WHAT IS INDUSTRIAL DESIGN?

Industrial design is an intellectual, technical, creative and projectual activity that establishes, always through a methodology that makes possible to get objective solutions, all the required properties for the most appropriate serial manufacturing of any type of object and / or device.

Industrial design not only takes care of the technical and technological facets which will allow the most optimized manufacture process, but in addition it must show, through them, the level of progress that comes through constant innovation and incorporate all the required properties for them to be products. That is, industrial design must also address the needs of the market and all the functional and communicative-cultural aspects of the objects.

This approach allows industrial design to be used too for the analysis and formulation of proposals and solutions which are not necessarily material, such as service design, research, thinking and others.

Industrial design is an intermediary between the user needs and the needs of industries and/or companies, looking for a balance of beneficts and solutions between all the parties. In this balance, it must always prevail the human and environmental respect.

– José Manuel Mateo (Industrial Designer)

Tagg—the Pet Tracker Pet Location and Activity Tracker by Snaptracs, Inc

Tagg—The Pet Tracker is a purpose-built device that uses advanced GPS and wireless technology to track a pet’s location and activity. The lightweight, water-resistant Tagg tracker attaches to a pet’s existing collar.

With Location Tracking, if a pet leaves the designated “Tagg zone” (geofence), the owner is quickly notified by text and email so they can find their pet on a map that shows the pet’s last known location with an estimated street address.

With Activity Tracking, the owner can track a pet’s daily activity levels to help ensure the pet is getting the proper amount of vet-recommended exercise. 

More about it: A’Design Award

Mamma - Salt shaker for reducing salt intake by Soohun Jung

Mamma is a salt shaker for reducing salt intake allowing you to visualize the quantity of salt  without using a complicated features or any digital functions. Using ordinary salt shakers people put too much salt not knowing the exact amount. Mamma helps people to intake an appropriate amount of salt by easily measuring the amount of salt. Moreover the amount of salt is shown visually warning people unconsciously.

Video: Vimeo

More about it: Behance

CAR-FI by David Lewis Designers for Bang&Olufsen

Bang & Olufsen have teamed up with Audi, Aston Martin, AMG and BMW with an ambition to deliver a top-of-the-range sound and design experience to their discerning customers.

The task was to create a distinctive visual presence for Bang & Olufsen in each of a number of Audi and Aston’s car models, beginning with existing models and progressing to new models in early stages of development.

As the car interiors were still in the design phase, designers at David Lewis would build quick doors and instrument panels in cardboard, based on preliminary sketches and CAD data from the car designers. Concepts were hand sketched and then rapidly modelled using David Lewis’ signature modelling techniques, tweaked and developed over the decades.

More about it: Bang&Olufsen and Behance

Musicon - musical toy by Kamil Laszuk

The design challenge was to create a new way of use music as part of a child’s development process. Musicon is the culmination of research and analysis of how children learn in a creative and self-directed manner.

Musicon works like a “Barrel organ”. The main part is a rorating drum with hundreds of moveable buttons which activate the various instruments held in place on a magnetic frame.

More about it: Behance

Jet Pack by Aaron Puglisi and Daniel Shirley for Tessel Supply

The Tessel Jet Pack is designed to help us stay connected to the imagination and creativity of our childhood as we inevitably grow up. The faceted fabric is playful and its form reacts to the contents of the backpack.

The Jet Pack has two compartments: the primary zipper opens up into the main volume of the bag and the front zipper opens up into a smaller front pocket.

The Jet Pack’s interior includes a faux fur lined laptop compartment, an iPad sleeve and places for pens and pencils.

Design inspiration came from stealth fighters and geometric building blocks. 

More about it: Tessel, Kickstarter, Behance

Rafl - Behavioral interface wireless speaker by Kihwan Joo

Just like fumbling in a candy jar in order to find their favorite one, users can pick up a music using their fingers. Rafl recognizes diverse actual contacts with users such as touch, cover, or flick as its interface. These interactions make user regard Rafl as an object for affectionate communion.

Concept video: Vimeo

More about it: Behance