Design Milk

OCTOBER 11, 2024

A self-described mad scientist, Erica Sellers has merged art and design since she was a child. While the product designer and builder has had many supporters, none was more influential than her grandmother Elsa, or “Nonni” to Sellers. Erica Sellers Photo: M. Nancy Grossman, Untitled, 1968. Courtesy the Artists.

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Design Milk

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Growing up in a small town, however, meant that she had only heard of three potential tracks: art, architecture, and fashion. But when she switched to an industrial design program in college there was an immediate click. “I art and design festivals. I knew that was exactly the path meant for me,” Corn says.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The online shop sells 3D printed products, made from a small lab in Sydney, where the couple is based, using a material called PLA, that's polylactic acid to you and I – a bioplastic derived from corn that is recyclable and industrially compostable. The rest, as they say, is history as Wow Mountain was born.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 25, 2024

Northern native Hello Rabbit – aka Helen Rabbitte – tells us how she went from working at a posh popcorn brand to getting in with the top dogs in the music industry. Designer and art director Helen Rabbitte's work is a kaleidoscope of contrasts. Nostalgic and contemporary, north and south, surreal and calming.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 26, 2024

This blend of characteristics has paved the way for reshaping the dialogue around abstract art, as seen in Riley's art, which is deeply personal and explores the energy that links us and the possibility of a higher power," the gallery explains. On top of this, he also fuses his paintings with the emotive storytelling of a Goya.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Big Fish's packaging has used simplicity and bold icons to make the product stand out. Strong iconographies communicate specific product benefits that are human, warm, and approachable. The care and attention to detail towards the product visuals are a homage to the product.

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Design Milk

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Artist and designer Bo Zhang founded Desz Office creative studio, which mixes art, design, material, and communication, in 2019. To him, it’s important the work is a balance of art and design that expresses the relationship between people and space while stimulating the imagination with contemporary art and design.

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HONGKIAT

AUGUST 28, 2021

Within the field of product design, ability to represent your ideas by using effective visual methods such as sketching opens doors for better communication between designers and clients. Designers find that using sketching is an efficient way to speed up the process of developing ideas in the real life.

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Design Milk

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

It’s an exceptional gift for those who appreciate historical references as it takes inspiration from the Wiener Werkstätte art scene – an amalgam of craft, architecture, and graphic design. While the product, exclusive for online purchase, is enamoring, the most impressive feature is its Cradle to Cradle certification.

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Design Milk

AUGUST 5, 2024

Marantz audio products have long been at the forefront of high-end audio equipment. You’re likely well aware of the brand’s audio products without even knowing it. Even the Marantz logo typeface is iconic, looking just as great in bright red or blue as it does in the glossy gold that adorns many of their modern products.

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Design Milk

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Juliane Fink studied literature and linguistics and worked as a linguist before starting to study Industrial Design at the University for Applied Arts Vienna in her late twenties. I started to study industrial design in my late 20s and finished in my early 30s (after working as a linguist for a couple of years).

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Design Milk

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Along the way they’ve consistently provided small, emerging designers access to production that’s generally reserved for big brand names and large manufacturers. The four furniture collections also embody the qualities the brand holds close: a reverence for artisan craftsmanship and an understated, modern aesthetic.

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Design Milk

DECEMBER 15, 2023

A long and varied career has allowed Jason to channel his own brand’s unique aesthetic of urban design using unconventional materials, industrial finishes, colors, and production techniques. He then relocated to the US and designed for several major manufacturers, gathering loads of experience along the way.

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Design Milk

AUGUST 9, 2024

Milan-based product designer and art director Chiara Andreatti takes note of art and architecture when she travels, often snapping photos or making sketches that she can refer to when she begins her creative process. She not only looks at interiors, but also the lush outdoors to spark her imagination.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Students will get the rare opportunity to study across the two areas by exploring various topics, including creative design thinking and practice in user experience (UX) and user interface (UI) design, service and social design, information design, graphic design, and digital communication.

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Design Milk

JUNE 6, 2025

He created a make-believe company called N1 Industries and built a lounge chair out of a race car seat. Yet it was a different era then, and the notion that he could actually build and sell a product didn’t seem accessible at the time. Ferrier earned a mechanical engineering degree and moved to California. Photo: Neil Ferrier 3.

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Inkbot Design

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Optimising Product Design: Creating Products People Love Product design is an art and a science. In today's crowded marketplace, optimising your product design process is no longer optional – it's imperative. How do they think about and interact with products like yours?

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Design Milk

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

At the helm are designer and fourth generation woodworker, Ros Broughton, and Fyrn’s Co-Founder David Charne who have spent over a decade testing the elasticity of these limits. Creativity knows no bounds in Fyrn’s Mission District studio as the company not only hand-crafts their products, but also the proprietary equipage.

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Colossal

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Industrial designer Dina Amin takes discarded consumer products apart to see exactly what makes them tick. The pieces then reassemble to form the finished product. “On Fridays I pick a random product, I disassemble it, examine it and make a stop motion story with its parts,” Amin shares on her website.

