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Categories in Product Design
Furniture
Industrial Products
Lifestyle Products
Technology Products
Lighting Products
System & Service Design
Interior / Exterior / Public Space
Electronic / Mechanical / Packaging / White Goods
Accessories (table ware, bathroom/desktop, etc.)
Interactive / Web Enabled
Accent / Ambient / Task
Mapping and Directing User Experience
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Markets in Product Design
Luxury
High End Consumer Durables
Everyday
Consumer Durables
Low-Cost
Including Bottom of the Pyramid
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Sectors in Product Design
Hospitality
Residential
Public Space
Work Spaces
Social Impact
Healthcare
Hotels / F&B / Travel
Interior Spaces / Real Estate
Community Spaces / Products
Interiors / Products / Environments
BOP Innovation
Products / Spaces / Services
7. HEARTEA (from the words heart + tea or hearty) is an interactive
tumbler that shows you the temperature of your drink. It throbs softly
and emotionally just like human’s heartbeat, symbolizing a humane
heart sharing and loving each other.
designed by NANUM
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8. designed by IITians
SmartCane™ - Technology is set to make lives better for the visually
impaired in the city. Students and fellows at IIT-Delhi have developed
a ‘smart’ cane that helps the blind navigate their way without having
to touch or run into obstacles. Frugality and resourcefulness have
ensured that this product costs only INR 3,000.
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9. Queen’s Baton Design 2010 - It works on innovative and
fundamentally symbolic idea of using ‘soil’ picked from
every state in India depicting the very essence of
co-existence, diversity and its relentless strive towards
building a harmonious and progressive nation.
designed by FOLEY DESIGN
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10. Sizzle is a first of its kind technology integrated inhouse designed product by Godrej.
One can dine on Sizzle with warm food being served at arm´s length and does not have to run
up and down with a bowl of delicacy warmed in a microwave from kitchen.
designed by GODREJ
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11. designed by SANGARU
Sangaru Design Studio - Truss-me uses bamboo’s inherent properties
of high tensile strength and various mechanical properties to create a
structure system that is light, strong and formally pleasing. This system
can be used in various applications from furniture, lightweight shelters to
modular systems for various needs.
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12. designed by Y-WALLS
Y Walls - The marble diya has an origami inspired surface where each of the intersection is
forming a 3D surface. It is blending an ancient form with modern surface detailing on marble.
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Skills of a contemporary Product Designer
Empathy
Curiosity
Creativity
360˚ Perspective
Aesthetics
Making
User Understanding / Communication
Ever Learning / Investigate / Drive / Passion to seek out the new
Problem Solving / Innovation
Culture / Environment / Ecosystem
Simplicity of function + form + use / Trends
Craft / Industrial Processes / Technology