History of Industrial Design

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Design History, combined

The Colorblind Patent System and Black Inventors, American Bar Association, Shontavia Jackson Johnson

America’s Always had Black Inventors – Even When the Patent System Explicitly Excluded Them, The Conversation, Shontavia Jackson Johnson

Industrial Design

Jacques Viénot and the « Esthétique industrielle » in France (1920-1960), Jocelyne Le Boeuf (Lécole de Design)

Porza and Jacques Viénot : from an artists’ melting pot to a program for French industrial design, Jocelyne Le Boeuf (Lécole de Design)

The Industrial Aesthetics Charter and « Useful beauty », Jocelyne Le Boeuf (Lécole de Design)

Interior Design/Architecture

Surprising Insights, Outliers, and Privilege in Design Thinking, Amy Collier (Middlebury College) 

Design Thinking: A Useful Myth, Don Norman, 2010

Progressive Partitions: The Promises and Problems of the American Open Plan Office, Jennifer Kaufmann-Buhler, 2016

Design Thinking

Surprising Insights, Outliers, and Privilege in Design Thinking, Amy Collier (Middlebury College) 

Design Thinking: A Useful Myth, Don Norman, 2010

Human Centered Design •Human Factors • Ergonomics

Gaming Chairs

Fashion

Graphic Design

Landscape

Textiles