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Azure Magazine

JUNE 16, 2021

But when designed well, these modern conveniences not only have the power to make our our lives easier, they catalyze innovation for decades to come. The latter has been the case for Braun — the industrial design giant is celebrating its centenary anniversary this year. PHOTO: Braun. PHOTO: BobHteU. PHOTO: With Associates.

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Design Milk

AUGUST 10, 2021

My first exposure to design was via a foundation course in art and design at Watford in the 1990s. I was drawn towards the traditional arts as opposed to design, until I was asked by a tutor, who ran a 3D Design class, to select an object from a series of waste objects she had scavenged from a beach and produce a new product.

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UX Collective

JANUARY 24, 2023

Don't get me wrong, we do have amazing artists nowadays, but most of them are probably doing their art as a hobby and earning 30 cents a month from it while begging for likes on their social media. But then you look at most of the digital products around and… they're not so impressive anymore, are they? Sure, it's true.

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Design Milk

DECEMBER 23, 2022

For his clients he’s managed FF&E design, procurement, and fit-out contracts on over 150,000 square feet of high-end residential development projects. Temi Coker’s Appreciation of Art Books, His Biggest Supporter + More. Photographer, designer, and educator, Temi is a force of creativity.

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Creative Boom

MAY 15, 2024

Flowerpot VP3 Vermillion Red I Collect Glass SC60 Amber Illuminate your workspace with designer flair with our curated selection of iconic table lamps and budget-friendly alternatives. A well-lit workspace is essential for being productive and inspired in your creative work.

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Design Milk

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Sometimes, though, art and design can help where tech stumbles – and ensure it succeeds in a meaningful way. The proposition that a tech start-up can change the world is a durable cliché at this point. To wit: Momma’s Kit , produced by Spora Health as part of a suite of online and offline tools called Spora Mommas.

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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The contest is currently open for submissions through the deadline of February 28, 2022, so head over to learn more and submit your designs. The A’ Design Awards & Competition has over 100 categories that you can submit under and win. Three Tree Art Installation by Daisuke Nagatomo. Obj01 Lamp by Manu Bano.

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Abduzeedo

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Conceptual minimalist lighting collection — Industrial Design. Untangling the tangle of historical threads reached the art of Kazimir Malevich where it became the starting point of a revolution of form, color and their relationship. The most difficult stage was bringing the design to perfection and optimizing production.

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Design Week

MARCH 12, 2021

Virgil Abloh has partnered with German consumer product company Braun to redesign one of its products in commemoration of the brand’s 100-year anniversary. The partnership has seen the American designer and entrepreneur rethink the company’s Wandanlage, a wall-mounted stereo system first brought to market in 1965.

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Design Milk

MAY 20, 2022

Multidisciplinary designer, creative thinker, and educator Rodrigo Buelvas holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial design from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogota, Colombia, and a master’s degree in interior design from Savannah College of Art and Deshsign (SCAD). So much inspiration and much to do.

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Inkbot Design

APRIL 28, 2024

Creative Packaging Design: Elevating Product Branding Do you know that feeling when you find a package so visually appealing that you just have to pick it up? That is the power of creative packaging design. Why Creative Packaging Design Matters Brains can be wired to adore beauty. But in product packaging?

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Azure Magazine

JUNE 19, 2024

Across the Merchandise Mart and Fulton Market, experimental materials, high-tech solutions and a focus on circular design were the key drivers of this year’s product launches. Designed by long-term collaborator Form Us With Love , the carbon-neutral chair utilizes minimal materials to achieve maximum visual impact — and comfort.

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Design Milk

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Years later, after graduating, he joined Murano-based glassmaker Slaviati before becoming a product designer and consultant for lighting company Foscarini. In 2006, Luca founded his eponymous multidisciplinary design practice back in Venice, specializing in industrial design, product design, and design consultancy.

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Design Milk

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

“We have been honored to work with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation as we developed and designed this collection,” said Judd Lord, Senior Director of Industrial Design. The Foundation carries on his legacy by allowing broader access to his ideas, works and designs so that others might create and connect in their own lives.

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Inspiration Feed

JANUARY 10, 2022

Industrial designers are always hard at work figuring out ways to perfectly put form and function together. They put sweat and tears into products which help make our lives easier and more practical.

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Design Milk

JUNE 7, 2024

Some people are born knowing they want to be makers, creatives interested in contributing to a better designed world. “I have a strong visual perception, am very observant, and see when things can be improved,” says Kickie Chudikova , an industrial designer creating products, objects, furniture, and lighting in Brooklyn.

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Graphic Design Junction

JUNE 11, 2024

In the digital age, where visual communication reigns supreme, choosing the right font is an art form. When it comes to web, graphic, and poster design, two dominant styles take center stage: modern sans-serif and serif fonts. But where do you find the perfect font to elevate your design?

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UX Collective

MARCH 13, 2023

In the “Back to basics” series, I would like to rediscover the content of the textbooks I read at the beginning of my industrial design studies. Bruno Munari was an Italian artist, designer, and inventor who contributed fundamentals to many fields of visual arts and design. Can valuable design also be attractive?

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