Get to the sources, the innovators of industrial design itself. Raymond Loewy's got several books showcasing his work but he also wrote a book himself, called Never Leave Well Enough Alone [ame]http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0801872111[/ame] Basically just follow your inspirations back to their sources and read them.…
While I love that site its just a ton of completed concepts. I'm hoping to find some good instructional material on how design principles are utilized by designers to unify functional objects. Like "how to design cars" or somthing like that. There is a lot of stuff out there. Scott Roberstons Gnomon DVDs are fantastic, but…
I've been working on a lot of highly designed props lately. The types of things that use multiple rules of organization ( e.g., convergance points, radial/sphereical symmetry, and consistent repeated use of angles & shapes) to achieve a strong visual unity between many parts. Think ScFfi: Starcraft, Blade Runner,…
Your right, he really does cover the design issues more than than most. I've been watching them. Their great. There are also some great master classes by Scott Roberston (The Design and Visual Communication of Vehicles) and Alex Jaeger I've also found the book "101 things i learned in architect school" to be incredibly…