Comments on: Product Design as a Hobby?

By: Joseph Flaherty

Joseph Flaherty — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:02:30 +0000

I'm excited to see designers able to make an impact at an earlier stage of product AND company development. I've been talking to start ups who are working on physical products and could use a designer on the founding or early team. Designers also need to step up and think of their role more broadly. More of an aesthetically sensitive business person rather than pure form and function giver.

By: Joseph Flaherty

Joseph Flaherty — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:00:03 +0000

It is certainly an exciting time. The bloggers are one analogy, but I think there will be other comparisons as the low cost web start up ethos is ported to the product world.

By: csven

csven — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:49:21 +0000

I don't think there will be any more sparks between industrial designers and traditional crafts people than there will be between those IDers willing to embrace these opportunities and those who have comfortable, static relationships with large corporations.

By: ryantaylor

ryantaylor — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:39:03 +0000

There's gonna be sparks from the cross pollination of industrial designers and traditional trades/crafts people as they meet in the middle with projects like OpenSource toys, sensors etc. Add to the mix distributed garage fabrication facilities and North America may be reinventing 'Made Local' manufacturing. Great post never thought of the blogger analogy.