Product Development Background - A comprehension of a concise industrial and product development history.

1750 to 1945: 

• The Industrial Revolution (1760- 1850)

• The Great Reform Movement (1850–1914)

• Art Nouveau (1880–1910)

• Modernism to Pre-war luxury and power (1900–1945)

• Bauhaus Movement (1919–1933)

• Modernism (1914–1950)

• Art Deco (1920–1939)

1945 through Present: 

• The Postwar period (1945–1970)

• Experimentation and Anti Design (1965–1976)

• High Tech Miniaturization (1972–1985)

• Postmodernism (1970–2000)

• Memphis (1976–1988)

• Neo Modernist Design (1990 -present)

Design Thinking Process - Understand and apply design principles to systematically solve issues in areas of products, instruments, and systems with a human-centered approach. 

• Empathize: 

  • Conduct Interviews - 

  • Uncover Emotions -

  • Seek Stories -

• Define:

  • Reframe and Create Human-Centered Problem Statement(s) -

  • Identify Meaningful Surprises and Tensions -

  • Infer Insights -

• Ideate:

  • Brainstorm Radical Ideas - 

  • Build on Other Ideas -

  • Suspend Judgment -

• Prototype:

  • Create Low-resolution Objects and or Experiences -

  • Role Play to Understand Context and Key Feature(s) -

  • Quickly Build to Think & Learn - 

• Test:

  • Test with Customers to Refine Solution and Gather Date -

  • Gain Deeper Empathy -

  • Embrace Failure -

• Assess:

  • Guidelines For Evaluating Project Work Critically -

  • Openly Giving & Receiving Feedback -

  • Integrating Feedback -

Visual Communication - To communicate thoughts and ideas visually using clear and detailed methods. 

• Understanding Sketching: understand the key factors of why sketching is essential and the evolution of sketching.

• Defining Sketching: what is sketching and how it is a form of visual thinking.

• Orientation: understanding orientation, direction, and point of view of objects.

• Registration: understanding the glass box metaphor, scaffolding metaphor, and conceptual pivot point for building form.

• Form: Learning shape morphologies on subtractive, additive, and composite form can be developed

• Line: creating and developing of lines to tell the story of your designs

• Exploring Forms in Space: Geometry creation developing forms from analog to digital.

• Explaining Forms in Space: Telling the story of your designs utilizing color, lighting, and environment.

• Exploring Forms in Time: Exploring forms that morph and change over time, use, processing, and environment.

Sustainable Design Principles - Understanding and applying the appropriate use of materials, processes, product longevity, and life-cycle. 

• William McDonough on Cradle to Cradle Design

• Use non-toxic, sustainably produced materials from natural resources, or recycled materials that have a lower environmental impact than traditional materials.

• Use manufacturing processes, equipment, and produce products that are more energy-efficient than traditional processes and end products.

• Transportation and Logistics options to reduce the global carbon footprint.

• Shift the consumption mode from personal ownership.