PracticeUser studies provide valuable insights into current users' preferences and behaviors. However, visionary design, prospective design or future-oriented design goes a step further by integrating these insights with imagination and…
Go above and beyond Striving for Excellence in Everything PracticeArt and literature provide diverse methods for conveying messages, whether visually or through words, Exposure to various artistic styles enhances the…
PracticeWhy are you prototyping? Do NOT prototype for the sake of prototyping.1. Always make sure you can answer this question before you begin to prototype. Create a prototype to answer…
PracticeScrutinize a product and benchmark it against existing designs.Each exercise description was slightly modified from Material and Process course assignments, meticulously designed by Prof. Warren Ginn at NC State UniversityObjectiveProduct…
Practice1. Research three products that have the exact same functionality but use different materials and/or manufacturing processes and perhaps are at three different price points. 2. Annotate the photographs, as…
Practice This practice involves analyzing visual language and design anatomy. Brands use visual language to communicate features three-dimensionally. Many brands have developed their own visual grammar, consisting of design elements…
Daily Practice This practice is intended to provide an in-depth analysis and study of existing products, using explanatory sketches as tools to map out all research findings, understand the reasoning behind…
Daily PracticeThese Sketchnotings were done by one of my former students-Wei Wang. When he was studying and sketching existing products, he's not only drawing them but also used sketching to…
Daily Practice As a product designer, whatever you design will at some stage have to be manufactured. An exploded view drawing could explain how the separate elements of your design…
Daily PracticeExplore widely, from water flow, ginkgo leaves, insects, animals, human figures. Try to observe and understand the object first, proportion, the mass or the volume, subtle surface transition, form…