#004: Why We Need to Be Tinkering More: Industrial Designer Jorge Paricio - Open-Ended Exploration, Sketching and Ideation, Material Knowledge, Confirmation Bias, and Getting Out To Talk With End Users.

Designing in the Wild: The Industrial Design Podcast

Jorge Paricio - We talk, self-discovery through exploring, failing, and experimenting more! Being a mentor, and being mentored. How to start your own tinker shop, Human factors, Why 200 sketches are better than 2 polished renderings, Speaking with end-users in order to make a better product, Confirmation Bias, The evolution of Industrial Design, and Tools for the trade.
Jorge is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Connecticut. He's taught as a full time teacher at the Art Institute of Colorado, for 6 years, the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Online Division, and was Senior guest critic at the Rhode Island School of Design for 14 years. He's also designed products for Colgate-Palmolive, and continues to be mentor for industrial design students at UCONN and beyond.
www.theidrender.com
www.renderinginteriors.com
Books
1. Hybrid drawing techniques for interior design, Routledge. (https://amzn.to/3KxQpMt)
2. Perspective Sketching, Freehand and Digital Drawing Techniques for Artists and Designers, Rockport. (https://amzn.to/3FWEFPV)
3. Ungrading, Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do instead), by Susan D. Blum. (https://amzn.to/3nPQLEw)
4. Sketching by Koos Eissen and Roselien Steur, and Sketching The Basics
5. Design Sketching by Erik Olofsson and Klara Sjolen. How to Render:the fundamentals of light, shadow and reflectivity.
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