I’ve had a number of students ask me about all the Chrome plugins I have installed in my browser. Here’s a list of the Chrome plugins I have installed, including their name, what they do, and why I love using them. *Plugins are in no particular order – I love all of these!(last updated 2/16/2018) […]
The Products You Buy are Designed to Fail
In industrial design, the planning or designing of a product with an artificially limited useful life is referred to as Planned Obsolescence. Planned obsolescence can be broken down into many different categories and tactics that are used by manufacturers. Let’s take a look at some of the most common ones… Contrived Durability Designing a product […]
I bet you didn’t know a microwave could spark so much creativity!
I bet you didn’t know a microwave could spark so much creativity! One benefit of designing consumer products is that you can read reviews on the internet. Reviews (both good and bad) can be very helpful in the design process. Just be careful not to rely solely on reviews as people can be quite biased, […]