Design thinking, product decisions, and practical notes from making things work.
How a removable cap and a cut zip tie replaced bottle measurements in a reversible 3D-printed COB LED lamp design—without drilling or glue.
Read postThese notes examine the reasoning behind product layouts, interfaces, workshop fixtures, prototypes, and visual systems. The focus is not only how something looks, but how clearly it communicates, how reliably it can be made, and how well it serves its intended use.
Expect trade-offs rather than universal rules: material, scale, accessibility, maintenance, available tools, and the people using a design can all change the right answer. Posts document those constraints so you can adapt the underlying decision process to your own work.
