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Insights on disability help designers design for all
Designing with disability in mind is key for industrial designers since most people will be affected at some stage in life. A Milwaukee based industrial designer explains through her personal experience
Moving from collectible to industrial design commissions
Creating a strong design language based on solid research can lead to actual industrial design work because high end brands look for long lasting, sculptural objects. Linde Freya Tangelder explains
Juggling management and creativity in a large design studio
When you proceed in your design career and join a large, international studio, you need to develop managerial skills while keeping up creativity. Chiara Diana of frog explains how
Designing in a time of scarcity: a lesson from the 1930s
When Italian architect and designer Franco Albini passed away, in 1977, the word circular economy didn’t exist. Yet his approach is perfectly suited to an era looking for sustainable solutions, such as ours
Shaping a chair from a super thin aluminum sheet
Superplastic forming of aluminum alloys allowed Tom Dixon to shape a chair out of a single sheet stretched several times its size. A significant material saving that does not compromise the stability of the seat
Spotting (and avoiding) companies that greenwash
Designing for brands that practice greenwashing is a threat to a designer’s career. So here is how to single them out (and, ultimately, avoid working with hem)
Sticking to your principles, from zero to hero
Building a studio to pursue an unorthodox design approach may be difficult to start with but it pays off: German industrial designer Sebastian Herkner explains why, and how he coped when no-one noticed him
The challenges of designing a product and a business model for sustainability
The key to sustainability, says industrial designer Stefan Diez, is to innovate production and business models together with a product’s design. Here’s how he is trying to do it with Magis
Preventive Innovation
Preventive Innovation is not about rejecting what’s new but about envisioning risks and integrating ethical awareness in all those involved in innovation
Learning to observe well-designed objects (and how to find them)
Observing “resolved” objects can teach a lot to industrial designers. Yet finding them is a skill in itself and so is the capacity to truly look into their essence. Italian designer and art director Giulio Iacchetti explains how he does it
