Project Ideas
Applied Design
create artwork for popular print-on-demand products such as:
- T-Shirts
- Scarves
- Stickers
- iPhone Cases
- Pillows, Blankets
- Mugs
- Stationery
- Bags
Markets: Redbubble, Society6
Designer as Maker
design and make objects for sale to end user
- stationery
- jewelry
- digital templates
- digital tools, such as Photoshop brushes and clip-art
- art and home decor
Markets: Etsy, Ebay, craft fairs, retail stores
Designers as Mass Producers
designs art/object and manages production of object through self-manufacturing or 3rd party manufacturing in mass quantities
- screen printers
- print shops
Getting Started
Ten Steps to Become a Design Entrepreneur | Steven Heller, SVA NYC
- Determine what the community / society in which you live needs.
- Conceive of ideas that will address those needs.
- Determine who is the audience for these ideas.
- Use design to frame and communicate these ideas.
- Turn these ideas into conceptions and prototypes.
- Identify the fabricators who will transform these ideas into products.
- Reassess the product in light of the needs and wants of the audience.
- Fine tune the product so that it is ready for the market.
- Develop marketing strategies for promoting and selling the products.
- Deliver the final product to the audience / consumer.
Design: Creation of Artifacts in Society by Karl T. Ulrich
Generate Your Own Problem to Solve
- Sense gap
- Define problem
- Explore alternatives
- Select plan