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 .Design Minutes 25 + Trendscan + Minimal Discrete Expressive

The trends in Industrial Design is often influenced by the movement and progression of Fashion Design. The attached styleboard shows three different categories of design (Fashion and Industrial); The first one is Minimalist and simple, mostly monotone, pure form and less detailed, do not really intend to call much attention, the second one is Discrete, which is a little bit richer than the minimalist, has that element of surprise, sometimes wants to be noticed, using accent colors to emphasize some details yet still maintaining the purity, and the last one is the Expressive, more glamorous, rich in details, more colorful and complexity in form. 

.Design Minutes 24 + Trendscan + Visually Lightweight #7 Curve

Visually lightweight series #7 - The dished or a concaved arc reminds us of the natural curvy form of a feather or a leaf floating freely in midair. This element makes the object looks thin and lightweight. As opposed to a straight or rigid line, a curve or an arc creates a whole different impression by making the object appears to be more dynamic and fluid.

.Design Minutes 18 + Trendscan + Visually Lightweight #1 Subtraction and Missing Link

Visually lightweight series #1 - There are many ways to make an object look lightweight. We can play with the color combinations, materials, textures, and forms. One of the examples how an object could appear to be lightweight (visually) is by applying the subtraction or missing link elements. Cutting away some part of an object makes it look incomplete, which also gives the impression of weight reduction.

.Design Minutes 17 + Trendscan + Form + Squaring The Circle

One of the most commonly used forms by designers to create a softer and friendlier geometry. It combines the softness of a circle and geometrical feel of a square. It makes the object appears to be more approachable while still looks controlled. It doesn’t look as loose and expressive as a perfect round while not being to rigor and rigid as a regular square form.

.Design Minutes 12 + Trendscan + Element of Surprise #2 - The Devil and The Cupid

Using red as the dominant color on a product immediately defines the characteristic of the product and somewhat makes it feels more predictable as opposed to using it just as an accent color which can create a more vibrant sense and offers that unique "element of surprise". Most of the time the usage of red as an accent color carries a message or meaning. For instance, a red ring element can be found on all Canon L series lenses, which is the professional line lenses from Canon, in this case the use of red accent color is to distinguish and emphasize the quality of one particular line to another. It is considered as unpredictable because red represents both the devils and the cupids, love and anger, blood and fire, and romance and malice. The impressions it creates all depends on the situation, and context is everything. The application of red on black makes the red vibrantly glows and resonate the spirit of adventure, endurance, advancement, and superiority. Red and black is also often associated to masculinity. In the contrary, red on white does not look so vibrant but rather more quiet and elegant, the combination of lighter color and red in some cases also creates the impression of femininity, luxury (especially when red is paired with chromatic elements), and gracefulness (when it's used to accentuate the fluid and elegant curves of the product). 

Weather it's red on black, red on white, or red on other colors, using this second most vibrant color (after yellow) as an element to compliment the dominant color always creates that nice and unique "cherry on top" feel.

.Design Minutes 11 + Trendscan + Element of Surprise #1 - Yellow Bit

Using yellow as an accent element on monochromatic and neutral colors such as white, grey, and black helps to bring back the enthusiasm and the spirit of joy to the object due to the fact that yellow is the lightest hue of the spectrum, the most highly visible of all colors, and it resonates challenge and cheerfulness. Yellow is often applied on touch points and paired with black and chromatic colors to provide that "element of surprise". The combination of yellow and black commonly used in active gears and sport goods because this combination creates a vibrant contrast, combining 2 of the most extreme colors (black being the darkest, and yellow being the lightest) creates the energetic sense and activeness.

.Design Minutes 6 + Trendscan + Concrete/Copper

Copper has been used since the ancient time, which makes the application of copper on concrete nowadays brings back the vintage theme to life. With concrete being considered as a robust material and copper is resistant to corrosion, the combination of these two gives a vintage-industrial spirit to the design. Commonly used in cookware, kitchenware, lighting, and furniture piece, the application of copper on concrete also reminds us of the beautiful season of autumn when the leaves turn red.

.Design Minutes 3 + Trendscan + Clear

The clear element can be applied to many different products. For instances, in audio visual products sometimes clear plastic is used to give the impression of sound and image clarity, in packaging and container designs clear glass or plastic element reflects cleanliness and hygiene, and in other consumer electronic products most of the time transparent element is used to reveal the technology behind the product, and the virtue of that is providing the sense of innovation and techy-ness. In some cases clear plastic or glass is also used to accentuate or even create a fake “glossy” or “reflective” effect to the element behind it.