Articles on Industrial Design
Thoughts, case studies, book reviews, debates and tips on Industrial Design, written by prominent authors and carefully edited by FOROALFA.
- Author:
- Camilo A. Angulo
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- The Roots of Industrial Design Colleges in Colombia
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- Looking back from two theories about its origin.
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- Erik Spiekermann
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- From the C-Word to the D-Word
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- Designers must take care of the words we use to talk about our work.
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- Fernando Rodríguez Álvarez
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- The citizen designer
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- In the dark days that live Mexico, emerges a discussion about how designers get involved with social conflicts.
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- Author:
- Pablo Zarate
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- Design Manifesto
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- Ten principles that guide my daily design practice.
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- Author:
- Camilo A. Angulo
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- Green Models in Classroom
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- Design teachers must spread pedagogical processes for a green world to reduce the impact of our academic exercises on the local environment.
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- Author:
- Luciano Cassisi
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- Less is Less, More is More
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- The time is coming - to retire the nearly centenary motto «less is more».
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- Author:
- Marco Rinaldi
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- Are we destined to fail as entrepreneurs?
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- The growing number of creative professionals that venture into entrepreneurship raises doubts and concern.
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- Author:
- Fernando Del Vecchio
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- Some ideas are too big
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- We all have ideas. Some have great ideas. What is the difference between an idea and a big idea?
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- Author:
- Guillermo Dufranc
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- Zero Waste Packaging: Possible or Not?
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- Although to eradicate packaging waste may sound impossible to achieve, sustainability is a path to take and make improvements over time to reduce environmental impact.
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- Author:
- Fernando Del Vecchio
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- A passion for design
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- Who doesn't want to feel passion for what he or she likes, and loves?
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- Author:
- María de Mater O’Neill
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- Views and Reflections on Design Education: Local Voices from Puerto Rico
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- Limited inquiry that explored ways of knowing, experiences, and procedures in teaching design in Puerto Rico using a critical reflective practice approach.
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- Author:
- Erik Spiekermann
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- The Seventh Commandment
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- The tribute, robbery and theft of authorship, have blurred boundaries in the design practice.
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- Author:
- Alfredo Gutiérrez Borrero
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- When Conviction Gets in the Way
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- Not all pathways lead us to the same design, nor we all have to design through the same pathway.
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- Author:
- Pau De Riba
- Title:
- Reality of «Reality»
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- Missing the authenticity of pre-marketing, we have created an equally artificial aesthetic of tradition and handicrafts.
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- Author:
- Mario Balcázar
- Title:
- The Vignelli Canon, a Tribute
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- Though we can learn from many designers, few have left us a legacy more clear and visible.
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- Author:
- José Antonio Giménez
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- Recipe book to get over the crisis with design
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- Professionals from 14 countries give their opinions and reflections about the profession and its relation with businesses and society.
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- Author:
- Kevin Murray
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- What is Southern design?
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- Conventionally, design is a form of development that trickles down from the North to the South. But the strength of tradition in Southern cultures provides rich resources.
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- Author:
- André Ricard
- Title:
- The ornaments
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- An incitement to reconsider the role of the ornament on design works.
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- Author:
- Fernando Del Vecchio
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- And where are the opportunities?
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- Somebody has a problem and somebody has the answer to that problem, but... ¿How can we do to meet this couple?
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- Author:
- Jorge Illich Carpinteyro
- Title:
- Design Contests
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- Contests aren't the cause of the main structural problems of the design profession, but an excellent reflection of such problems.
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