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iRobot’s Insun Hong Wants Their Roomba Vacuums to Feel Right at Home

Design Milk

It’s this very dilemma that motivated Director of Industrial Design Insun Hong and her small team at iRobot to design the Roomba Combo j9+ robot vacuum and mop with a base station that softens the line between necessary functionality and welcoming form. Hi Insun, could you introduce yourself and tell us what you do?

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23 incredible packaging designs to inspire you to enter the Pentawards 2023 today

Creative Boom

Best of all, you don't have to create anything bespoke: any packaging created and released to market anywhere in the world between 1 July 2021 and June 2023 is eligible for entry into the 2023 competition, as long as it hasn't been entered previously. Home, Leisure & Other Markets Platinum 2022 winner, Fuzed by Vault49, USA 7.

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How additive manufacturing is advancing product development

UX Collective

The industrial shift towards in-house prototyping and design. The adaption of 3D Printing has allowed for innovation in manufacturing that renders several benefits that I will get to in this article. What is Additive Manufacturing (AM)? Manufacturing is the creation of physical parts or assemblies.

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Andrew Ferrier Puts Metal to the (Fuzz) Pedal

Design Milk

Designer Andrew Ferrier spent his youth in Canada dedicated to guitars, bikes, and snowboards – all pursuits that would go onto inform and inspire his work as an industrial designer of human-centered products ranging from lighting , smoking accessories , to a modular seating system – all elegantly simple industrial forms shaped from milled aluminum.

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Lock + Keyhole: Fyrn Expands Their Portfolio With New Collection

Design Milk

This visual que is indicative of its functional role, which allows for efficient manufacturing, flat packing, and ease of assembly. One of the things we’re learning as we start bringing more products to market is the fact that we’re producing hardware internally and that it fits within our system of design.

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Greenmood’s Acoustic Solutions Are Inspiring the Blooming of Biophilic Design

Design Milk

Greenmood is the leading manufacturer of biophilic elements whose mission is to improve human well-being through human-centric design in the workplace. The brand partners with renowned designers and artists who use natural, green acoustic technology as a medium to produce pieces to please all aesthetics.

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Optimising Product Design: Creating Products People Love

Inkbot Design

Low engagement, poor retention, and products that fail to achieve product-market fit. By optimising the design process, you can avoid these pitfalls and create products that users love. Work closely with marketing, support, operations, and other teams. For physical products, optimise industrial design. The result?