History of Industrial Design Week 11: Plastics Part 1

These videos were made in 2020 as a desperate COVID-era attempt to help keep students engaged in learning as in-person teaching stopped. With no support, no resources, a ridiculous "production schedule," and no idea they would become a sort of permanent record of the time, I just threw them at RUclips. The students mostly didn't watch them, but lots of others did, and that continues to amaze me. I decided to leave them up for anyone who is just curious about design.
NOTE: If you are a current student at Rhode Island School of Design and your professor has sent you here to watch these videos, you should really worry about how much tuition you are paying just to have a teacher sending you to RUclips instead of teaching you themselves. Just saying...
Links:
Panton Chair:
• How Was it Made? The P...
Woodsy the Owl:
• Woodsy Owl 1977 TV pub...
Keep America Beautiful:
• Keep America Beautiful...
Schoolhouse Rocks Adjectives (with Blossom Dearie!):
• Video
Free to be You and Me:
• It's Alright to Cry (i...
Braun TP1:
• Braun TP1: P1 und T4, ...
Rotational Molding:
• Understanding: Manufac...
Blow Molding:
• Injection Blow Mouldin...
• Jif Lemon Production
Injection molding:
• Two color toothbrush i...

[@vox4pax]

Another fascinating lecture. I watched my first one on art deco, and this one did not disappoint, either.

[@plia1984]

These were the best thinhgs i found this year. The best way to suplement my design history classes.

[@emilgrenier4829]

Funny to wonder how far Sony went. Starting from a rice cooker all the way to a video game console, movies production and so much more. Really interesting courses, M. Bird. Thank you for sharing this. -from a canadian industrial designer

[@Shahrdad]

We had both the older 1952 juicer as well as the 1957 design! This brought back so many memories.

[@sebastianfernandez6146]

I agree Jonathan Ive is merely just paying Homage to Rams. It is like sampling in hip hop. Its a huge honor to be tastefully and responsibly considered in someone else's design.

[@soniashapiro4827]

This is wonderful. I hope the class went well and I'm delighted to have found these videos.

[@jamesboekbinder3967]

Great lecture! Interesting to see the Braun work put into context.

[@konradnsa]

I just discovered your channel 👍
really love your vocabulary awesome content awesome awesome!

[@girlsinvent5824]

thanks so much Matthew for your series

[@MrVorpalsword]

I think there were more sirens at a certain point in covid. I live near a hospital though and I agree, it may be that we were more scared of them during the pandemic.

[@isaiahwilliams3809]

"A mathematician who works in the field of geometry is called a geometer" says Google

[@GodelsLaw]

Geometer. A mathematician who specializes in geometry is called a geometer.
(great video, by the way)

[@GodelsLaw]

I just saw Isaiah William’s comment of 11 months ago, so I thought that I might try to add something more substantial. There are several professional geometers with RUclips channels including Keenan Crane and Henry Segerman.
Here are a few of Henry’s videos:
-ruclips.net/video/ENFXnNtd3xU/видео.html
-ruclips.net/video/h2sgGvcCydk/видео.html
-ruclips.net/video/g8K26R_4HJc/видео.html
-ruclips.net/video/tPgd2gLhQPI/видео.html

[@HistoryofID]

THANK YOU! Now if only I could REMEMBER that for when I need it.....

[@agaluch]

A polyomino of made of two squares joined on their sides is a domino.

[@nijoodubey3164]

:))) behind the scenes

[@QuixEnd]

I feel like I'm stealing $10,000 of tuition fees with all these youtube lectures. Did an entire 12 week class at youtube Dartmouth, no homework either!!!

[@han5k2]

23:57 *further*

[@nordfaen]

Thank YOU very much 😁