Introduction to Product Design
Sketching 1
A course by Goula / Figuera , Design Studio
About the video: Sketching 1
Overview
“Drawing is the basis of product design, although you don't have to be an expert draftsman to be a good designer. In this lesson you will learn that the most important thing is knowing how to express your ideas.”
In this video lesson Goula / Figuera addresses the topic: Sketching 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Product Design. Discover every stage in the product design process, from the interpretation of a brief to the creation of the prototype.
Partial transcription of the video
“Sketching Although the drawing is the basis of the product design, in this lesson we will see that it is not necessary to be a great draftsman to be a good designer. The important thing is to learn to express our ideas. In recent years many product designers stopped drawing by hand to draw directly to computer. At Goula / Figuera we continue to do a lot of freehand drawings at the beginning of each project. We do this for two reasons. The first is that our brain communicates fluently with our hand and if we use the computer, the computer at the end filters many ideas that it considers that ...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Product Design
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Areas
Design, Design Management, Industrial Design, Product Design

Goula / Figuera
A course by Goula / Figuera
Goula / Figuera is a contemporary product design studio and creative consultancy for businesses and limited edition items founded by Pablo Figuera and Álvaro Goula in Barcelona. In 2018, excited about taking things to the next level and being able to control the production and commercialization of their ideas, the business partners presented GOFI, a publisher which now distributes their products internationally.
Their work has appeared in publications and international exhibitions in cities such as Stockholm, Frankfurt, and Milan, and they have been awarded with the Delta de Oro, Design Plus, Premio Injuve, and Lexus Design Award, among others. Alongside his work as a designer, Pablo Figuera also teaches project and design fundamentals at Elisava, as well as collaborating with the IED Barcelona.
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