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Despite all the structure and process that can go along with design, sometimes it's ok to go on feels alone.
Just because the product is slapping you on the wrist, doesn't mean it's your fault.
What is taste in a world of tasteless hype? And importantly, what do we do about it?
How do the tools we use change our designs as they exit our heads?
Is a degree still a necessary investment for a career in Industrial Design?
Everywhere you look the products we use are crappier than ever because they've lost the part that made them good in the first place.
Obround: noun. (geometry) A shape consisting of two semicircles connected by parallel lines tangent to their endpoints.
If we want consumers to buy domestically produced goods, consumers need to be 'untrained' out of buying lots of cheap junk.
This is not my weigh-in on the AI vs art debate. That debate will rage for many years to come. There is, however, a third side to the argument that nobody is arguing about. Consumers.
Most people are too busy to realise the products they use everyday are just a little bit off.
Assuming you’re in the business of making goods (like maybe medical devices), the right design decisions at the right time can mean the difference between a business being a success, and a business continuing to struggle.
Avoid changing a given situation before you understand some of the reasons why it's remained unchanged for so long
Take that clever little bit of wit, that sentence, or that idea that you keep hanging onto, and delete it.
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