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Sustainable Product Design
In this video I give you an intro to sustainable design and how to implement it into a product design right away. Today we are designing a wireless charger.
We start with an overview of what sustainable design is. Then we dive right into a good strategy to think about sustainable design. Along the we, we implement each idea into our design for a wireless charger. By the end of the video, you'll not only know about how to think about sustainable design, but we'll also have a super cool design for a wireless charger.
Software:
Collages - Figma (iPad)
3D Modeling - Rhinoceros 3D and Fusion 360 (Mac/Windows)
Renders & Videos - Keyshot (Mac/Windows) viewed on iPad with Sidecar)
Designs used:
Food Waste Compacting Bin @mill
Blender @open_funk
Eco Flo @morramadesign
OTO chair @one_to_one_objects
BeoSound Level @bangolufsen
Edible Six Pack Holder @saltwaterbrewery
Hey are you still reading this? Honestly I never have any idea of what to write here. Let me know if you made it this far. Cheers, Gray.
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  • @araboldies77
    @araboldies77 3 дні тому

    thanks for the video, but i couldnt find any of those options and was not able to find the button to make a products brief. Thanks

  • @maskedvillainai
    @maskedvillainai 7 днів тому

    Rounded corners have to do with fluidity and agility. The sharper the corners the less moveable and fluid a shape appears

  • @huichen6575
    @huichen6575 7 днів тому

    在中国你这种只能算入门设计师水平

  • @ubacow7109
    @ubacow7109 14 днів тому

    Imo timeless design tends to look more complex than simple like Nintendo consoles

  • @TiagoFilma
    @TiagoFilma 17 днів тому

    You are awesome! Just one detail that you could change on the screws. Instead of Allen, it could be the Pentalobe screw, which is what Apple normally uses. Hugs from Brazil!

  • @ericfred514
    @ericfred514 18 днів тому

    pro tip was verrrrrry HELpFULL

  • @LucasRodrigues-ch4bw
    @LucasRodrigues-ch4bw 19 днів тому

    you look like woodkid

  • @ubacow7109
    @ubacow7109 20 днів тому

    I feel like its scary to hear, controversial to say, but still valid: Apple kinda has bad ergonomic design, good enough hardware, well optimized software & terrible user interfacing... Idk if we really should be taking apple hardware design to heart but we should be making the best of its most usable qualities and doing the things apple "wouldn't" want to do. Technically they're not a very consumer friendly company and we shouldn't be taking that to heart as part of "good design" practices.

  • @krnxemb
    @krnxemb 20 днів тому

    love it. the finger knob's scale throws me off a bit - is it the know that's too small or is the grinder itself for 1kg coffee beans? lol

  • @justapplepi3
    @justapplepi3 23 дні тому

    How i understand is why apple products are always recognizable is because they stick to a design for a long time or they change things in a way it is still recognizable that's why apple products are icon Nothing is a company that is following apple design philosophy following the apple footstep

  • @justapplepi3
    @justapplepi3 23 дні тому

    You don't actually need an apple logo to design like apple i mean you need to follow the footsteps that apple use to design products

  • @FictionCautious
    @FictionCautious 23 дні тому

    Really fun in an educational way. Recommended!

  • @realhamzabarami
    @realhamzabarami 27 днів тому

    I know this is unrelated but give the Quran a read brother

  • @shakibaomidisahneh
    @shakibaomidisahneh 29 днів тому

    Special thanks to u for useful information <3

  • @krnxemb
    @krnxemb Місяць тому

    nice demo - subscribing from today! Hey, what is the app you are using to compile all the images on? kind of late to the party but trying to catch up on using AI as design assistant.

  • @eatdrinkwineguy
    @eatdrinkwineguy Місяць тому

    Like these guides. Thanks.

  • @eobet
    @eobet Місяць тому

    Me throughout this entire video: WHAT YEAR IS THIS 😂

  • @salahworx6963
    @salahworx6963 Місяць тому

    I feel in those design the desire to show order in a too loud world. through repetitive geometrical patterns and stiff orderly alignments.

  • @cparrapa
    @cparrapa Місяць тому

    Nice video, it looks like the size of the charger suggested a smaller casing and also the packaging could have been optimised ? You already had one "eco material" aluminium, so you could reduce the number of processes and that will reduce the number of suppliers and logistics involved. Interesting process for sustainability design. We need more guidelines like this.

  • @charankol
    @charankol Місяць тому

    I learned nothing. but still thank you.

  • @Irwindesigned
    @Irwindesigned Місяць тому

    Nice overview video. There are a ton of paths to walk when it comes to sustainable design. Goal setting with orgs is a first great initial step. Wireless charging is notoriously inefficient, so there’s that. Cork availability is dwindling, so I would’ve spec’d reclaimed cork, or even better, a bamboo maybe? Aluminum is a super solid choice as more than 70% is still in circulation and will most likely be a reclaimed aluminum in one way or another. The fasteners you used were a decent choice, I would’ve used shorter ones and not pulled the cork upper down into the aluminum cavity as far. Come to think of it, maybe a PLA would’ve been a good choice for the upper housing but I’d have to check the LCA tool I use by, Sustainable Minds. Check that out. I’m sure you’d get some good info off there. I think the largest challenge with designers designing green products is their own lack of education around the topic. ;) cheers.

