Hi everyone,

I’m in the process of choosing a high-end pair of binoculars for exploring the city view from my apartment, part of the appeal for me is having them beautifully displayed on my windowsill or desk. I’d love for them to serve not only as a practical tool for observing the city but also as a stylish conversation piece.

Does anyone have ideas or recommendations for creating or buying a beautiful display stand or case for binoculars? Ideally, I’m looking for something premium that complements the aesthetics of the binoculars themselves and fits well in a modern interior.

If you’ve seen or created something similar, I’d really appreciate your input!

Thanks in advance for your ideas!

Hi Folks, I'm exploring quotes for production of a plastic water bottle similar to a Nalgene bottle - differently shaped, but no more complex and made from similar materials (Triton). I'm curious - among those who are in the know, how much would you expect the mold and tooling to cost?

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I have been struggling with designing my portfolio for many months and so I decided to put together as many portfolios from as many designs a possible so I can learn a thing or two from them.

I'm pretty sure quite a number of us are in this situation too. The link is up there...you can save the entire curation if you want or if you want to save a few links

I hope this helps.

Cheers!

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I have a product idea that would require a hardware engineer to create the physical product and a software developer to create a very basic app. This idea is good, but it’s in the early/ideation stages. Where should I go to find these professionals? I’ve seen sites like Fiver, Toptal, Arc, Upwork, etc but have never hired from them. Realistically just to consult on this idea how much will it cost? I’m willing to put in some money for at least the prototype, but concerned about how much it will cost to pay these designers.

I am doing a product design of a perfume bottle in Maya, i am wondering if i should deliver the final output/3D Model as a geo or a geo with proper uv's, so the question is do i give them the glass part for example with it's carvings inside the glass as a geo or can i rely on displacement maps and they will convert this data to actual geo for them to process this. in the image it shows a frosted glass and on top of it letters i want to keep the letters on top as bump on the glass, so basically should i keep it as geo or do i give them texture?

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Hello all,

I'm a designer who has worked in the creative agency/advertising world for several years and I'm looking to pivot into product + UI/UX design. I've done an extensive amount of research into the field, familiarized myself with the concepts & methodologies and worked through several design challenges, however I would like to put this practice to real world use by providing design support for a digital product... web 3.0, AI, or fintech app preferred though I'm open to any other fields.

1. Are there any product managers, developers, etc here in search of a designer for an app idea/problem they're looking to solve? Can share my credentials and discuss more upon connecting. Willing to work for the experience.
2. Secondly, are there any bootcamps or hackathons for pivoting product designers (preferably in the free range) that you all would recommend?

Many thanks for reading

I'm working on a B2B restaurant operations management tool with a looooot data visualization pages.

In an effort to improve our product's accessibility, I've noticed that we lack knowledge about accessibility best practices for data visualizations. I

figured this subreddit's collective wisdom would be the perfect place to exchange ideas.

Do you have any tips, best practices, or resources to share on this topic? 😇

Your insights are greatly appreciated! Thanks!

I'm working on a B2B restaurant operations management tool with a looooot data visualization pages.

In an effort to improve our product's accessibility, I've noticed that we lack knowledge about accessibility best practices for data visualizations. I

figured this subreddit's collective wisdom would be the perfect place to exchange ideas.

Do you have any tips, best practices, or resources to share on this topic? 😇

Your insights are greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Is there anyone here that have used either Posthog, pendo, google analytics and wasn't a fan? Posthog seemed way too complicated and have way too many things on their dashboard and don't even end up using it.

I am looking at an alternative way for startups to get product usage, patterns, churn analysis that has a very simple bare bone UI that just does the job and is very little engineering work to setup. This tool I am thinking for product managers, business folks, or even engineers.

Use Cases I am thinking about, being able to quickly identify root cause analysis of why your numbers are down in a given region or why customers are churning based on their usage.

Is there anyone here who have used those tools and would love to chat?

