Ranked #1

Rock your Concept Design with Psycho Aesthetic Approach
Rock your Concept Design with Psycho Aesthetic Approach
How does Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs fit into concept design? Allison and Vince show how The Psycho Aesthetic approach h... Read more
1 Jun 2011
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Ranked #2

Electronics in Mechanical Product Design
Electronics in Mechanical Product Design
Embedding electronics demands new processes and technology for product design.
29 May 2013
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Ranked #3

The Evolution of Product Design Tools
The Evolution of Product Design Tools
Product concept design tools have come a long way from hand sketches. Even proper drafting rules made a big difference, ... Read more
10 Oct 2012
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Ranked #4

Designing Emotion Into New Products
Designing Emotion Into New Products
RKS uses emotion as a starting point for new product design. This episode of the Product Design Show looks at the Kor wa... Read more
25 May 2011
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Ranked #5

Revolutionary Office Chair Design
Revolutionary Office Chair Design
Designers at Steelcase surveyed thousands of users on how they sit when using new devices like smartphones and tablets a... Read more
17 Jul 2013
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Ranked #6

Designing Motorcycles for Endurance and Performance
Designing Motorcycles for Endurance and Performance
The Dakar off-road motorcycle race has daily sections of up to 550 miles. The design team at KTM has produced winning bi... Read more
10 Jul 2013
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Ranked #7

Designing Products that are Easy to Assemble
Designing Products that are Easy to Assemble
Vince and Allison speak with designers at toy company, k'nex, and learn a few things about designing products that will ... Read more
15 May 2013
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Ranked #8

Complying with Sustainable Design Requirements
Complying with Sustainable Design Requirements
How do designers meet regulatory requirements and consumer preferences for sustainable design? Vince and Allison delve i... Read more
24 Apr 2013
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Ranked #9

Product Design for Emerging Markets
Product Design for Emerging Markets
Emerging markets represent the biggest sales opportunities for western brands. But what’s a designer to do when competit... Read more
17 Apr 2013
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Ranked #10

Multi-CAD Environments are the New Normal for Design
Multi-CAD Environments are the New Normal for Design
Why do different CAD systems cause a problem for designers? It comes down to the feature definitions in the various pack... Read more
13 Mar 2013
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3mins
Ranked #11

Retrieving Design Intent for Old Models
Retrieving Design Intent for Old Models
Vince and Allison discuss how to retrieve the design intent from a CAD model even though the original designers no longe... Read more
6 Mar 2013
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Ranked #12

The Whats and Whys of Direct Modeling
The Whats and Whys of Direct Modeling
Vince and Allison explain direct modeling and compare it to parametric modeling, using lots of examples.
23 Jan 2013
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Ranked #13

Top Down and Bottom Up Design
Top Down and Bottom Up Design
In this episode, Vince and Allison talk about when top down design is the right way to go and the value that design team... Read more
28 Nov 2012
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Ranked #14

Integrative Thinking and Experimentalism in Design Thinking
Integrative Thinking and Experimentalism in Design Thinking
In this episode of the Product Design Show, Vince and Allison explore the last two components of design thinking, integr... Read more
25 Oct 2012
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Ranked #15

Design Thinking. Bringing Empathy and Collaboration to Your Designs
Design Thinking. Bringing Empathy and Collaboration to Your Designs
Design Thinking is a process of bringing integrative thinking, experimentalism, collaboration and empathy into the desig... Read more
18 Oct 2012
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Ranked #16

Product Concept Design - Past and Future
Product Concept Design - Past and Future
Every product starts off as an idea. Product Concept Design is all about shaping that idea into a real product. In today... Read more
9 Sep 2012
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Ranked #17

360 Degree Camera
360 Degree Camera
Vince and Allison show the egg shaped Tamaggo, a soon-to-be-released camera whose unusual 360 degree image created uniqu... Read more
11 Jul 2012
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Ranked #18

Stiffer Chassis With Less Weight
Stiffer Chassis With Less Weight
Ram Racing redesigned their Formula SAE car to increase stiffness by 100% and reduce weight by 10 lbs, leading to big re... Read more
30 May 2012
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Ranked #19

Box Making Design Magic
Box Making Design Magic
Designers from System Group wanted to build a fully autonomous packaging machine that could build a box for any sort of ... Read more
2 May 2012
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Ranked #20

Building Design that Pushes Engineering Limits
Building Design that Pushes Engineering Limits
Architects designed a huge cantilevered canopy for the new Francis A Gregory library in Washington DC. Problem was, hang... Read more
14 Mar 2012
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