When choosing the right color for your product, packaging, or advertisement design, it’s important to ask yourself “what does my customer want?” By understanding these common color-emotion connections, you can communicate the benefits of your product more clearly – and quickly.
Now that I’m in the process of creating a product, I realize that industry needs to shoulder the blame of greenhouse gas emissions. And it starts by understanding the environmental impact of your product.
No matter how visionary or talented you are, your success depends on the team you surround yourself with.
In theory, Dr Don Norman’s design principles seem logical. But how do they hold up in the real world?
Manufacturing in the United States is ideal for reasons beyond patriotism and sentimentality.
Like a good recipe, Visonic Dome production starts with quality ingredients. In this case, that means the highest grade of stainless steel.
Good design isn’t usually perfect the first time. It’s developed and revised from iteration to iteration. From prototype to production, years of refinement resulted in the final Visonic Dome design of today.
Just like humans and other animals, as products evolve they gain new features and ditch old ones. But if you look closely, you can spot the proof of previous versions. They linger like little tailbones in the new design.
A traditional hinge has a loop and a pin. The pin rotates inside the loop as your door swings open and closes. But a Polypropylene living hinge has no moving parts.
Choosing the right materials for your product design Good industrial design is more than how a product looks. It’s also how it feels. Good products
The ‘Clear Craze’ is a perfect example of designers using product color to communicate benefits to buyers. But when the ‘Clear Craze’ started to spread, the results were mixed. Let’s look at three different uses of transparency in product design to see what went right – and wrong – and why.
Batteries don’t hold their charge forever. The massive amount of energy needed for ultrasonic cleaning wears them out quickly. And when the safety and comfort of your contact lenses is on the line, you can’t risk drawing less power than you need.
“Form Follows Function” is a favorite phrase of modern architects and designers. It began as a guiding principle of Chicago architects creating a new kind of skyline dominated by tall buildings. Since then, it has inspired designers of all fields to prioritze the way their creation is used over how it looks.
In this post, we explore the history and true meaning of this concise, yet oft misunderstood, design axiom.
The Visonic Dome contact lens cleaner is coming exclusively to Indiegogo.
Yanko Design readers who sign up for our email notification save -50% off on launch day.