Monthly Archives: December 2010

My wife and I went out looking to replace our well used 20 year old dishwasher today, and what I saw appalled me.  Has all sense gone out the window?  Does no one who designs trays for example know what … Read the rest of this entry →

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Doug | Comments Off on Is it just me or appliance designers out to lunch?
Posted on December 17, 2010 by Doug

AutoCad Inventor Pro Suite

I have been using inventor since its inception, and was one of the first beta testers when I had a group of cad operator designers working under me on a machine build project.  At the time we were using Mechanical … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on December 16, 2010 by Doug

PLC Systems Industrial Design goes Live on Twitter

Now all blogs are sent to my twitter account for notifying our followers. Welcome to a blog and website that is dedicated to design philosophy, ideas and opinions.  Feel free to participate. Doug Norton Industrial Designer

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Posted on December 14, 2010 by Doug

Cancun Talks Yield Climate Compromise: Scientific American

Cancun Talks Yield Climate Compromise: Scientific American.

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Posted on December 13, 2010 by Doug

PLC Industrial Design goes Live Via Twitter!

Well my friends and family convinced me, this is the way to go.   Make an idiot of yourself and then tell the world. (crosses his fingers and clicks on publish, and thinks, I hope this works.)

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Posted on December 10, 2010 by Doug

Isn’t Design just another word for style?

Apart from the crowd Is it style that sets Apple apart from the crowd, or Harley Davidson, or Porsche, for that matter? No, it is not style, although style plays an integral part in all of those examples.  It is … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on December 7, 2010 by Doug

Why is the Meeting in Cancun so important to Industrial Designers?

And what is Environmental Stewardship anyway? The world has limited resources, and some of them are finite in nature.  There is only so much gold for example.  There is no more being created (at least unless the sun goes nova), … Read the rest of this entry →

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