Listening, talking little, understanding: how to bring home the perfect brief
Designers are full of opinions and that’s normally a good thing. Being a designer and having no personal standing on […]
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DWProfessional stands as an exclusive segment of DesignWanted curated by the renowned Italian journalist Laura Traldi. Journalist, content curator, and editor of internimagazine.it (Mondadori), alongside her founding role at DesignAtLarge.it. The core mission of this initiative is to disseminate well-curated content that provides essential insights into the design realm, aiming to stimulate and enrich creative and curious minds. Covered topics include: Blast from the Past, Design Mindset, Materials, Production Tales, Survival Tales, The Business of Design, and Words that Matter, each chosen to inspire and inform.
Designing around bulky patents (without breaking the law)
For large companies and multinationals, it is normal to deal with patents. It may happen that when designing a product, […]
Healthcare design is about acknowledging the human condition
Indian born, Amsterdam based, Satyendra Pakhalé has a secularly humanistic approach to design in any industrial area. His practice is […]
Lasse Madsen of Levitate on how to design a prosthesis that easily adjusts to any body
Levitate blades address a number of problems that any active person who suffered an amputation due to a traumatic event […]
What buyers and curators look for in design collectibles
Collectible design rocks. Galleries, museums and events have a crowded schedule and self-production is one of the best ways to […]
What is Geo-Design
In 2020, a new Master’s program was started at Design Academy Eindhoven on Geo-design, run by Formafantasma. The word is […]
A contemporary look at Jean Prouvé’s heritage
There is a lot that designers today can learn from Jean Prouvé’s approach. The French designer and architect (1901-1984), educated […]
What (all) designers can learn from the custom bikes world
Unless you are a passionate cyclist, you probably don’t know this: all bicycles used in an official competition must be […]
Designing cars from inside out: how interior car design is setting the pace
Remember the flying vehicles of sci-fi movies in the Eighties? Smooth forms, vibrant colors and aerodynamic shapes. Brace, because that’s […]
How much should I charge for a product design?
When you wonder, as a freelance designer, “how much should I charge my clients for a product design?”, you are […]
Dieter Rams: ten commandments for good design, applied today
In the Eighties, when he was in the hypothetical middle of his life, Dieter Rams sat at his desk and […]
Uncomfortable insights into plastic and bioplastic
The images illustrating this article are part of an artistic project called Life in Plastic by Scottish artist David Gilliver. […]
