I share with you my meeting with few Thai wood carver in Bangkok. I hope giving you some TIPS to help you working with suppliers in Asia in general. I actually had similar experience with Chinese suppliers when I used to work there for the shoe industry. In Design school, We learn to draw and create behind a desk. Let me show you how cool it is to meet with suppliers in real life – and especially in a foreign country in Asia. After graduated, you will keep learning and enrich yourself...
Archive - February 2016
I am in a taxi from Bangkok on the way to Bang Sue, a road famous for woodcraft. I hope we are on the right way. We have just been dropped off by another taxi at the wrong place. At 1 hour far away from our destination! The taxi pretended we arrived, in fact, he was lost. We were lost… Travel TIP: Show the taxi driver the address written in the local alphabet. We asked the hotel receptionist to translate it for us in Thai. (Unfortunately that tip didn’t worked with our first driver...
Sometimes we feel like a genius when an idea pop in our mind. However, should you trust that first idea that fast? Will you regret afterwards? Let me share with you how I discovered the first idea is so often Toxic. Teachers: “Do not stop at your first idea.“ As a young student, it was tough to find ideas that follow a brief – Why? Because we just didn’t know how to. So when an idea suddenly pops out in our mind – we told ourselves: “Eureka!”...
Tap into your creative side and learn how to sketch in just five minutes.My easy to follow 4 steps tutorial sketching on a Starbucks napkin! This afternoon,I stop for a while at a cafe Paul to sketch. I am preparing the next week’s course of [Sketch like the Pros]. And I wanna show you that: Anybody can Sketch! Yes!! No exception (Except if you don’t want to, but then I think you wouldn’t be reading me now). I took a picture of my yummy Crême brulée and mint lemonade. (Looks...
Hi guys, To keep in touch more often with you, I am experimenting blogging with my phone! I am writing with my Xiaomi (Redmi) phone and the screen is pretty small. I feel like writing an email to you while I actually write an article for the blog. And I like it like that. Why? Because the mindset is different and I feel closer to you. This way, I wish sharing with you more daily things I observe or come up in my mind that can help you. 🙂 It’s experimental, and somehow a new way of...
How do you Draw product design from scratch? Learn step-by-step how to draw simple forms and turn them into professional products with this video tutorial for beginner designers. There are 3 easy designs to draw and practice now! Table Of Contents From sketching 3 Simple Forms to Product Design!Step 0 | Download Krita, the sketching appStep 1 | Draw the 3 simple formsStep 2 | Draw The Contour LinesStep 3 | Draw the XYZ AxisStep 4 | Draw the Details (Start from big to small details)Draw the side...
Hello Sketchers! I am preparing the reopening ofthe Registration of Sketch Like The Pros Design course. To help you build your motivation and self-confidence,I want to show you that: Anyone who starts as a true-beginner can succeed.No matter your age and initial skill. Lucas is a great example as a 15 year old student only. Lucas Hippolyte (15yo) – 3 months rocket progression with [Sketch Like The Pros] course Table Of Contents How Lucas made exponential progressLucas is the youngest and...
How to boost your creativity + productivity as an Industrial designer | 13 TIPS A designer is “like a cow”. He needs to produce new ideas at demand. Some days you feel inspired. Awesome! But some other days, your brain feels flat like a deflated balloon. Totally not awesome if your dead line is coming fast like a bullet train! Yes, there are “Magic techniques” to come up with ideas fast.But are they any good? To avoid these moments of panic, stress working in the rush...
Today we meet Huang Li-Chung who has an atypical background. He took a common path (Civil engineering) but then decided to follow his passion for design. He definitely gave a new orientation to his life. I though it would be great to learn from him – so let’s discover some more from Huang Li-Chung through this interview . Can you tell us a bit more about you ? I’m from Taiwan. I’ve always been fascinated by sci-fi cartoons, movies and comics since when I was a child. My major in...
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