Design and Designing - for iPod/iPhone: Recent Episodes

The Open University

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, showing perspective in drawings and sketching complex objects. It also features a case study of the Strida folding bicycle, an idea taken from initial drawings to marketed product. This material forms part of The Open University course T211 Design and designing.

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A short introduction to this album

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Controlling fingers and wrist to draw shapes and letters.

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

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Using pencil shading to show tone.

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Transcript -- Using pencil shading to show tone.

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

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

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How to make a CD case using simple materials.

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

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Simple techniques for designing CD cases.

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Transcript -- Simple techniques for designing CD cases.

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Making a cardboard mug using different shapes and techniques.

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

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Learning how to draw different views of a model.

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

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Using an overlay technique to create designs.

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Transcript -- Using an overlay technique to create designs.

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How to sketch views of an object.

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Transcript -- How to sketch views of an object.

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

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

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How to draw tall objects using the vanishing point technique.

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

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

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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.

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

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

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How to use simple drawing techniques to draw objects.

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

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Controlling your fingers and wrists when drawing ovals.

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

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Combining drawing techniques to draw cylindrical objects.

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Transcript -- Combining drawing techniques to draw cylindrical objects.

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

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

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How sketches can be used to communicate instructions or information.

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

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The creative process that led to the design of the Strida bike.

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Transcript -- The creative process that led to the design of the Strida bike.

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The importance of teamwork when refining a design.

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

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Sketching as a trigger for creative design.

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Transcript -- Sketching as a trigger for creative design.