DISQUS

Mike · 2 years ago

It seems our culture is going through a period of oooooohhhh yeah, I gotta have it so bad, I'll spend $600 dollars for one of the first (iPhones), though even I would consider them foolish to do so. As a an industrial designer who appreciates the wisdom of Frank Lloyd Wright ("form and function should be joined as one") and from Pablo Picasso, "Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life" I would say to the engineers out there run with it, as there has never been such an opportunity in history for engineers and designers to mutually encroach on each others domains thanks to SolidWorks. If I were you (engineer), I would sit back and reflect on the opportunity being pressed forward to you and hear the man out. You might, at some point just embed a sensitivity about that next rocket engine you design that somehow might just invoke the same reaction to your company customers: ooooooohhhh yeah, I gotta have it so bad . . .

Josh · 2 years ago

Hey Mike, I totally agree with you. I hate crappy lookin' stuff. I have an engineering degree, but I love the design more. Speaking of Picasso, my favorite quote of his is “Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot; others transform a yellow spot into the sun.” If you apply that to engineering, some turn a beautiful product into a chunk of scrap metal, some turn a chunk of scrap metal into a beautiful product. I'm looking forward to the profs presentation the most and I'm hoping something will snap in anyone who is just engineering for engineering sake.

weewilly · 1 year ago

I just hope all of you that go to the SolidWorks event write about it, so I can hear all the news good and bad. Being retired and hadicapped keeps me home a lot. I do get out and promote SolidWorks when ever I can to the schools and as a volunteer promotor of the CAD Academy. Go take a look:
http://www.thecadacademy.com/