Links for third year Students 2/3/10

Following today's discussions on major project meeting:
Ben Hopson Inspiration for PDT students / mechanisms and how to sketch model / Prototype, see kinetic works.
Roger Edbert's voice on Oprah - following throat cancer.
Great Book: Manufacturing Process for Design Professionals - Rob Thompson - Buy it.
Book: Process, 50 Product Designs from Concept to Manufacture - Jennifer Hudson, Good for case studies, a bit too many are furniture.
You Thought we wouldn't Notice A wonderful blog exposing universally despised, hacks and rip offs in Graphic design, fashion and illustration. (Never ever, EVER do this again, it's called plagiarism.)

Last orders for Pint glasses as we know them?

On BBC
By Design Council and Design Bridge.
Here is the summary of some gold standard design research for my 3rd years, downloadable as a pdf. An old RCA chum, Chris McGinley was involved in this research. Quality.

Speedlinks - 01/2010

Core77 - Portfolio tips

Solidedge view rotation shortcuts

Clive Sinclair - Making and loosing Millions

Experimental Connections

Over on Core 77

A High Tech DIY Renaissance

WSJ article Tinkering Makes Comeback Amid Crisis
Ties in nicely with the work going on to create a hack-space by Bristol dorkbot (Including David H). Via Makezine Blog.

Alex Moulton New Series Video

20 minute video about the design process of the wonderfully innovative Alex Moulton, about "The Innovative Engineer"

Love the revision at the end 18:50 on:
"Create a concept by sketching
Calculations are essential
Computers may constrain concepts
Understand engineering materials
Design for manufacture
Thorough testing matters
Field trials are important"

ID Sketching - Five Levels of Sketching

Spencer Nugent brilliantly summarises ID sketching, distinguishing between; Doodles, Thinking Sketches, Technical Sketches, Presentation Sketches, and the money-shot Emotive Sketches.
via Core 77

Lego Pop up Temple

Awesome

Cardboard Chair Links

Metafilter - Carton - follow the comments. Metafilter - more than a box. Instructables - cardboard chairs 101. youtube - cardboard table supports 820Kg Youtube - collapsible stool Designboom competition 1,2,3. Sliceform table. Instructables Gorilla Glue

In-NO-vation - PooTrap

NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo NOOOOOoooooo.
PooTrap - "Magic Poop Collector"
"No Poops! No Oops!"
Putting the NO into inNOvation.

Don’t Design A Logo

…Especially not one that uses your initials
Kaleidoscope Senior Designer, Michael Roller lays out his five (anti?) tips for Aspiring Industrial Designers.
via core 77

Inside IDEO - The Deep Dive

From 1999 - Inside IDEO documentary in 3 parts, Something of the atmosphere that I'd like to get into UWE product design.

Were not experts in any given area but experts in the process of how to design stuff.- David Kelley, IDEO founder

Also worth a look is Tim Browns blog "design thinking"

The Inventors Handbook

Nesta Inventors Handbook updated in 2002.
Gold dust for industrial designers with a leaning towards becoming professional inventors.
Grab it while you can, this link might not last... (That means YOU PDT 2/3 students!).
Thanks to Mark via 77A.

Retro-futuristic Designs & Technology

web-urbanist takes a retrospective view of how we see the future
Architecture, cars, planes, fashion and more....
For the modernist fans, Brasilica is a must see.

Design Soujourn - 30 Essential books for Industrial Designers

Mmmmm Books.
There are some real essential reads on that list, #7 It’s Not How Good You Are, Its How Good You Want to Be: The World’s Best Selling Book by Paul Arden is a great fun light read.
Although #24 Dick Powell's Presentation Techniques is really showing it's age, and I wouldn't recommend anymore,
I'll start working through the rest...