The SolidSmack Weekend Reader | Week 03.19

Industrial Designer Eric Strebel Demonstrates How to Make a Sketchbook from Scratch

While it’s important to make your design projects look good, this goes double for the tools you use to peddle your craft. How else are clients going to know you make well-made products if the sketchbook you’re using has a Hello Kitty cover on it?

20 Product Designers You Should Follow on Instagram Right Now

Love ’em or just plain don’t have time for ’em, social media platforms are here to stay. While you don’t necessarily need to be an expert at Tweetin’ or Facebookin’, there’s a lot to be gained from staying in contact with old colleagues or finding inspiration for your next side project. Of all of the social media platforms, however, Instagram has become one of the easiest ways to accomplish the basics of sharing and viewing content quickly and easily.

New Airbnb Experimental Design Studio Recruits Industrial Designers and Mechanical Engineers

You may know Airbnb as the website you visit whenever you forget to book a hotel and need a place to crash during your vacation. What you probably didn’t know is the company has an experimental in-house design studio called Samara that works on projects far beyond home sharing and the ethics of using someone else’s bathroom.

SkillCoach | Fusion 360 Parametric Part Modeling From 2D Prints

I’m always on the lookout for tutorials, tips, and tricks to help me continue to cultivate and hone my 3D modeling skills. Of late I’ve been delving into Fusion 360.

How To Create Unique Low-Poly Designs Using SelfCAD

If you’ve yet to get your CAD jabbers on SelfCAD, you can spin it up and start modeling in less time than it takes to juice a pack navel oranges with your elbows at your co-worker’s desk–Tis a fact.

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