Article by Martin Gibson – @embody3d @martingibson - 11.03.2011 Rating: Furniture with Soul – Master Woodworkers and Their Craft by David Savage and published by Kodansha is an exploration of 10 world-class furniture design craftsman and women from America to England documenting the motivation behind their craft, their design and production process and their rise to [...]
Thursday, 27 January 2011 2011 AUSTRALIAN DESIGN AWARD-JAMES DYSON AWARD REVEALS NEXT CROP OF POTENTIAL AUSTRALIAN DESIGN HEROES The 2011 Australian Design Awards-James Dyson Award (ADA-JDA) has once again been inundated with entries, with 93 industrial design graduates submitting their product innovations into the prestigious annual program. The high number of entrants again this year [...]
Article by Martin Gibson – @embody3d @martingibson - 23.08.2010 This week in Industrial Design features the hottest links to other cool Industrial Design resources from around the web. For your weekly dose of Industrial Design news, events and products check out TWIID! If you have or know of a good resource for TWIID please get in [...]
IMPORTANT NOTE – THE DEADLINE OF THE COMPETITION HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO THE 15TH of AUGUST! I am very pleased to announce that Embody 3D is having its first Australian Student ID Writing Competition. This is a unique competition that only requires a pen and your imagination to express your thoughts and ideas on a topic [...]
I am very pleased to announce that Embody 3D is having its first Australian Student ID Writing Competition. This is a unique competition that only requires a pen and your imagination to express your thoughts and ideas on a topic we are all passionate about, Industrial Design. Let’s face it, some of us love to design, [...]
In this critical interview Jonathan Caro, currently undertaking an MA in CAD Design, gives us a great insight into student life as a designer in Nottingham, England. Jon is currently turning company logos into massive building structures in future cities. Sound bizarre? Well read on and find out more! For more information about Jon please check [...]
When we observe an object with our eyes we make immediate judgments on what the objects function is and how it behaves. We also make judgements on how that product is positioned in the market. Does it look like a premium or budget product? Does it look modern or traditional? Does it look like it [...]
Once and for all I am going to try and document the most commonly used cliche selling points industrial designers use. For some of us just a mutter of some of these cliches will get our tempers boiling and for others we might be mistaken for using them ourselves from time to time to suck [...]
Unless you have been living under a cave the last couple of months you would know about the impending Apple release next week supposably featuring a new Apple Tablet potentially called the ‘ISlate’ ‘IPad’ ‘ITablet’ or for apple enthusiasts ‘Newton 2′. Despite countless rumours from Macrumours, Apple Insider, Endgadget, Gizmodo (all which are great sites [...]
In this post I will provide some handy tips and tricks that may prepare you for your industrial design major project. As well helping you get your project finished on time I will also provide guidance for getting your project to be of a professional standard. This will be helpful for students in their final [...]
