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Industrial Design

Instructor: Tucker Viemeister
Course Description:  The objective of this workshop is to make more beautiful things. Industrial Designer professionals give shape to new technology, creating mass-produced things like trains, cars, appliances, furniture, medical equipment, toys, packaging, corporate identity -- any user interface. The methodology based on scientific problem analysis with a user-centered perspective applies to any media.

This integration of problem solving and creative inspiration in the hands of talented people is a very powerful tool, so powerful that Victor Papanek, author of Design for the Real World, says Industrial Design is “the most dangerous profession.” By building a set of projects that explore materials, processes and aesthetics, you will apply a three phases of design process: 1. explore, 2. sketch, and 3.make. Class critiques will focus on improving the product communication and looks, so we can be as good as we can!

I am now almost finished with my final prototype, which would be the final version of the Lifebug and I will be able to upload the images from the final project within the next few days.

• ID Project #1: Prototype, Design and Construction Of A Vase

• ID Project #2: Prototype, Design and Construction Of A Puzzle
• ID Project #3: Prototype, Design and Construction Of A Puzzle V2

• ID Project #4: Prototype, Design and Construction Of A Cardboard Chair

• ID Project #5: Emergency Notification Device: The LifeBug
• ID Project #5: Emergency Notification Device: The LifeBug Clay Mock-Ups
• ID Project #6: Emergency Notification Device: The LifeBug Silicone V#1