  • @jefferywicks3632
    @jefferywicks3632 Місяць тому

    A series about Braun design would be amazing!

  • @siimseiin
    @siimseiin Місяць тому

    Great video don't get me wrong. But I feel like design have been the same for almost 10 years. Maybe I'm missing something.

  • @axelhunger
    @axelhunger Місяць тому

    y le preguntaste al usuario si le gusta? si lo usara. pero verdaderamente formulada con entrevistas, y encuestas. 2 por q seguir tendencias. 3 el diseño, es negocio, no formitas..

  • @kate_besel
    @kate_besel 2 місяці тому

    this was a great highlight video. it’s a shame the algorithm didn’t pick it up because it was a fun, informational watch

  • @mustafabeslagic8402
    @mustafabeslagic8402 2 місяці тому

    MJ is an excellent generator of ideas and enhancer of imagination. Here, I would stop with additional conclusions.

  • @wedesignstory
    @wedesignstory 2 місяці тому

    nice story😮😮😊😊

  • @prashantsharma8978
    @prashantsharma8978 2 місяці тому

    The lattice chair was hot.🔥

  • @colfax.
    @colfax. 2 місяці тому

    great video, love your vibe talking through these styles lol. what modeling program are you using here? or maybe just a viewer on your ipad for the video

  • @mashukkhan9033
    @mashukkhan9033 2 місяці тому

    This was very informative and helpful. Thank You.

  • @lisaabbott46
    @lisaabbott46 2 місяці тому

    "promo sm"

  • @WEINI-lr5lf
    @WEINI-lr5lf 2 місяці тому

    What is the software displayed in 3D in the video? It looks so cool!

  • @Carlos-ru8et
    @Carlos-ru8et 2 місяці тому

    I would not particular use the heavy approach but more the thick design approach and Material Composition of Metal and co. Other than that a premium analysis! Thanks

  • @cre8ivoutlet
    @cre8ivoutlet 2 місяці тому

    [5:38] The sketch to image and line to image control net feature works really well for this stage of the design process. You could've grabbed your sketch from the previous section, then use the text prompt to specify the 70's design style, colour palette, matt finish etc. Training your own model is a lot of work and really just there to cut down the prompting for when you want to make loads of a very similar image. The images shown in [5:50] are not similar enough for the AI to know enough about what the AI should look like. I trained a model for some fashion design images and I had the subject and background the same for every image, so for my prompt I just change what the model is wearing and it works well in that way.

  • @attitudeventures
    @attitudeventures 2 місяці тому

    Cool designs, thanks for sharing! What’s the brand of your blue microphone? Like it 😊

  • @Mert27777
    @Mert27777 2 місяці тому

    I really hope it doesnt effect in a bad way on the industry for us

  • @erik_riv
    @erik_riv 2 місяці тому

    What you share is very interesting 👌 Thank you!

  • @leowu6110
    @leowu6110 2 місяці тому

    That coffee grinder turned out freaking gorgeous 👍

  • @leowu6110
    @leowu6110 2 місяці тому

    Great video 👍 just discovered your channel! What rendering program do you use on your iPad? Looks quite smooth when switching angles

  • @tamgaming9861
    @tamgaming9861 2 місяці тому

    I think this is a great video. I also work as a product designer and innovation developer at spicedfuture. And I notice that less and less value is being placed on sustainability. We once commissioned a survey ourselves, and people really don't attach much importance to sustainability anymore. We get a good 5-10 inquiries a day from companies all over the world about product development, as we have worked for many well-known companies in the past and they have passed this on. But all of our employees in the company are increasingly noticing. That sustainability is now the last priority when it comes to developing new products. That was different for a very long time. The most important thing for companies is that we incorporate innovations and that the product has to be extremely cheap to produce. In other words, all the tools that are needed, such as injection molding machines, etc. This is extremely important to the customers. prices seem to have risen a lot everywhere. Product development is becoming more and more expensive because all the materials have become much more expensive.

  • @browncookiemonster
    @browncookiemonster 2 місяці тому

    Can I get a link to the paper?

