Product Design Links
The links below relate to product design in general. Topic-specific links to suppliers, organizations and further sources of information can be found at the back of each booklet. Home page: www.design-bites.com
Design Engineering Links:
(W) AZoM Materials database: www.azom.com
(W) World directory of Associations: www.forumjam.co.uk
(
UK ) The Royal
Academy of
Engineering : www.raeng.org
(
UK ) Institution of Engineering and Technology: www.theiet.org
(
UK ) The Engineer Online (design engineering): www.theengineer.co.uk
(
UK ) ManufacturingTalk (production engineering): www.manufacturingtalk.com/
(
UK ) Institution of Mechanical Engineers: www.imeche.org.uk/
(
UK )
Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library: www.eevl.ac.uk/
(
UK ) Industrial Technology (for design engineers): www.industrialtechnology.co.uk
(
UK ) The Engineering Council: www.engc.org.uk
(
UK )
University of
Bolton (Des Eng links): www.bolton.ac.uk/learning/subjects/engdesign/weblinks.htm
(Eur) European Design Engineer: www.engineerlive.com/european-design-engineer/
( US ) Machine Design (magazine and resources): www.machinedesign.com
(
US ) Science and engineering fundamentals - eFunda: www.efunda.com/
( US ) Engineer’s Edge (design eng and manufacturing): www.engineersedge.com
( US ) GlobalSpec (engineering database): www.globalspec.com/
(
US ) IT based products - iAppliance Web: www.iapplianceweb.com
( US ) MatWeb (materials database, metals, plastics etc): www.matweb.com
( US ) MatWeb links page: www.matweb.com/link.htm
( US ) TenLinks (engineering resources): www.tenlinks.com/engineering/index.htm
( US ) NPD/DRM Product Design & Dev’ment forum: www.npd-solutions.com/pdforum.html
( US ) Manufacturing.net: www.manufacturing.net
( US ) Online calculators: www.martindalecenter.com/Calculators.html
( US )
Institute of
Electrical and Electronic Engineers: www.ieee.org
(W) International Council of Societies of Industrial Design: www.icsid.org
(W) ID Online (international magazine): www.idonline.com
(
UK ) Chartered Society of Designers: www.csd.org.uk/
(
UK )
Royal
College of Art (
London ): www.rca.ac.uk/
(
UK ) Bluefish (Design education resources): www.bluefishworks.co.uk/
(
UK ) The
Design
Museum (
London ): www.designmuseum.org
(
UK ) The Design Council: www.design-council.org.uk
(
UK ) Design Week magazine: www.designweek.co.uk
(
UK ) Design Business Association (product and graphics): www.dba.org.uk/
(
UK ) British Design Innovation: www.britishdesign.co.uk
(
UK ) The British European Design Group: www.bedg.org
(
UK ) The Design and Technology Association (design education for schools): www.data.org.uk
(
UK ) Centre for Sustainable Design: www.cfsd.org.uk/
(Ger)
Bauhaus-Archiv
Museum of Design: www.bauhaus.de/english/
(Swtz) Museum fur Gestaltung Zurich: www.museum-gestaltung.ch/
(Ned) Netherlands Design Institute: www.design-inst.nl/
(Ned) Association of Dutch Designers: www.bno.nl/english
(Nor) Norwegian Design Council: www.norskdesign.no/english
(Swtz) Puls-Neues Schweizer Mobeldesign,
Switzerland : www.puls-design.ch/
(Swd) Swedish Industrial Design Foundation: www.svid.se
(Pgal) Association of Portugese Designers: www.apdesigners.org.pt/
(Swd) UMEA Institute of Design (college): www.dh.umu.se/
(Spn) ADCV
Valencia : www.adcv.com
(Eur) BEDA, Bureau of European Designers Associations: www.beda.org/
(Spn) ADP, Professional Designers Association,
Spain : www.adp-barcelona.com/ca/
(Fr) DesignFrance: www.designfrance.tm.fr/
(Au) DesignAustria: www.designaustria.at/
(Ger) Deutscher Designer Verband eV: www.germandesign.de/index.htm
(Tur) ETMK
Turkey : www.etmk.org/
(It) ADI - Associazione per il Disegno Industriale: www.adi-design.org/
(Cz) Design Centrum Ceské Republiky: www.designcentrum.cz/html/index.htm
(Dmk)
Danske
Design
Center (
Denmark ): www.ddc.dk/
(Ger) International Forum Design
Hannover : www.ifdesign.de/
(Dmk) ID Forum (
Denmark ): www.id-forum.dk/
(Slvk) Slovak Design Centre: www.sdc.sk
(Ger) Deutsche Designer Verband: www.germandesign.de/index.htm
( US ) Industrial Designers Society of
America : www.idsa.org
( US ) Cooper-Hewitt,
National
Design
Museum : www.ndm.si.edu/
( US ) Advanced Design Institute (ADi): www.advanceddesign.org/index.htm
( US ) Association of Women Industrial Designers: www.awidweb.com
(Can) M.A.D.E in
Edmonton : http://madeinedmonton.org/index.html
(Oz) Design Institute of
Australia : www.dia.org.au/
(NZ) Designers’
Institute of
New Zealand : www.dinz.org.nz/
(Jap) Product showcase: http://my.reset.jp/~inu/ProductsDataBase/index2.htm
(Jap) Japan Industrial Designers’ Association: www.jida.or.jp/
(S.Kor) Korea Institute of Design Promotion: www.designdb.com
(Sing) Designers Association
Singapore : www.sony.com.sg/asianit/design/das.html
(SAfr) Society of Industrial Artists and Designers of South Africa (IASA): www.dsa.org.za/