A version of this article originally appeared on the Percolate Blog. In spring of 2009, I graduated from architecture school. At the time, the post-recession economy was rough and not much was ...

When it comes to design, nothing beats a model. But it’s also hard to overstate the importance of being able to draw while you develop an idea–whether by hand or by computer. In a new book out in ...

From power tools to parachutes, footwear to furniture, backpacks to bikes or inhalers to interfaces. Here at UC, Industrial Product Design students use cutting-edge tools, techniques and materials, to ...

Platforms like Figma have changed the game when it comes to how creatives and other stakeholders in the production and product team conceive and iterate around two-dimensional designs. Now, a company ...

Designers use many techniques to create products and solve problems. Sketches are used at the early stages with annotation to illustrate the designer’s thoughts. Development of the final design will ...

The lockdowns of 2020 forced many designers out of their studios and into makeshift home offices. As a result, they needed to adapt to new ways of working, often away from their colleagues. Some ...