  • @P-qk2tz
    @P-qk2tz 2 місяці тому

    This is a great video to describe all the stages in a product’s lifecycle and potential options for improvement at each stage. However, it’s missing an evidence based approach to identify what the most damaging lifecycle stages or processes are, and a methodical approach to tackle them. As designers our time is limited and intuition flawed. One common example of this is focusing a lot of time on transport, trying to minimise the supply chain distance when it might only make up 5% of your total emissions, or making design decisions that actively make the product worse from a sustainability perspective (using mineral and energy intensive metals over comparatively low carbon plastics, even though there's no intention to recycle) The current best way to not fall in those holes (outside of not designing it at all) is to conduct a life cycle assessment (LCA) to identify the most impactful life cycle stages, processes or materials based on an initial design or an existing baseline. After that initial LCA, we can start making tweaks to our design and lifecycle to see if improvements are made. For instance we may find electricity during use is the most damaging bit, so you’d likely avoid wireless charging entirely or use a custom coil to improve transfer efficiency (as opposed to an OEM coil, unoptimised for our design and materials) You’ll find the impact changes of each iteration are quite nuanced, with an improvement in one area resulting in another area worsening (e.g plastic is more harmful than cork when put in landfill, but likely uses far less land and water to make it). There are models to help you "weight" how important these impact categories are (the main one being ReCiPe). Ultimately, we still have to use our judgement on those weightings, but at least there's more backing to it

  • @kennethadrian
    @kennethadrian 2 місяці тому

    hi! can you talk about the manufacturing process, prototyping, looking for suppliers, etc.? :3

  • @320770471
    @320770471 2 місяці тому

    I have brought a lot of hardware products to life and have been deeply involved in manufacturing and sourcing. here are a few thoughts that come to my mind: 1. aluminum is extremely energy intensive to produce and while some countries use hydro power to feed the smelters, hydro is green but unscalable so i would consider aluminum not very environmental overall 2. the lower half of the enclosure would likely need to be milled on a CNC machine which would leave a lot of waste material. recycling the leftovers would suffer from #1. Overall, I think it would be better to use recycled/reclaimed fishnets, biodegradable injection moulded plastics or even wood. there are some emerging bioplastics made from fungi and recycled rabbits or something like that. I feel these would deserve a video of their own 3. the nuts glued in the cork are a bit against the philosophy of easily separable materials, but I don't really have a better suggestion aside from switching to a different material 4. probably also make sure that the product would even work and work efficiently. you seem to add a thick cork layer between the coil and the phone. wireless power losses over distance are quadratic or something like that. if your design even worked, the power efficiency might be like units of percent

    • @scottgerrese1502
      @scottgerrese1502 2 місяці тому

      awesome notes but i have a few questions. 1. you mentioned aluminum not environmental friendly, but yet its widely considered a good recyclable option. is it just the production of the aluminum you'd consider harmful? 2. i can see a part like this being die cast or cast in another way to avoid the problems that cnc milling bring. i also see the possibility for deep drawing with some simple adjustments. would these production techniques improve the sustainability overall? for points 3 and 4 you make some valid points i love the use of cork but its really hard to use without gluing. and id say point 4 would prove itself in a testing phase ran before production

    • @320770471
      @320770471 2 місяці тому

      ​@@scottgerrese1502 1. you are right it's recyclable. it's just that you need to melt it and the energy required for that is high. i also don't know the exact percentage content a recycled aluminum can be used in products or how many recycling cycles the metal allows 2. die casting is definitely a much more environmental option in terms of waste. I have seen and done some aluminium casting, but the surfaces were not super ideal (can't say whether better molds or equipment could solve that). we had to do electroplating, which is might not be the most environmental process either (it's a batch of some acids through which you run electrical current to increase oxidization). I have had overall better results with extrusion. overall, PMs should engage industrial designers, mechanical engineers and production engineers into product ideation and early design iterations. this can help avoid finding obvious issues before engineering, testing-validation phases. I have seen too many cases where a stubborn industrial designer tries to push his "amazing product vision" through engineering wishing that laws of nature won't apply or that obvious problems magically disappear. My rule of thumb that each phase of hardware product development is 10x more expensive than the preceding so best to tackle issues early. your comment is really insightful, share more about how you would approach it. I might always be wrong or pursue a suboptimal suggestion

  • @briannhinton
    @briannhinton 2 місяці тому

    A wireless charger is incredibly energy inefficient and wasteful. Cool video though!

  • @Sleezgaming
    @Sleezgaming 2 місяці тому

    Your channel was just recommended to me. I study product design and this channel is a great informative past-time resource. I'm basically binging your channel though at this point haha. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I think the pacing in your videos is perfect and makes them even more enjoyable (or just plays a very big part). Keep going!

  • @desert_echo
    @desert_echo 2 місяці тому

    Everyone needs a little pop and a little bam in their life. 🧡

  • @MikeMbemba-hq7pz
    @MikeMbemba-hq7pz 2 місяці тому

    Hey, your content is super informative, and as a design student extremely inspiring, can I ask you what program you use for your 3D models on the Ipad, do you stream it via software or is there a specific program you use?

  • @whothewho82
    @whothewho82 2 місяці тому

    I really appreciate these points and I'll keep them in mind in the future. Thanks so much for taking the time to make something simple but also thought provoking like this !

  • @Gilotopia
    @Gilotopia 2 місяці тому

    These videos are like christmas morning for design nerds.