Many times people ask me how much should I charge for Industrial Design Contract Work? Like many questions in life there is no definitive answer. In this article I hope to give you an idea of how much you could charge based on a number of factors. Details aside in this article, if there was [...]
Design presentations and pitches are an integral part of the industrial design profession. As what is a great idea when there is no one to sell it? In fact many great ideas in our time haven’t come into fruition due to poor communication. A lot of the time within small to medium businesses we find [...]
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 [...]
I love packaging design because it is a genre of design that fuses both product and graphic media into to a perfect harmony. In this photo article I will collate some packaging design concepts that portray innovation, sexy aesthetic detailing and in some cases just the bizarre. When it comes to packaging design the bizarre [...]
When it comes to intellectual property everyone seems to have their own opinion of how it all works. Industrial design as a profession plays a crucial role in the development and maintenance of patents and it is in your financial interest and in the justice of being recognised for your works to have a solid understanding of intellectual property.
POSITION FILLED Business Name: XSProject Foundation Business URL: www.xsprojectgroup.com Design Specialisation: Object and Accessory Design Job Type: Full Time Minimum Experience: 1-2 Years Industry Experience Location of Applicant: International Position WORK ENVIRONMENT: XS is a rapidly growing non-profit organization which prioritizes design and creative innovation. We buy plastic consumer waste from Jakarta’s trash pickers at [...]
Late this year I came across a really cool industrial design blog for Australia. It is hard to find a good industrial design blog with an Australian focus which is updated regularly with quality content, but Design Droplets is definitely this. They have interesting interviews with practitioners, book reviews and other industrial design know-how. The [...]
