Design and Designing - for iPod/iPhone

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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, showi…

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  • Mar 7, 2010 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 3m AVG DURATION
  • 44 EPISODES


Latest episodes from Design and Designing - for iPod/iPhone

Design and designing

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2010 0:54


A short introduction to this album

Transcript -- Design and designing

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2010


Transcript -- A short introduction to this album

Introduction to drawing

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008 2:23


Controlling fingers and wrist to draw shapes and letters.

Transcript -- Introduction to drawing

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008


Transcript -- Controlling fingers and wrist to draw shapes and letters.

Shading and toning

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008 2:48


Using pencil shading to show tone.

Transcript -- Shading and toning

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008


Transcript -- Using pencil shading to show tone.

Modeling a chair

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008 2:34


How to make a cardboard model of a chair from a cereal carton.

Transcript -- Modeling a chair

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008


Transcript -- How to make a cardboard model of a chair from a cereal carton.

Making a cd case

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008 1:27


How to make a CD case using simple materials.

Transcript -- Making a cd case

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008


Transcript -- How to make a CD case using simple materials.

Generating ideas through practice

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008 1:42


Transcript -- Generating ideas through practice

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008


Transcript -- Simple techniques for designing CD cases.

Experimenting with shapes

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008 3:52


Making a cardboard mug using different shapes and techniques.

Transcript -- Experimenting with shapes

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008


Transcript -- Making a cardboard mug using different shapes and techniques.

Sketching elevations in design

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008 4:03


Learning how to draw different views of a model.

Transcript -- Sketching elevations in design

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008


Transcript -- Learning how to draw different views of a model.

Developing perspective

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008 1:23


Using an overlay technique to create designs.

Transcript -- Developing perspective

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008


Transcript -- Using an overlay technique to create designs.

Orthographic views of a vase

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008 2:34


Transcript -- Orthographic views of a vase

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008


Transcript -- How to sketch views of an object.

Drawing in perspective

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008 2:51


How to draw in two perspectives, to create a representation of a 3D object.

Transcript -- Drawing in perspective

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008


Transcript -- How to draw in two perspectives, to create a representation of a 3D object.

The vanishing point technique

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008 3:02


How to draw tall objects using the vanishing point technique.

Transcript -- The vanishing point technique

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008


Transcript -- How to draw tall objects using the vanishing point technique.

Creating quick perspective cubes

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008 3:09


How to draw cubes without using the vanishing point technique, and how this can be used as a building block to more complex designs.

Transcript -- Creating quick perspective cubes

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008


Transcript -- How to draw cubes without using the vanishing point technique, and how this can be used as a building block to more complex designs.

Cubic designs

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008 2:56


Using the 'Y' technique to extend cubic designs when creating a projection.

Transcript -- Cubic designs

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008


Transcript -- Using the 'Y' technique to extend cubic designs when creating a projection.

Converting cubes into objects

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008 3:46


Transcript -- Converting cubes into objects

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008


Transcript -- How to use simple drawing techniques to draw objects.

Practicing hand movements

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008 2:27


Controlling your fingers and wrists when drawing ovals.

Transcript -- Practicing hand movements

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008


Transcript -- Controlling your fingers and wrists when drawing ovals.

Using ovals in design

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008 2:04


Combining drawing techniques to draw cylindrical objects.

Transcript -- Using ovals in design

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008


Transcript -- Combining drawing techniques to draw cylindrical objects.

Sketching complex objects

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008 6:40


Using the drawing techniques of perspective, ovals, crating and outlining to draw a children's toy.

Transcript -- Sketching complex objects

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008


Transcript -- Using the drawing techniques of perspective, ovals, crating and outlining to draw a children's toy.

Sketching to communicate

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008 2:25


How sketches can be used to communicate instructions or information.

Transcript -- Sketching to communicate

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2008


Transcript -- How sketches can be used to communicate instructions or information.

Transcript -- Folding bike re-invented

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2008


Refining the design

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2008 1:00


The importance of teamwork when refining a design.

Transcript -- Refining the design

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2008


Transcript -- The importance of teamwork when refining a design.

The value of sketching

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2008 0:44


Transcript -- The value of sketching

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2008


Transcript -- Sketching as a trigger for creative design.

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