Product Design

"Frank Gehry Made a Kettle That Didn't Work": Architect Michael Graves on the Pitfalls of Product Design

ARTINFO | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Anne Reid '72 Art Gallery, Target, Michael Graves, Tea Kettle, Artinfo, Product Design, Alessi, Arts News

Curvilinear tables by Zaha Hadid. A violent (and humbly-named) chandelier by Daniel Libeskind. A modernist lamp by Richard Neutra. Architects frequent...

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Design Briefs Advance Performance

Soren Petersen | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Creativity, Design, Performance, Industrial Design, Strategy, Development, Product Design, Business News

Maintaining an open perspective while staying focused on a goal can cause any aspiring design star to run in circles, wasting much of their valuable time and energy. Can a couple of hours spent composing an Inspirational Design Brief significantly improve their performance?

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The Life Out Loud: Change Starts With Your Underwear

MeiMei Fox | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Organic Products, Turkey, Undershirts, Jeff Denby, Socks, Ecoconscious, Underwear, Product Design, Yves Behar, Pact, Chip Conley, Green Living, Jason Kibbey, Sustainable, Impact News

When Jeff started his MBA program at UC Berkeley in 2006, he went in as "The Underwear Guy," telling everyone about his plans. Some people dismissed him as weird, whereas others supported his vision. He met his business partner Jason Kibbey.

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How Marketing Researchers See Design

Soren Petersen | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Design, Marketing, Innovation, Profits, Design Conscious Marketing, Product Design, Product Design Research, Industrial Design, Business News

Cowritten by Dr. Jaewoo Joo "Designers don't just put cosmetics on the skin of a product!" During my interview with a graduate student at Ontario Col...

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Design by Committee Is Dangerous: How Too Much Input Can Kill Any Good Idea

Matt Cohen | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Focus Groups, Product Design, Committees, Market Research, Mad Magazine, Cars, Survey, Poll, Business, Comedy News

If you ever work as part of a committee, team, or task force, you may want to circulate the following case study:

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$100 Laptop Designers Helps Children Of Mexico See Better

Jacob Slevin | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Industrial Design, Social Entrepreneurship, Glasses, Product Design, Non-Profit, Mexico, Design, Yves Behar, Awards, Slidefreestyle, Index: Award, Free Glasses Mexico, See Better to Learn Better Mexico, Glasses Mexico, Yves Behar See Better to Learn Better, Yves Behar Mexico, Yves Behar Glasses, Arts News

Just moments ago, acclaimed designer Yves Béhar, received the enormously prestigious 2011 INDEX: Award for Verbien See Better to Learn Better, a soci...

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Influencing Consumer Behavior: How to Train Your Customers

Matt Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consumer Behavior, Marketing, Business Psychology, Business, Product Design, Donald Norman, Marketing Advice, Marketing Trends, Marketing and Communications, Business Marketing, Business Communication, Small Business America, Business News

Although it explains user-centric product design, The Design of Everyday Things refines thinking about issues that go far beyond the stated scope of the book: It changes how you think about marketing.

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Dror Unveils QuaDror: A New, Simple, Versatile Structural System

Jacob Slevin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Architecture, Design, Structure, Structural System, Product Design, Interior Design, Arts News

QuaDror Home - QD 01. Photo courtesy of Dror. A better world through creativity. Sounds good. Right? I didn't write that, but rather it's the tagl...

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Method Co-Founder: To Be Sustainable, Your Product Must Be Adoptable

Adam Lowry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sustainable Living, Small Business America, Asda, Product Design, Green, Environment, Small Buiness, Sustainability, Method Soap, Entrepreneurship, Environmentally Friendly, Technology, Business News

Technology or creativity are not the most important components of innovation, adoption is.

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BLOGWATCH> Less Is More: Packaging Goes Minimal On Antrepo

bumbumbum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nesquik, Advertising, Product Design, Graphic Design, Nutella, Design, Packaging, Mr. Muscle, Red Bull, Product Redesign, Schweppes, Toffifee, Nestle, Rebranding, Antrepo, Arts News

Loving this superb project from Antrepo Studio. The idea behind is to create minimalist re-designs of well-known international brand packages. This ju...

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DESIGN THURSDAY: Best In Design From Around The Web

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Selby Blog, Restaurant Design, Blogs, Tech-Design, Product Design, Graphic Design, Logo, Design, Architecture, Interior Design, Technology, Arts News

YANKO DESIGN... This website aggregates all of those products that make you wonder how you lived without them for so long. Ranging from home decor it...

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IT DOESN'T SUCK: James Dyson Award Winners Announced

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Industrial Design, Dyson, Slideshow, James-Dyson, Product Design, Design, Awards, Dyson Awards, Arts News

The first stage in judging the James Dyson Award 2010 has been completed and the national shortlists from 18 countries have been posted. From these, 2...

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The Apple iPad...an iConcession?

Gil Laroya | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Apple, Product Design, Ipad, Pc, Tablet, 3g, Computers, Ipad Reviews, Ipad Review, Technology News

The iPad demonstrates that, for many iDevice users, Apple has successfully "taught" them what they do and don't need. Bravo Apple...well played.

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Why You Need To Care About Product Design

Gil Laroya | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Frog Design, Technology, Ideo, Apple, Product Design, Technology News

In the world of product design, there are many perceptions about what product design is, and how product design affects an end user. More importantly,...

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Early iPad Review From a Product Designer: What Was Steve Thinking?

Gil Laroya | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Usb, Ethernet, Apple, Product Design, Ipad, Tablet, Sd, Technology News

Sure, the iPad looks cool, it looks hip, it looks "Apple." But the shear lack of features, many of which we all were "expecting" to have on a mobile device, boggles the mind. Let's examine.

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Apple's Magic

Gil Laroya | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: User-Friendly, Design, Apple Computer, Technology, Pc, Product Design, Tablet, MacBook Air, Technology News

Apple is more "evolutionary" than "revolutionary." They take big, ugly, complex and frustrating technology that works, and turn that same technology into something that is smaller, prettier, simpler and friendlier.

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