Posts Tagged ‘design’

Industrial Design Meets Got Invention Radio

Thursday, June 9th, 2011

Ben Hopson is a designer, artist and educator working in Brooklyn, N.Y. As a master of industrial design with expertise in conceptualization, drawing, CAD modeling, package creation, prototyping and manufacturing, he works primarily as a design consultant, helping companies, inventors and entrepreneurs bring new ideas to life. Listen and chat live with Ben June 9, [...]

Creating Products That Consumers Will Buy

Thursday, July 1st, 2010
Shortly after Steve Jobs returned to the Apple thrown, he killed the Newton - a poorly designed, poorly executed handheld computer

If design is not part of your initial development plan, you’re doomed By Mike Drummond In the vast catalog of horribly designed products, one modern electronic consumer good stands out for its clunky ergonomics, poor performance and exorbitant pricing. We’re talking, of course, about the Newton, a personal digital assistant from none other than trendsetter [...]

How Does Your Space Shape Your Creativity?

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
IBM thnkspace, circa 1970s

Help Develop a Smithsonian Exhibition We at Inventors Digest are working on our July cover story, which explores the importance of design in the product-development process (hey, if you’re an industrial designer, we’d like to hear from you – e-mail info@inventorsdigest.com). This announcement from the Smithsonian crossed our transom and thought it was worth a [...]