PDF, Printed Document, or Portfolio Website? What works the best for job applications?
Hey I’m Sam and I do design. Some of the most popular YouTube videos I make are about portfolios and tips on getting a design…
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Revisiting nearly 3 decades of Jonathan Ive’s design evolution at Apple… in products.
With Sir Jonathan Ive’s exit from Apple just days ago, it’s finally the end of an era that Steve Jobs envisioned back in the 90s….
Rendering Realistically in Keyshot with Sam Gwilt
Hey I’m Sam and I do design! I recently made a YouTube video demonstrating how to Render Realistically Really Rapidly! This process helps break down…
How to win a design award: A handy guide
If you haven’t read our piece on What Awards Do For Your Design Career, I do recommend you check that out first. An award is…
Creating realistic textures with displacement maps in Keyshot 8
The guys at Luxion just released their latest version of Keyshot, and I’m absolutely thrilled because displacement maps are one feature I was rather impatiently…
Breaking smartphone addiction: 10 Designs to save us from electronic enslavement
I read a pretty scary statistic online, which outlines that the average person stares at their smartphone screen for a minimum of 3 hours a…
YD Talks: With ‘Sam Does Design’ about designing The Weight lamp for Gantri
Sam Gwilt started his fledgling YouTube channel to capture his journey as a designer. Over time, that YouTube channel helped build a community that, along…
Is my gadget waterproof? Demystifying the water+dust resistant IP standards
The IP rating is pretty much a standard part of every modern-day gadget’s feature list. It’s also the detail that one usually skims through to…
MUJI X Sensible 4’s Self-Driving Bus premiered in Finland. We got a chance to sit in it!
It’s only natural that the world’s first fully autonomous self-driving bus would come out of Finland. Finland, believe it or not, is often considered to…
Transitioning from Industrial Design to User Experience Design
User Experience Design. The past decade has been stormed by this latest (although it has been an integral part of Industrial Design for years) field of…
Good Designer, Bad Human Being: Should a designer’s morals matter?
Disclaimer: Explicit language used ahead. Karl Lagerfeld, renowned fashion designer and art director of Chanel for 30 long years died at the age of 85…
Tips to craft the best Product Packaging
It is said that first impressions matter. We spend hours going over every facet of our product design, trying to achieve the perfect version of…