created to support a solidWorks course at san francisco state university, this site by ryan olson contains some good video tutorials on working with solidWorks.

in it’s 24th year, the doug mockett design competition is open again. looking for entries in the areas of furniture parts, components, accessories, and hardware, with a first price award of $1000 plus royalties.

moq7 is a ‘discount pre-seller of next-generation products‘. it pre-sells items prior to production. this allows manufacturers to raise the necessary start-up capital while ensuring required sales numbers. (moq stands for minimum quantity order, the number of units that must be sold before the product goes into production.)

some overlap with similar ideas by quirky and joy de vivre, which were mentioned here previously.

swedish furniture company offecct, with designs by alfredo häberli, karim rashid, jean-marie massaud, khodi feiz, and others.

a web site dedicated to constant updates and reviews of new (and sometimes old) design books. areas covered include 2d, 3d, interactive, motion, photography, research, and business.

an online resource on product design and related areas, including design process, drawing, ergonomics, materials, manufacturing, and marketing.

designed as an aid for students studying design and technology related courses at the manufacturing systems engineering centre at the university of hertfordshire, england.

an interview with dieter rams. (including the now ubiquitous comparison of some of his designs with recent apple products …)

a competition by british retailer selfridges:

… what will the future hold in 2109? … come and peruse our fantastic alphabet of the future, an a-z of products that selfridges may sell in another 100 years … each letter represents a different product that you might find in-store, however, the letter X is missing. can you think of what the letter X could represent in a century? …