Podcasts by Design and Designing - for iPad/Mac/PC
How do you start to design a product? Can drawing techniques be learned? And why is modelling such a useful technique? This album introduces the basic skills necessary to communicate ideas on paper, as well as revealing the step-by-step processes for making three-dimensional models of objects, showing perspective in drawings and sketching complex objects. It also features a case study of the Strida folding bicycle, an idea taken from initial drawings to marketed product. This material forms part of The Open University course T211 Design and designing.
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Transcript -- Design and designing from 2010-03-08T02:55:22
A short introduction to this album
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Introduction to drawing from 2008-05-21T01:04:21
Controlling fingers and wrist to draw shapes and letters.
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Transcript -- Introduction to drawing from 2008-05-21T01:04:20
Controlling fingers and wrist to draw shapes and letters.
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Modeling a chair from 2008-05-21T01:02:21
How to make a cardboard model of a chair from a cereal carton.
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Transcript -- Modeling a chair from 2008-05-21T01:02:20
How to make a cardboard model of a chair from a cereal carton.
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Transcript -- Making a cd case from 2008-05-21T01:01:20
How to make a CD case using simple materials.
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Generating ideas through practice from 2008-05-21T01:00:21
Simple techniques for designing CD cases.
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Transcript -- Generating ideas through practice from 2008-05-21T01:00:20
Simple techniques for designing CD cases.
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Experimenting with shapes from 2008-05-21T00:59:21
Making a cardboard mug using different shapes and techniques.
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Transcript -- Experimenting with shapes from 2008-05-21T00:59:20
Making a cardboard mug using different shapes and techniques.
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Sketching elevations in design from 2008-05-21T00:58:21
Learning how to draw different views of a model.
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Transcript -- Sketching elevations in design from 2008-05-21T00:58:20
Learning how to draw different views of a model.
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Developing perspective from 2008-05-21T00:57:21
Using an overlay technique to create designs.
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Transcript -- Developing perspective from 2008-05-21T00:57:20
Using an overlay technique to create designs.
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Transcript -- Orthographic views of a vase from 2008-05-21T00:56:20
How to sketch views of an object.
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Drawing in perspective from 2008-05-21T00:55:21
How to draw in two perspectives, to create a representation of a 3D object.
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Transcript -- Drawing in perspective from 2008-05-21T00:55:20
How to draw in two perspectives, to create a representation of a 3D object.
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The vanishing point technique from 2008-05-21T00:54:21
How to draw tall objects using the vanishing point technique.
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Transcript -- The vanishing point technique from 2008-05-21T00:54:20
How to draw tall objects using the vanishing point technique.
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Creating quick perspective cubes from 2008-05-21T00:53:21
How to draw cubes without using the vanishing point technique, and how this can be used as a building block to more complex designs.
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Transcript -- Creating quick perspective cubes from 2008-05-21T00:53:20
How to draw cubes without using the vanishing point technique, and how this can be used as a building block to more complex designs.
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Cubic designs from 2008-05-21T00:52:21
Using the 'Y' technique to extend cubic designs when creating a projection.
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Transcript -- Cubic designs from 2008-05-21T00:52:20
Using the 'Y' technique to extend cubic designs when creating a projection.
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Transcript -- Converting cubes into objects from 2008-05-21T00:51:20
How to use simple drawing techniques to draw objects.
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Practicing hand movements from 2008-05-21T00:50:21
Controlling your fingers and wrists when drawing ovals.
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Transcript -- Practicing hand movements from 2008-05-21T00:50:20
Controlling your fingers and wrists when drawing ovals.
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Using ovals in design from 2008-05-21T00:49:21
Combining drawing techniques to draw cylindrical objects.
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Transcript -- Using ovals in design from 2008-05-21T00:49:20
Combining drawing techniques to draw cylindrical objects.
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Sketching complex objects from 2008-05-21T00:48:21
Using the drawing techniques of perspective, ovals, crating and outlining to draw a children's toy.
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Transcript -- Sketching complex objects from 2008-05-21T00:48:20
Using the drawing techniques of perspective, ovals, crating and outlining to draw a children's toy.
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Sketching to communicate from 2008-05-21T00:47:21
How sketches can be used to communicate instructions or information.
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Transcript -- Sketching to communicate from 2008-05-21T00:47:20
How sketches can be used to communicate instructions or information.
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Folding bike re-invented from 2008-05-16T00:47:34
The creative process that led to the design of the Strida bike.
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Transcript -- Folding bike re-invented from 2008-05-16T00:47:33
The creative process that led to the design of the Strida bike.
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Refining the design from 2008-05-16T00:46:34
The importance of teamwork when refining a design.
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Transcript -- Refining the design from 2008-05-16T00:46:33
The importance of teamwork when refining a design.
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Transcript -- The value of sketching from 2008-05-16T00:45:33
Transcript -- Sketching as a trigger for creative design.
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Transcript -- The value of sketching from 2008-05-16T00:45:33
Transcript -- Sketching as a trigger for creative design.
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Transcript -- The value of sketching from 2008-05-16T00:45:33
Sketching as a trigger for creative design.
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