Ask HN: Looking for good industrial design news/resources/discussions/books
Hey all, I've recently developed an interest in industrial design, particularly inspired by the works of figures like Max Bill. I want to explore more about this field and would like an easy in. I'm not necessarily looking for academic or career-oriented insights. I'd like to find resources/discussions from people who have similar interests, like the discussions on HN. Thanks in advance!
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I recently went down the ID rabbit hole.
I've worked in product management for the past 10ish years, predominately working on products that are a combination of hardware + software, hardware that's connected to the cloud. SaaS and ecommerce product management is written about to death while I've struggled with finding hardware product management content (I still do) which is quite isolating. The closest thing I've been able to find is Industrial Design content.
Books:
Build by Tony Faddell (not really an ID book, but talks about building physical products and businesses)
Some of the people I follow on Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ansondotdesign/
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7168968...
I've worked in product management for the past 10ish years, predominately working on products that are a combination of hardware + software, hardware that's connected to the cloud. SaaS and ecommerce product management is written about to death while I've struggled with finding hardware product management content (I still do) which is quite isolating. The closest thing I've been able to find is Industrial Design content.
Books:
Build by Tony Faddell (not really an ID book, but talks about building physical products and businesses)
Some of the people I follow on Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ansondotdesign/
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7168968...
‘The Design of Everyday Things’. It was recommended on an old HN thread about software design. Very eye opening in consideration of “natural mapping” and Human Intuition. Highly recommended.
Just be warned, you’ll become very critical of doors after reading this book. There are so many poorly designed doors.
I don't know much about this area, but I'm really fond of Dieter Ram's design. See "less but better" and google about him.
there's core77 [0], which has been around for awhile. it is industrial design focused and they surface interesting things from time to time.
[0] https://www.core77.com
[0] https://www.core77.com
get fusion 360
and start designing