsequently The Central Office of Information in the capital. It was a museum he would continue to visit for more than 50 years. A tireless campaigner.
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How to Launch Your Blog or Portfolio in 2020 (3,500+ Word Start to Finish Guide)
Inspiration Feed
DECEMBER 9, 2019
The graphic design industry is tough. No matter where you go, you’ll see amazing talent through the work of other designers in the field. Some may apply styles that are similar to yours, while others use a very unique approach,…
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Airbnb brings Jony Ive on board to design “future” of company
Design Week
OCTOBER 23, 2020
Jony Ive and his LoveFrom design studio will enter into a “multi-year relationship” with Airbnb as the company looks to its future. The news was announced in a blog post from Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky. The past decade has been an eventful one for the designer. An eventful decade.
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8 Growing Areas of Innovations in UX & UI Design
Inkbot Design
AUGUST 11, 2023
Another impressive use of algorithms is by the Associated Press news agency. The algorithms pull data from financial filings and earnings reports and automatically compile them into news articles. The architecture allows designers to optimise sustainability, lighting, acoustics, and more.
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AZURE Talks: Luca Nichetto and Mjölk’s John Baker
Azure Magazine
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
Born in Venice and based in Stockholm, Luca Nichetto is one of the most exciting industrial designers working today. A Toronto design destination that has garnered international acclaim, Mjölk has collaborated with Nichetto – among many international talents – to make unique capsule collections.
12 of the Best Adobe Illustrator Alternatives [Free & Paid]
Graphic Mama
JUNE 30, 2022
Target audience: Industrial designers, Print designers, and Marketing professionals. Real-time collaboration – Sketch allows you to work simultaneously with colleagues on designs for faster deployment. Limited to Mac users only – it’s bad news that Windows users cannot have access to Sketch.
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The Best Computers for Graphic Design in 2021
Just Creative
JULY 18, 2021
You have a range of GPUs to choose from which is good news for graphic designers who will need a good GPU to edit, create, and render incredible designs. When compared to other gaming PCs, the G5 is a great, affordable option for designers looking for a powerful PC at a great price. Lower temperatures. $2,499.00.
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17 Portfolio Templates for Creative Professionals
High on Design by Wix
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
Industrial designer portfolio template. This industrial design portfolio template is right in line with current web design trends, boasting oversized typography and design elements. The template caters to the needs of artists that exhibit in different design museums and hold various events.
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There’s a Crack in the Pavement
UX Collective
JUNE 17, 2021
Vignelli learned how to design lighting fixtures and a house in Venice, but eventually realized , “the architectural process was too slow if compared to the speed of the industrial design process.” This led him to shift his focus towards editorial, product, and packaging design.
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Dress your desk to impress with Display Boxes
Moo
MAY 15, 2022
Toby, Industrial Design Director at MOO said of the launch: “We’ve been developing lots of exciting new products recently, but we’re equally proud of our print heritage. These Display Boxes fit in perfectly with our growing ecosystem – and help customers to show off their most important or loved designs in style.”
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From Bauhaus to Berlin’s poster culture: a German design guide
Design Week
DECEMBER 10, 2019
. “You learn from the beginning to design honestly and focus on the necessities” How does Germany’s legacy — and long list of design legends — influence its new crop of designers? Design for the astrophotography system The future of industrial design.
101+ Unique Gift Ideas for Graphic Designers & Creatives 2023
Just Creative
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
Store and charge 5 iPads, iPhones or iPod touches simultaneously Space-saving design for your countertop Cables not included Compatible with: Universal $16.95 This smart WiFi clock gadget displays notifications of multiple things; for example, business metrics, emails, tasks, news, etc.
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Reimaging Graphic Design via a Prism of Cyberpunk, Brutalism & Steampunk
Noupe
JUNE 11, 2020
This year sees how the stability of straight lines combines with an ethereal feeling of curves and round forms, creating a new style. Ultra-thin geometry has already become widely used by designers in industrial design, digital graphics art, and web design. Design by Aleksandr Kandyba. Design by Ian Douglas.
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20 Cool and Creative Speakers to Buy
HONGKIAT
MAY 6, 2021
Nowadays, industrial designers are working ever so hard at creating design solutions that constantly stretch the limits of a speaker set in terms of portability and aesthetic values. What we’ve got here today is a collection of 20 different sets of speakers with distinct designs.
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Spoon Archaeology: A Color-Coded Exhibition Casts Plastic Cutlery as Artifacts of Another Era
Colossal
JUNE 28, 2021
Coinciding with the European Union’s ban on plastic cutlery slated for July 3, two industrial designers decided to combine their collections for a broad study of the ubiquitous utensil. Images via the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, shared with permission.
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The Official Can‘t-Miss-It Gift Guide For Designers, Creatives + Everyone You Know
Eye on Design
DECEMBER 2, 2021
Powerful stories, bolstered by top-tier typography and design, make Umber stand out in a sea of literary sameness. ($30 Delayed Gratification : In an age of instant coffee–quality news served up with a side of misinformation (looking at you, Meta !), 30 per issue). 16 per issue). Team Demi Office Set : Scissors. Tape Dispenser.
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A creative’s guide on starting a company
UX Collective
JULY 16, 2023
An industrial designer by trade, he spoke so eloquently in meetings about design, strategy, and business and I was always in awe. In 2023, the good news is that there is a myriad of ways to build your brand, particularly using social media. Shed your ego.” said Glenn. Don’t spend more than we earn. It’s that simple.
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Best Portfolio Websites to Fuel Your Inspiration
High on Design by Wix
JULY 28, 2021
Good design is innovative,” stated the highly influential industrial designer Dieter Rams in his list of ten principles. Yet breaking new ground with never-before-seen website design is becoming increasingly challenging. This post was last updated on July 28, 2021. Studio Bilge Nur Saltik.
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The changing role of design
UX Collective
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
And just last week, the world’s most famous consultancy synonymous with the word design laid off one-third of its staff. With it, a Fast Company article unofficially declared the end of the era of design thinking. All of this isn’t new news. He calls them Ten Principles for Good Design. Yes, but it doesn’t matter.
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The 100 Best Design Blogs to Follow
Inkbot Design
NOVEMBER 4, 2023
7 – A List Apart Launched in 1998, A List Apart explores web design “for people who make websites.” ” Thoughtful long-form articles cover topics like responsive design, web fonts, CSS, UX, and more. 8 – Web Designer Depot This blog offers web design news, tutorials, and resources galore.
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