Experimental Connections

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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...

Bristol *needs* a Hackerspace

Re Purpose via Bre, describes Foulab Montreal. Dorkbot Bristol is working on it...
The tinkerers shall inherit the earth.

It's a Babacycle!

Wow. Excellent concept - Taga Bicycle + Stroller.
via.

Bass string winding with antique machinery

2 videos on make-zine show the hand manufacture of a piano string in 1850's compared with the modern manufacture of guitar string.