How to learn industrial design

To learn industrial design, you must complete formal study. The majority of Industrial Designers have a bachelor's degree in Industrial Design. In Queensland, study Industrial Design at Griffith University and QUT. Dienamics recommends that students completely internships with industry experts to gain real world experience.

Why learn Industrial Design

Industrial designers bring creativity into the manufacturing of products to make them the best they can be. If you’ve got both creative and technical skills, then a career in industrial design may be the way to go.

What is Industrial Design

Industrial designers combine creative and technical skills to design commercial and consumer products including tools and appliances. They take products from a concept in a customers head to a fully functional product.

How important is Industrial Design

Industrial designers design products that we use everyday, like fridges, appliances, laptops, and cars. They take these products from a concept in the customer’s head to a fully functional product. Industrial designers also play a role in establishing the aesthetics of the product to ensure that it’s ‘on-brand’.

What is product design

Good product design is all about designers aiming to improve how people feel when using the products they create. Designers assist brands to make more sustainable, long-term products.

Can a product design be copyrighted

Yes, applying for a copyright costs about $35 per work/product and can take approximately 6 weeks or less. For an added fee, you can apply for additional rights such as the right to file for statutory damages (you pre-designate how much your work is worth), which can be used later to increase the potential damages you might receive if another is found in court to have violated your copyright.

What is product design process

Research users and problems, Design and Prototype, Test with users, Refine the design, Launch product, Measure product success

How product design can change the world

Sustainable manufacturing is now more necessary than ever and product design plays an important role in creating the opportunity for sustainability in product manufacturing. Product designers can design products that are more Abundant, Easily reproduced, Renewable, Recycled or Recyclable; and/or, Biodegradable

3D Print Prototyping - Why Should You Use It?

Prototyping

3D Print Prototyping – Why Should You Use It?

Posted by Dienamics
April 15, 2021

When it comes to developing your product, prototyping is a crucial part of the process.

Unfortunately, creating a prototype can be slow and painful without the right technology, and can significantly slow down the design process.

With 3D print prototyping, you can streamline the prototyping stage to get your product on the market fast.

What Is 3D Print Prototyping?

3D print prototyping combines rapid prototyping with 3D printing so that you can quickly and accurately create a prototype of your product.

With this method of prototyping, you can create a 3D model of your product that’ll allow you to effectively test, evaluate, and identify areas of improvement.

While there are some distinct differences between rapid prototyping and 3D printing, 3D print prototyping has a myriad of benefits that will enhance the design and development of your product.

The Advantages of 3D Print Prototyping

Quick Turnaround Times

At Dienamics, we can usually deliver you a 3D printed prototype in less than a week, provided that you have a CAD model.

For a more complex, highly aesthetic model, the turnaround time is generally two weeks.

Quicker creation times mean you have more time to make the adjustments and do the product testing you need to do.

Less Expensive

Due to the rapid turnaround time for the prototype, you’ll save money by saving time.

As the prototype won’t need multiple different machines to be made, this will also save you on labour and machine costs.

Smoother Workflows With CAD

Using this new technology means smarter processes. If you have your design as a CAD file, you can upload it to a 3D printer, and then the machine will read it and produce the prototype…

This way, you don’t have to program other tools or use manual workflows to do the job, eliminating much of the work and time spent making prototypes in more traditional methods, like subtractive prototyping.

CAD and 3D printing have made producing prototypes increasingly accessible, without the need for huge investments into large specialised equipment, like CNC milling machines, although, 3D printing does have its comparative downsides to other processes.

More Material Options

With 3D printing, there is a lot of flexibility with the material you choose to make your prototype. Materials you can use include:

ABS
ASA
PC
PC-ABS
PLA
PETG thermoplastic
Nylon
TPU

Run Tests Easily

Depending on the design, 3D printed prototypes can be mechanically functional, aesthetic, or mostly functional prototypes.

This means that most of the time you can test designs quickly and with a great deal of feedback, allowing you to implement necessary design changes inexpensively and easily.

3D print prototyping offers you a way to gather in-depth data and feedback from future product users without breaking the bank.