Stephanie and Bruce are an awesome duo who both teach and practice product design in Chicago. Their studio, Materious, is well-known for conceptual, discursive pieces that use products as a vehicle for getting messages to consumers.
What is your design philosophy, and what are you hoping to do with your work?
Bruce: We both teach, so [...]
Switching it up… Remember when we interviewed Paul Loebach? He had the fun idea to interview us about our business for the site.
Design Glut on Design Glut… Super meta.
“I was contacted by Design Glut for an interview a few months ago, and I’ve been a dedicated fan of their products and weblog ever since. Upon [...]
Ethan started out as an engineer, re-routed as an industrial designer, and worked for top consultancies such as Ecco and Frog Design. Then he started designing vibrators. Which leads us to the story of Jimmyjane, his lifestyle company which makes life sexier and sex-products safer and more approachable. AMAZING. Enough of us – here it [...]
Tags: Accessories, Business, Consulting, Creative, Design, Interview, Pratt, Products, San Francisco, Sex toys
Need help navigating the myriad of events during Design Week? We’re here to help. This week we’ll be posting interviews with the organizers of several offsite events happening during ICFF.
Model Citizens promises to be a truly exciting show. Held at Exit Art (475 10th Avenue @ 36th Street), right round the corner from the Javits [...]
Amy creates gorgeous ceramics pieces in her studio, Perch. Something about her work just tugs at your heart-strings. All of the pieces are lovingly designed and made in Red Hook, Brooklyn. We sat on the water by IKEA, ironically enough, and discussed how she has managed to build a company around low-run local manufacturing.
Shake-a-leg salt [...]
Tags: Accessories, Brooklyn, Business, Ceramics, Creative, Design, Interview, Manufacturing, New York, Pratt, Red Hook, Sustainability
For almost as long as I’ve been interested in industrial design, I’ve been reading the Core77 website. Between their inspirational blog posts, informational articles and conversational community, you can get lost for hours. We asked Allan to take us back to the beginning, and found out how they started.
Core77 started in 1995. That’s really early; [...]
Thwart Design’s sense of humor is amazing, both paying homage to and making fun of the design world in projects such as “Tools for Dying” (below). Rob Price, the founder, does awesome work across the board. In addition to interviewing him about what Thwart’s all about, we’ve added his Pork Chop piggy bank to our [...]
Tags: Accessories, Business, Conceptual, Creative, Design, Interview, New York, Pratt, Products
Sam is a fellow Pratt alum who has gone on to become a creative entrepreneur. He moved from his product design background to creating hi-tech systems that function on an architectural scale. SMIT’s products are beautiful, sophisticated panels for harnessing renewable energy. Their work is already in MoMA’s permanent collection. WOWZA! http://s-m-i-t.com
Your company is strongly [...]
Tags: Architecture, Brooklyn, Business, Creative, Design, Fort Greene, Interview, New York, Pratt, Products, Solar, Sustainability, Technology
Tucker Viemeister is Lab Chief, heading research and development at Rockwell Group, lab.rockwellgroup.com. He was a founder of Smart Design where he helped design the widely acclaimed OXO “GoodGrips” kitchen tools. He also was president of Springtime-USA, a partnership with the Dutch industrial design company, and helped found Razorfish’s physical design capability and frog [...]
Tags: Business, Creative, Design, Interaction Design, Interview, New York, Pratt, Products, Technology
Harry Allen opened his New York studio 15 years ago, and has created a solid business encompassing both product and interior design. He is best known for designing the Moss interior in SoHo and the Reality line of products, including his piggy bank which is cast from an actual pig. Read on for his [...]
Tags: Accessories, Business, Consulting, Creative, Design, East Village, Furniture, Housewares, Interiors, Interview, New York, Pratt, Products
