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I'm a design student and for my dissertation I would really appreciate replies to a few questions:
Do you consider yourself to be an industrial designer?
Would you seek the services of a professional designer?
Do you design for pleasure or for profit?
Has 3D printing made you more aware of design principles, (cost/materials)?
Do you expect more interaction between the hobbyist and designer?
Thank you very much!
Adrianne
Do you consider yourself to be an industrial designer?
No, but I am a Graphic Designer, whatever that's worth.
Would you seek the services of a professional designer?
If I needed them, sure.
Do you design for pleasure or for profit?
At the moment, I am employed as a Graphic Designer, but as far as 3D printing goes, purely a hobby...
Has 3D printing made you more aware of design principles, (cost/materials)?
Absolutely. I'm developing muscles in my brain I never had before.
Do you expect more interaction between the hobbyist and designer?
Hmmm... Hard to say. Right now, I'd lean towards no, but one never knows...
Why did you need to start 2 threads with the same questions? Why not just edit your first thread?
Why did you need to start 2 threads with the same questions? Why not just edit your first thread?
As long as it doesn't get spammy. But I agree to keep it in the other Topic.
Sorry, i'm new to all this technology
Sorry, i'm new to all this technology
What?
Do you consider yourself to be an industrial designer?
No.
Would you seek the services of a professional designer?
If I needed one then I would, certainly for something I intended to sell or make money from.
Do you design for pleasure or for profit?
pleasure.
Has 3D printing made you more aware of design principles, (cost/materials)?
actually, it's made me less aware. Previously I've made things in either wood or metal, where the process of making is a lot more involved, (and mistakes wastes hours of labour, not just hours of print time), also where materials are more expensive. 3D printing is relatively fool proof, and the materials are very cheap, if it goes wrong you just alter the design and press print again.
Do you expect more interaction between the hobbyist and designer?
I expect less, (given sites like the thingyverse) where anyone can upload a design and anyone can download and print.
Do you consider yourself to be an industrial designer?
Nope - mechanical engineer.
Would you seek the services of a professional designer?
No, as I am one.
Do you design for pleasure or for profit?
Both.
Has 3D printing made you more aware of design principles, (cost/materials)?
It has helped. I mainly bought my printer to speed along personal and work prototypes. The plastic cost is so low compared to other materials, I just draw up the general idea and print a sample. Having a physical part in my hand helps with visualization and helps sell the idea.
Do you expect more interaction between the hobbyist and designer?
Less actually. Most people using these for a hobby would build one specific item they need. A large number would prefer to just grab a design and print. A large number are also not interested in the time to draw up the models or maintain files and printers after a short time with the technology. There are only so many plastic toys that can be built before the novelty runs out.
Do you consider yourself to be an industrial designer?
not professionally mostly i do "artistic" designs but some
of inventions etc. mostly as a hobbist.
Would you seek the services of a professional designer?
not unless I was working on an invention and could not come up with a solution myself.
Do you design for pleasure or for profit?
I have done mostly for pleasure, but have done some designs on commision
Has 3D printing made you more aware of design principles, (cost/materials)?
In FFF (aka FDM) printing there are some considerations if you want to
print without support and if you want to minimize material use(and print time)
so yes I ofte make designs intended to print hollow and without support
mostly to make faster lighter prints. cost of plastic (ABS/PLA/Nylon)
are not that high to make them the major consideration.
Do you expect more interaction between the hobbyist and designer?
I expect this to follow the path that printers did when desktop publishing became common.
Most of the design work shifted away from the designers at print shops.
I suspect in the 3d print world there will be a need for designers for prototyping,
but less for the craft end of the market.
so if the hobbist is the audience, less.
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