Special Interest Areas

consumer products Consumer Electronics, Housewares, and more business practices Design management strategies, studio best practices, business advice, patents, and PR footwear & softgoods Footwear, bags, and all other softgoods design branding, packaging, & retail design Brand design, brand DNA, packaging, POS, and retail design toy design Toy and character design for children and adults alike interaction design User centered design, user interface design and interactive motiongraphics sustainability and green design Discussions about sustainable materials, processes, and practices in industrial design furniture Furniture design, craft, prototyping, mass production and critical review transportation Planes, trains and automobiles (and bike, and boats, and …) design research Consumer focused research methods, design research methodologies and strategies