#004: Why We Need to Be Tinkering More: Industrial Designer Jorge Paricio - Open-Ended Exploration, Sketching and Ideation, Material Knowledge, Confirmation Bias, and Getting Out To Talk With End Users.

Jorge Paricio - We talk, self-discovery through exploring, failing, and experimenting more! Being a mentor, and being mentored. How to start your own tinker shop, Human factors,  Why 200 sketches are better than 2 polished renderings, Speaking with end-users in order to make a better product, Confirmation Bias, The evolution of Industrial Design, and Tools for the trade.

Jorge is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Connecticut. He's taught as a full time teacher at the Art Institute of Colorado, for 6 years, the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Online Division, and was Senior guest critic at the Rhode Island School of Design for 14 years. He's also designed products for Colgate-Palmolive, and continues to be mentor for industrial design students at UCONN and beyond.

www.theidrender.com
www.renderinginteriors.com

Books
1. Hybrid drawing techniques for interior design, Routledge. (https://amzn.to/3KxQpMt)

2. Perspective Sketching, Freehand and Digital Drawing Techniques for Artists and Designers, Rockport.  (https://amzn.to/3FWEFPV)

3. Ungrading, Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do instead), by Susan D. Blum.  (https://amzn.to/3nPQLEw)

4. Sketching by Koos Eissen and Roselien Steur, and Sketching The Basics

5. Design Sketching by Erik Olofsson and Klara Sjolen. How to Render:the fundamentals of light, shadow and reflectivity.