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SolidWorks
SolidWorks (stylized as SOLIDWORKS) is a brand of software used for solid modeling computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided engineering (CAE). It was one of the first 3D CAD applications designed to run on a desktop PC.
Braun
German consumer products company based in Kronberg

skeuomorph
thumb|Electric light bulbs in the shape of candle flames
drawing
metalworking process
product design
process that leads to new products
iF product design award
award
Alessi
Italian kitchen utensil manufacturer
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overengineering
thumb|Internal assembly of a Juicero Press
thumb|Specifications for the WW2 Porsche-designed Maus tank|Maus tank
Overengineering, or over-engineering, is the act of designing a product or providing a solution to a problem that is complicated in a way that provides no value or could have been designed to be simpler. It has been employed intentionally in situations where an exceptionally wide margin of error is desired, but is otherwise considered an error of design due to the disproportionate time and resources needed to manufacture and maintain such products, as well as the introduction of unn
privacy by design
concept
crippleware
Crippleware is computer software or hardware that has been intentionally designed to have some of its features disabled or not working to its full capability until payment of some kind is rendered.
Peter Opsvik
Norwegian designer and jazz musician (1939–2024)
Olivetti Valentine
Italian typewriter introduced in 1969
design system
set of interconnected patterns and shared practices

design history
academic discipline
Onshape
Onshape is a computer-aided design (CAD) software system, delivered over the Internet via a software as a service (SaaS) model. It makes extensive use of cloud computing, with compute-intensive processing and rendering performed on Internet-based servers, and users are able to interact with the system via a web browser or the iOS and Android apps. As a SaaS system, Onshape upgrades are released directly to the web interface, and the software does not require maintenance by the user.
Studio Alchimia
Italian design group
John's Phone
basic mobile phone
Wizard of Oz experiment
type of research experiment
École cantonale d'art de Lausanne
art school in Renens, Switzerland

Center for Humane Technology
nonprofit organization
hardware security
discipline involving hardware design, access control, secure multi-party computation, secure key storage, ensuring code authenticity, measures to ensure that the supply chain that built the product is secure
Design for X
technical guidelines for design of a product with excellence of a specific aspect
product lifetime
time span from when a product is sold to when it is discarded
Design for Six Sigma
business management method
ADI Design Museum
museum in Milan