Research Guides: Product Innovation: Design Your Product

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Print books in Cabell Library are grouped into subject areas. Some of the broad subject areas relevant to product design research begin with the following call numbers:

NK -- Decorative Arts.

NK 3700-4695 -- Decorative Arts. Ceramics.

NK 5100-5440 -- Decorative Arts. Glass.

NK 6400-8459 -- Decorative Arts. Metalwork.

NK 9600-9955 -- Decorative Arts. Woodwork.

TS 23-194 -- Product and Industrial Design.

Websites

Core77 Industrial Design Magazine
Articles, discussion forums, an extensive event calendar, hosts portfolios, job listings, a database of design firms, schools, vendors and services.
Design inSite
Guide to design and manufacturing processes, based in Denmark.

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Subjects: Arts, Performing, Arts, Visual

Product Design Books

Hacking Product Design: A Guide to Designing Products for Startups
Call Number: Access Online
Publication Date: 2018
Understand how designing a technology product in a startup environment is markedly different from product design at established companies. This book teaches product designers how to think and frame problems in the dynamic context of startups.
Designing across senses : a multimodal approach to product design
Call Number: Access Online
Today we have the ability to connect speech, touch, haptic, and gestural interfaces into products that engage several human senses at once. This practical book explores examples from current designers and devices to describe how these products blend multiple interface modes together into a cohesive user experience.
Product Design and Sustainability: strategies, tools, and practice
Call Number: Access Online
Publication Date: 2019
Provides design students, practitioners and educators with the breadth and depth needed to integrate the most appropriate sustainable strategies into their practice.

Articles for Design Research

Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI) - (Proquest)
International index to articles in more than 450 design and craft journals. Also contains data on designers, craftspeople, studios, schools, workshops, and firms.
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Major areas of coverage include:
Product design
Interior design
Graphic design
Ceramics
Glass
Jewellery
Textiles
Furniture
Fashion and clothing
Illustration
Typography and type design
Metalsmithing
Retail design
Architecture
Industrial design
Sustainability
Advertising
Packaging
Theatre
Vehicles
Exhibitions
Book design
Web design
Computer aided design
Computer graphics
Animation
Garden design
Landscape architecture
Urban design
Education
Design management
Inclusive design
Universal design
Design history

(1973 - present) VCU access only
Bloomsbury Design Library
Bloomsbury Design Library offers cross-searchable access to a broad and expanding range of encyclopedias, reference works, e-books, images, articles and more covering the global history, theory, and practice of crafts and design.
Art Full Text (EBSCO)
Citations, abstracts, and selected full-text for articles from periodicals published throughout the world. Also indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals. Includes selected full-text. Abstracts, 1994+; full-text, 1997+.

Publication, Print & Package Design Books

Making and Breaking the Grid
Call Number: Access Online
A comprehensive layout design workshop that assumes that in order to effectively break the rules of grid-based design, one must first understand those rules and see them applies to real-world projects.
Logo Design Love: a guide to creating iconic brand identities
Call Number: NC1002.L63 A38 2010
Best practices for designing brand identity systems that last. Explains why well-crafted brand identity systems are important, how to create iconic logos, and how to best work with clients to achieve success as a designer.
Structural Packaging: design your own boxes and 3-D forms
Call Number: Access Online
Unlike other packaging titles, which simply provide templates to copy, this book enables designers of all packaging types to create 3-D packaging forms that are specific to their needs rather than based on an existing design.
Package Design Workbook: The Art and Science of Successful Packaging
Call Number: Access Online
Addresses all aspects of the creative process including choosing a package format, colors and materials, final finishes, and special considerations such as awkward objects and unique display considerations.
Numbers in Graphic Design
Call Number: Z246 .F393 2012
Focuses on how graphic designers tackle the ordering of number-heavy information e.g timetables, annual reports, and other data-rich documents.

Images for Design Research

ARTstor
ARTstor is a digital library of more than one million images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences.
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VCU access only
Bloomsbury Fashion Central
Provides cross-searchable access to interdisciplinary text and image content on world dress and fashion. Includes e-books, reference works, images, and more.
WGSN (Worth Global Style Network)
Focusing on the areas and intersections of fashion, style, and commerce, WGSN provides a global view on trends in design. Its archive contains more than 5 million images from the runways, the street, retail outlets, and design sketches.