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F5: Designer Bo Zhang’s City Walks, Street Workouts + More

Design Milk

While considering a possible career road map, he really couldn’t distinguish the difference between product design, industrial design, and furniture design. He eventually chose to study product design in Italy for its clear definition – being that every product has form, function, and the charm of art.

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Contemporary Heritage: Expormim’s Lapala Chair at 25

Azure Magazine

Originally an indoor chair with a woven wicker seat and back, the streamlined design was a versatile blend of clean, contemporary lines and handmade production. “In those days, it was not common in industrial design to work with traditional techniques, so it was a challenge,” recalls Manel Molina.

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Continuous design: a framework for building digital products

UX Collective

While I acknowledge that process is just one of many levers needed to create the enabling conditions for good design, I hope this framework can be a useful tool to design leaders working to improve their teams' impact, efficiency, and happiness. In these industrial-era design disciplines, 100% of design happens pre-launch.

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The BASK Bag From two-point Goes Beyond the Tote

Design Milk

How does your background influence your process, and the finished product? I originally went to Business School, dropped out, discovered industrial design, and kind of started over. I really lucked out being right hand to a designer in New Hope, interning for four years.

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F5: Michael DiTullo Favors Local Coffee Shops, Good Playlists + More

Design Milk

Prior to starting his eponymous design studio, Michael was Chief Design Officer for Sound United, the parent company of Denon, where he oversaw the industrial design, UX, packaging, product management, and marketing creative.

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The waves of research practice

UX Collective

The current wave is cresting, ready to wash over software design and product management. And third-wave research will reach even higher, moving into product and organizational strategy. Buchanan) of design than industrial design. Early twenty-teens product zeitgeist was “getting out of the building.”

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What does it mean to design urban technology?

UX Collective

This post is a report-to-date of our thinking on the nature of design in urban technology. We’re combining service, strategic design, and product management, all with a focus on urban needs.