Product Design
Rua Design works in the area of Product Design: including conceptual design, integration of products with the Internet (Internet of Things), Sustainability and the Circular Economy, and Product Design in International Development
- Conceptual Design / Internet of Things
- Circular Economy project
- Timer project
- Re-usable ipod Speakers project
- Agri-related (NUIG)
- Arduino and Raspberry Pi
Conceptual project to upcycle iPod Speakers into network audio players
Product Design and International Development
Rua Design carries out research, and provides information about the subject of product design in international development. This page contains a study on product design in development, and links related to the subject.
Paper: An examination of product design in both industrialised
and
developing countries. Tony Murray, 1996/2005-2007
- Introduction
- Definitions of R&D, Innovation, New Product Development and Design
- Product Design, Innovation and Competitiveness
- Design, Competitiveness and Developing Countries
- Human Resources for Design
- The Design Process
- Product Design and Appropriate Technology
- Product Design, Industrialisation and the Environment
The full paper is also available for download in PDF format
Bibliography related to the topics:
product design, industrialisation and development
Prodcut Design development/ sustainability:
Organisations that are working in the field of product design in developing countries:
- Everyone Deserves Great Design
www.everyonedeservesgreatdesign.com - Design for the World
www.designfortheworld.org - Design that Matters
www.designthatmatters.org - Design Council (UK) About Product Design
www.designcouncil.org.uk/webdav/servlet/XRM?Page/@id=6004&Section/@id=1535 - International Council of Societies of Industrial Design
www.icsid.org/ - Core77: Industrial Designers' Online Community
www.core77.com/ - Element14 - Design Engineer Community
- Open Structures: openstructures.net
- DIY designs by Jesse Howard: (Wired article, September 2013)
- Reinventing Tech for the Emerging World
Websites - sustainability:
- What design can do (conference)
www.whatdesigncando.nl - Practical Action (previously, the Intermediate Technology Development Group)
www.practicalaction.org
Product Design Education
- MIT Open Courseware: Product Design and Development
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sloan-school-of-management/15-783j-product-design-and-development-spring-2006/
Network audio player prototype circuit