iFoundry » industrial design http://ifoundry.illinois.edu The Illinois Foundry for Innovation in Engineering Education Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:01:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Project brings students with physical disabilities into the design studio http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/03/05/project-brings-students-with-physical-disabilities-into-the-design-studio/ http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/03/05/project-brings-students-with-physical-disabilities-into-the-design-studio/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:35:44 +0000 thyago http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/?p=1015 Traditional product design cycle places user input on late stages of product development. User centered design places user input earlier on the design cycle. However, to really fulfill the needs of the consumer, the user input has to be placed in the very beginning of the development, right in the design brief stage.  This is one of the principles of the Empathic Design Approach.

]]> http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/03/05/project-brings-students-with-physical-disabilities-into-the-design-studio/feed/ 0 Deana McDonagh talks about personality and the material landscape http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/03/05/deana-mcdonagh-talks-about-personality-and-the-material-landscape/ http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/03/05/deana-mcdonagh-talks-about-personality-and-the-material-landscape/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:32:35 +0000 thyago http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/?p=1012 The material landscape is everything that we surround ourselves with, from the products that we purchase and place in our home to the products that are purchased for us that we have to work with. This video talks about how the material landscape connects with our personality and how functionality and super-functionality influence industrial design.

]]> http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/03/05/deana-mcdonagh-talks-about-personality-and-the-material-landscape/feed/ 0 Industrial Design, Empathy and Diversity http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/03/02/industrial-design-empathy-and-diversity/ http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/03/02/industrial-design-empathy-and-diversity/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:24:49 +0000 thyago http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/?p=951 Deana McDonagh talks about the importance of empathy when designing for people that are different from you and about the so called Empathic Horizon.

 

A presentation is also available on iFoundry’s SlideShare channel. 

]]> http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/03/02/industrial-design-empathy-and-diversity/feed/ 0 Deana McDonagh talks about the ubiquity of industrial design http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/03/02/deana-mcdonagh-talks-about-the-ubiquity-of-industrial-design/ http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/03/02/deana-mcdonagh-talks-about-the-ubiquity-of-industrial-design/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:39:00 +0000 thyago http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/?p=945 Industrial design equates to everything we touch from the moment we wake up to the moment we fall asleep.  It literally shape our daily experiences. 

This presentation by Deana McDonagh briefly introduces industrial design and its importance for our daily life. 

 

]]> http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/03/02/deana-mcdonagh-talks-about-the-ubiquity-of-industrial-design/feed/ 0 David Weightman explains why simplicity is important in industrial design http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/02/25/david-weightman-explains-why-simplicity-is-important-in-industrial-design/ http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/02/25/david-weightman-explains-why-simplicity-is-important-in-industrial-design/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:19:45 +0000 thyago http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/?p=911 David Weightman talks to iFoundry about simplicity in industrial design and how it relates to user happiness and product success. 

]]> http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/02/25/david-weightman-explains-why-simplicity-is-important-in-industrial-design/feed/ 0 How James Dyson succeded Against the Odds http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/02/24/how-james-dyson-succeded-against-the-odds/ http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/02/24/how-james-dyson-succeded-against-the-odds/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:45:26 +0000 thyago http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/?p=882 David Weightman talks about James Dyson, the designer and entrepreneur that created, among other things, the cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner.

 

]]> http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/02/24/how-james-dyson-succeded-against-the-odds/feed/ 1 Customization and its impact on Industrial Design http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/02/24/customization-and-its-impact-on-industrial-design/ http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/02/24/customization-and-its-impact-on-industrial-design/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:19:10 +0000 thyago http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/?p=869 Customization is a word that refers to two related concepts. The first meaning is making something to your own specification and the second meaning is adapting something that already exists to your own purposes. In this talk, David Weightman talks about customization and how this changes the way our society produce goods. 

]]> http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/02/24/customization-and-its-impact-on-industrial-design/feed/ 0 David Weightman & the design success of the iPod http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/02/23/david-weightman-talks-about-the-ipod/ http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/02/23/david-weightman-talks-about-the-ipod/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:17:49 +0000 thyago http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/?p=843 David Weightman talks about the success, development and design of iPod, one of the most successful consumers electronic of all times

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