Design related websites (it will evolve)

Topic 1

Topic 2

Topic 3 – Conceptual Modelling

• ArtFactory on drawing techniques in perspective and more.
• PaintingGallery has sections of drawings and sketches.

Topic 4

Topic 5 – Invention and Innovation

• Open University lesson on Invention and Innovation.

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Topic 9 – Innovation and Markets.

• Marketingagenda website expalains 4Ps, product development, etc with market examples.

Topic 10

Design – dedicated sites, news, blogs, etc

• Core77 Design – Blog and site.
• Design is History – archived site but interesting.

• http://pmblog.accompa.com/2012/05/24/what-is-mrd-market-requirements-document/
• http://rmblog.accompa.com/2012/04/requirements-document-types/
• http://platformsandnetworks.blogspot.com/2013/10/critique-of-pm101-market-requirements.html
• http://www.designkit.org
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/resistantmaterials/materialsmaterialsrev1.shtml
• http://mocosubmit.com
• http://inhabitat.com

green facts – glossary https://www.greenfacts.org/en/index.htm

http://www.coroflot.com

• 1. Prospector (https://www.ulprospector.com/en/eu) a site for finding materials, formulations, etc. Includes the basics, but also food, adhesives, paints, graphic arts and inks and much more. Offers data sheets and even samples (on request).
  2. ProtoLabs (https://www.protolabs.com/resources#design-aids) main business is 3d printing, injection molding, and cnc milling, but they have great whitepapers, case studies and best of all they have built a suite of really nifty design aids that can help students get a visual and visceral understanding of issues like how the elements of an injection mold work together, which they will send to many educators for free.
  3. Thermoplastics pricing site, listing current prices for common varieties (http://www.plasticsnews.com/resin/commodity-thermoplastics/current-pricing)
  4. Pricing for raw metals, including precious and rare-earth (https://www.metalprices.com/)
  5. Steel prices for various regions of the world, current and recent historical (http://www.meps.co.uk/Stainless%20Prices.htm)
• http://preciousplastic.com
• Product vs Digital design
• http://www.idsa.org/
• http://fixperts.org
• http://interestingengineering.com

https://www.ideaconnection.com

http://thistothat.com on glue

• Essay on Emotion and Design 
• Book on Emotional Design

Mindtools 

Video

• Australia by Design: Innovation Series on YouTube (2017)