PickVidsBest Product & industrial design Videos
「Product & industrial design」下面有37部被不同的人、在不同月份推荐过的视频。挑的时候先看对象：入门1部，适合还没学过的人；进阶0部，适合已经懂术语的人；普通向36部，按兴趣就能看；更硬的0部，留给想看推导或细节的人。这一类数量最多的是讲解，所以它们的共同点是用一个图像或类比把一个概念补上。常出现的频道包括Technology Connections、TEDx Talks、Kirsten Dirksen。目录给这个主题划的范围是：Product and industrial design: design philosophy, Dieter Rams, Jony Ive, Steve Jobs on product, ergonomics, design of everyday things, packaging, design process, product thinking.如果只看三部，就从《The Ingenious Design of the Aluminum Beverage Can》开始，它负责把问题讲出画面；然后看《The Grille Trend that Kills 509 People per Year》，换一种讲法或例子；最后看《Steve Jobs Insult Response》，留给已经有基础的人。页面按每页24部切开，顺序看的是被推荐跨越了多少个月，不是播放量。每条标题下面那一句是这部片子自己的内容说明，用来区分它在讲定义、过程、演示还是观点。点进去能看到推荐原话、原文链接和适合谁看。看的时候把强烈推荐当成有人明确叫你去看，把引用当成只是拿来举例，把批评留下来对照，不要把每条评论都当成同一力度。
The Ingenious Design of the Aluminum Beverage Can
Bill Hammack of Engineer Guy explains the engineering behind the aluminum beverage can: why it is cylindrical, how it is manufactured, why it narrows at the top, the double seam, and how the pull tab works.
The Grille Trend that Kills 509 People per Year
FortNine looks at the data on why newer pickup trucks with tall, blunt grilles kill so many pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists.
Steve Jobs Insult Response
A clip from Steve Jobs's 1997 WWDC session, in which he answers a hostile question from an audience member about Apple killing OpenDoc.
British Plugs Are Better Than All Other Plugs, And Here's Why
Tom Scott explains the design of the British BS 1363 plug and socket, including fuses, shutters and safety features, and why he thinks it beats other plugs.
Microsoft Re-Designs the iPod Packaging
A 2006 parody made by a Microsoft team that shows how the company would redesign iPod packaging, with a box piled with feature claims, logos and clutter in contrast to Apple's clean design.
Segmented Displays
Posy explores segmented displays, from the seven-segment display to alternative designs with fewer or more segments, with patents and history.
Steve Jobs Insult Response - Highest Quality
A clean-audio clip from Apple's 1997 WWDC where Steve Jobs answers a hostile question from a developer about OpenDoc.
Nokia Morph Concept (long)
A concept video from Nokia Research Center and Cambridge Nanoscience Center showing Morph, a flexible, self-cleaning, shape-changing phone imagined through nanotechnology.
So... the minute hand shows progression — apparently we think of time in wildly different ways
A Technology Connections video essay on how analog and digital clocks shape different mental models of time, with the minute hand acting as a progress indicator.
5 steps to designing the life you want | Bill Burnett | TEDxStanford
TEDxStanford talk by Bill Burnett, executive director of Stanford's design program, on applying design thinking to your own life and career.
Steve Jobs Content vs Process
A three-minute clip of Steve Jobs arguing that great products come from people who care about content rather than process.
Meeting my hero! Sailing legend Sven Yrvind
Sam Holmes Sailing visits sailing legend Sven Yrvind and tours his boat, covering the man and his small-boat design philosophy.
The Antique Microwave Oven that's Better than Yours
Technology Connections examines an old feature-rich microwave and shows how it uses a humidity or steam sensor and lookup data to cook food well, arguing it beats many modern ones.
Find your primal posture and sit without back pain: Esther Gokhale at TEDxStanford
Esther Gokhale's short TEDx talk argues that the natural human spine is curved rather than straight and teaches a 'primal posture' for sitting without back pain.
Extreme transformer home in Hong Kong: Gary Chang's 24 rooms in 1
Kirsten Dirksen visits architect Gary Chang's 32 square meter Hong Kong apartment, which he has redesigned over decades.
Everything is a Remix Part 3 (Original Series, 2011)
Part 3 of Kirby Ferguson's Everything is a Remix series, using Apple and the iPhone to show how invention builds on copying and combining prior ideas.
1993 interview re: Paul Rand and Steve Jobs
A 1993 interview in which Steve Jobs talks about designer Paul Rand, who created the NeXT logo.
Thomas Thwaites: How I built a toaster -- from scratch
Designer Thomas Thwaites describes his attempt to build a toaster from scratch, from mining ore and deriving plastic from oil.
Why Western Designs Fail in Developing Countries
A design essay on why products designed in Western contexts often fail when deployed in developing countries.
Conventional Keyboards Are STAGGERINGLY STUPID!
Ben Vallack compares finger movement on a staggered keyboard with an ortholinear grid keyboard, using an Anne Pro 2 and a ZSA Planck EZ.
The Senseless Ambiguity of North American Turn Signals
Technology Connections explains why North American tail light rules, which allow red turn signals and flashing brake lights, make signals ambiguous.
Apple - iMac G4 "Lamp" ad (2002)
Apple's 2002 television ad for the iMac G4 "Lamp", showing the adjustable-arm design in a playful way.
How to design an actually good toaster with lessons from the 1940's
Technology Connections praises a 1940s-50s Sunbeam toaster and explains what makes a toaster well designed, drawing on a vintage Sunbeam video.
Steve Jobs on Microsoft
A 1996 clip of Steve Jobs saying that Microsoft lacks taste and is not a creative company.