Hello guys from Vietnam ! How are you doing today ? Here is pretty rainy (Raining season), and I just came back from lunch. I am thinking to start sharing with you more about my daily inspiration thoughts or inspiration as a product designer. As I...
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Instagram is an amazing tool to publish your work online and get feedback, but especially likes and followers. You gain exposure, you gain popularity. It’s to me great, but there is another side of the coin if you let yourself get hypnotized...
Hello guys from Korea ! I am now in Seoul, and it’s super cold like being in a freezer. I went to find refuge in a caffe to warm myself and sketch. I sit, opened my sketchbook and found the unfinish fish below. I decided to complete it today...
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Find a lot of design inspiration at shopping with that simple trick
Sometime we wonder how to get more inspiration daily for our project at school. We may be tempted to buy books but they are pretty expensive as a student. Your teacher tell you to go to library, exposition and/or to be observant and get inspired...
Seeking inspiration for industrial design portfolio pieces? Look no further than this list of 4 exceptional websites for designers to create great mood boards! As an industrial designer, inspirational websites for designers help to form unique...
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The 9 benefits of the 1 minute Sketching Challenge
Hello! I invite you to play at the new challenge I call The 1 Minute Sketching Challenge! It’s fun to sketch. I have just tried today and I can already see how it will help me improve my skills. I warmly invite you to make a try. Post your...
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...
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...
It’s surprising how much you can learn from people you’ve just met. Last week-end I went to visit the city of Lyon in France. I went there using carpooling (Blablacar.com). To me, it’s a great way to meet new people and have fascinating discussion...
Yesterday, one of my students asked me: I am doing mistakes. Is it my fault? I answered telling him a story about “The cycling boy” Do you mind I share it with you as well? : ) | Do you remember the first day you tried to ride a bike...
Zhe Mei, Devansh S, Mya, Rodrigo O, Tilo, Forrester, John P, Tomes, Rafael asked me in the recent survey about: How do you get inspired and draw things from imagination ? May I share with you a quote I really like from Leigh Michaels. “Waiting...
When we look for inspiration, we do our research from visual documents such as books, magazines, photography… How about sound, taste, smell… Should we also explore our other senses ? Definitely, yes. Nowadays an industrial designer doesn’t...
Question from Ragavendran Architecture student from India. Q: Where, When, How do you get inspired for any designs? Sometime we wish we could simply switch on a button to make inspiration appear like a bright light from a light bulb. Don’t panic...
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5 phases to present your project to your design company
Question from Nur Aktas Industrial design student, Turkey As a designer, how do you present your product to the company? As a designer when you present a project to your company (or a client), we don’t straight away present a final project. We set...
Time is precious and no one can stretch it. How about converting your transportation time to a productive session ? I remember after class, I was drawing in the subway going home. And my classmate asked me: – Hey you never stop drawing ...