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Merk, Lisa LU and Vallon, Viola (2018) IDEM05 20182
Industrial Design
Abstract
As design students who are about to graduate, we asked ourselves what it means to enter the
professional life as a designer. We wanted to investigate how a young designer is able to make
a living within the design profession. Additionally, we explored how we can include Northern
European industrial manufacturing into our research and design process to learn more about
mass production and its potentials for the design process as well as the results. So far we have
not used production possibilities as a starting point.
On a theoretical level we explored these questions by conducting 18 interviews with designers,
design studios and design brands. These interviews gave us many insights on their practice,
experiences, their ways into... (More)
As design students who are about to graduate, we asked ourselves what it means to enter the
professional life as a designer. We wanted to investigate how a young designer is able to make
a living within the design profession. Additionally, we explored how we can include Northern
European industrial manufacturing into our research and design process to learn more about
mass production and its potentials for the design process as well as the results. So far we have
not used production possibilities as a starting point.
On a theoretical level we explored these questions by conducting 18 interviews with designers,
design studios and design brands. These interviews gave us many insights on their practice,
experiences, their ways into the professional lives and the importance of the producing
industry for their daily work.
Furthermore, as a transition into our practical work, we collaborated with industrial manufacturers,
to benefit from their knowledge and production technologies. We were able to use
some of their materials and production tools as a base to develop a furniture collection. By
starting the creative process with given materials, new doors for creative concepts opened up.
Not only our prototypes gained in quality by using production processes that we could have
never realized ourselves, we could also assured that all our furniture pieces have the potential
to be produced in series.
From the interview material we gathered and the insights and knowledge our interviewees
provided us with, we were able to compile a list that encompasses the essence of important
tools for all designers. For design students who are about to graduate or just graduated, as well
as for someone who considers studying design, this investigation can be used as an inspiration.
By providing knowledge, about which strengths and skills are needed for the design practice
and how these should be developed early on, we want to help people to set a focus early on. The
furniture collection that results out of this elaboration can potentially be licensed by furniture
brands and bring us closer to starting our own business. (Less)
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author
Merk, Lisa LU and Vallon, Viola
supervisor
organization
course
IDEM05 20182
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
manufacturing, design profession, mass production, future of designers
language
English
id
8974818
date added to LUP
2019-04-26 16:11:58
date last changed
2019-04-26 16:11:58
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  abstract     = {{As design students who are about to graduate, we asked ourselves what it means to enter the
professional life as a designer. We wanted to investigate how a young designer is able to make
a living within the design profession. Additionally, we explored how we can include Northern
European industrial manufacturing into our research and design process to learn more about
mass production and its potentials for the design process as well as the results. So far we have
not used production possibilities as a starting point.
On a theoretical level we explored these questions by conducting 18 interviews with designers,
design studios and design brands. These interviews gave us many insights on their practice,
experiences, their ways into the professional lives and the importance of the producing
industry for their daily work.
Furthermore, as a transition into our practical work, we collaborated with industrial manufacturers,
to benefit from their knowledge and production technologies. We were able to use
some of their materials and production tools as a base to develop a furniture collection. By
starting the creative process with given materials, new doors for creative concepts opened up.
Not only our prototypes gained in quality by using production processes that we could have
never realized ourselves, we could also assured that all our furniture pieces have the potential
to be produced in series.
From the interview material we gathered and the insights and knowledge our interviewees
provided us with, we were able to compile a list that encompasses the essence of important
tools for all designers. For design students who are about to graduate or just graduated, as well
as for someone who considers studying design, this investigation can be used as an inspiration.
By providing knowledge, about which strengths and skills are needed for the design practice
and how these should be developed early on, we want to help people to set a focus early on. The
furniture collection that results out of this elaboration can potentially be licensed by furniture
brands and bring us closer to starting our own business.}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Let‘s talk about}},
  year         = {{2018}},
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