(Part 2) Top products from r/IndustrialDesign

I have similar ethical concerns in regards to ID, I am a student in my junior year currently and I struggle daily against my less ecologically concerned classmates. I encourage you to pursue ID, the more tree huggers the better!

My outlook is this: If I give up and drop out of school because of my ethical concerns, my place in the corporate/design will be taken by an equally talented designer. However it is not guaranteed that said designer will have the same environmentally/socially responsible opinions as me. Even if I end up at a shit company right out of school, if I can do even the tiniest bit to make their practices more ethical then I will have succeeded.

That being said, if you're interested in the practice of design for social change, I highly recommend Design for the Real World by Victor Papanek. Very eye opening read.

Why on earth are you learning Rhino? You'll get a lot farther in the industry learning pro-E or Solidworks. I don't know anyone who still uses that program, and your professor is very behind in the times if he's telling you to learn it, especially at junior level.

We had to "become familiar" with Rhino our first year of ID undergrad, and it was a nightmare. It does not function with dimensions, and you'll end up making something that is "three inches-ish." If you'll be using 3D prints with it, joining pieces will never align properly. It loves exploding, especially when trying to apply a radius or round on anything. Our class ended up creating a folder on our shared drive of screen captures of the crazy things rhino would do when it blew up. And be prepared for crashing.. lots of crashing.. Our university has since dropped it.

If you are hellbent on learning it though, try looking for downloadable ebooks/text books like Rhino for Jewelry by Dana Buscaglia or Inside Rhinoceros 4 (try to find them for free; not worth buying ..) Even though the first one is jewelry, it's for beginners of the program, so it'll help you get used to the commands, etc.

I sincerely wish you the best of luck..

A few things off the top of my head:

Creative Confidence By Tom and David Kelly (IDEO) - In fact, anything by these guys as IDEO are a great resource for design thinking.

Wacom Pen and Touch S Perfectly adequate starter tablet for sketching on a laptop.

Sketchbook Pro to go with it

Product Sketches - Great book with sketches of everyday things from Ideation to presentation quality.

Making It: Manufacturing Techniques for Product Design - Really good book covering the basics of industrial processes to manufacture objects.

Copic Multiliner set - maybe with some stationary. I fucking love stationary. Could combine this with a Moleskin or Field Notes notebook

Steal Like an Artist - cute, short book with a great message about how its not what you steal but how you steal it.

Kor 'Hydration Vessel' - I've had one for like 3 years.

How to design cars like a pro:

https://www.amazon.com/How-Design-Cars-Like-Pro/dp/0760336954

Is essentially the bible for car design students, it has lots of info about design, famous/ important designers and cars and a good section on the day in the life of a designer. Highly recommended.

How to draw cars the hot wheels way


https://www.amazon.com/How-Draw-Cars-Hot-Wheels/dp/0760314802/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1542868955&sr=1-1&keywords=How+to+draw+cars+the+hot+wheels+way

Zounds a bit weird but hear me out, this is by Scott Robertson, one of the gurus of car sketching and contains great tips on aesthetics and techniques for car design, plus there is an absolute ton of awesome renders from the Hotwheels design team.

Im way late on this but this is an awesome book. Older but still cool. Takes you through the design process from initial brain storming to final product. Sketches, mockups, prototypes ect.... 50 different products from a variety of companies and industries.


Design Secrets: Products 50 Real-Life Projects Uncovered

http://www.amazon.com/Design-Secrets-Products-Real-Life-Uncovered/dp/1564964760/ref=pd_sim_14_1?ie=UTF8&dpID=41yAJh88GSL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR117%2C160_&refRID=12B8F8AADFYK7B71NPSX

Yep, the Henry Dreyfuss one is excellent.

Body Space is good as well.

I recommend Objects of Desire. It talks about the development of Design over time, and doesn't just focus on pure aesthetics but also the manufacturing / marketing process behind it as well. It's a really good read.

I like Chris Lefteri's books when it comes to manufacturing materials & processes.

I'm also reading The Evolution of Useful Things which is an interesting read about how common products have evolved very organically.

No problem You are already showing great potential.

Learn Scotts method and you will blow people away!
Its easier than it looks at first.

There is also this book:
https://www.amazon.com/Draw-Cars-Like-Motorbooks-Studio-dp-0760323917/dp/0760323917

and this

https://www.amazon.com/How-Illustrate-Design-Concept-Cars/dp/178711015X/


Good luck!

For perspective, a really valuable, but quite an easy book is Perspective Made Easy by Ernest R. Norling.

This is a pretty good one, as is this

mcmaster.com is a good place to look. Plus they have downloadable cad files for most of their hardware.

If you find a good book, let me know. This One and This one are OK, but they don't really work as a quick reference.

Mechanical Components is a great reference, albeit a bit expensive

Here are just a few recently recommended to me. Thought I'd share and bring some pulse to this subreddit.

Cosmic Motors: Spaceships, Cars and Pilots of Another Galaxy

Lift Off: Air Vehicle Sketches & Renderings from the Drawthrough Collection

Syd Mead's Sentury II

DRIVE: vehicle sketches and renderings by Scott Robertson

Sketching (5th printing): Drawing Techniques for Product Designers

The Art of District 9

Here is a favorite of mine.
https://www.amazon.com/Designing-Cost-Efficient-Mechanisms-Constraint-Engineering/dp/1560914092

designers are wankers

Rapid Viz: http://www.amazon.com/Rapid-Viz-Method-Visualization-Ideas/dp/1560520558