Hi guys,

I launched terrific.tools around 2 weeks ago. In that timespan, AI has helped me to code up the 100 tools that are currently present on the website.

Used bolt.new to code up the initial version, then switched to Claude & ChatGPT when I used up all credits.

This is my fourth and would argue best looking product. Really happy how it turned out tbh.

Any suggestions you guys have to improve it further, especially from a design perspective?

I’m in my last year of school, and I’m taking a “design and manufacture” class. For my folio coursework, I can design literally any product I want (physical product, not websites etc). My teacher has heavily suggested making a product to solve a problem for someone close to me, as it would be easier to interview them, survey them get feedback on the design and so on. I’ve asked my parents, lots of my friends and my siblings. No ones really given me any ideas that would be good enough to create 15-20 pages of work. I don’t know where to start to think of ideas, I’m incredibly indecisive which does not help haha.

I’m not asking for ideas of things to design, but does anyone have any suggestions of where to start looking for ideas? I thought my friends might have some good ones as they are all musicians so I thought there might be some good opportunities there, but not really so far.

i’m researching on ethics in design—

design is an accelerator. it can be used to solve problems, to make process more efficient, to make experiences for delightful. but unless you’re in social innovation or no profit, we often times use it for profit.

and we’ve seen in recent years that well-intentioned products and features can have unintentional harmful consequences as well. social media:mental health. juul:teen smoking.

what do you think needs to happen to formalize an ethical framework so that more designers would think of the consequences not just of their output but also their process?

ps. if this is something you think about as well, i would really appreciate if y’all could answer my survey https://forms.gle/vcEU2xirfbeM3Vyw8

every time ur working out ur face, u realize there’s no way to track ur progress. It’s all just pull with ur fingers and hope for the best type shit

can someone lock in and make a gadget. Like, something with adjustable resistance for face exercises, for tracking skibidi reps, and making gains and aura, it would be fr lit +1000 aura, no more “is this even working, or am I just looking sus in the mirror?” type shit

We need this on shelves, asap. Someone needs to understand the assignment, and cook.

I have designed this product and it works, but it ist still no looking good. Do you have any suggestions how I can upgrade the look ? I'm thankfull for any help

Hello guys

I am taking undergraduates in Information Technology and am planning on doing my masters in product design. Right now all I have is some figma knowledge so can you guys advice me on how i should go with my product design journey. The university that i'm applying for my masters requires me to make a physical portfolio and I don't have any idea on how i should do with it. And also I have around 2 years till i finish my undergraduates so in this range of time what should i do?

Im starting a product people discord: https://discord.gg/HeZ82x7B

Hi everyone, has anyone been through the Shopify product design team match process? I’m curious on how long on average does it take for you to get matched with a team. Thank you!

(FYI I’m in Toronto not sure if it has different timeline, please feel free to share if you are in other regions as well!)

I've never designed a product before and this idea came to me one night (yes, I may have been smoking some cannabis). I created a product that alone is a beautiful serving tray (lazy susan similar). The real concept is having multiple inserts that fit into this tray. For example, a Cribbage game insert. Others include Catan, Aggravation, Scrabble, some for Hosting parties, etc, etc (and one for those that use bongs).

These are beautiful and high craftsmanship. I am not trying to advertise what I am doing. I simply am interested in thinking what others think. Cool concept? Sellable? Useless?

Be honest please!

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Hey, I am a Product Designer working to make everyday products more accessible for people with Arthritis. This is a survey that can help me better understand and improve my designs. Please fill this short survey. Thank you so much. Have a great day!

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So recently I got an assignment from a company in which I'm applying for full time role. The task is; Design an Al-powered personal finance assistant app that helps Gen 2 manage their finances effectively. Consider how Al can personalize the experience, provide actionable insights, and gamify saving and budgeting practices Can you please guide me where should I start with?

Hi all! If you could have one product that would make your life with a lab much easier, what would it be? Mine would be some Labrador hair repellent clothing 🤣

I'm doing a project looking into the food / kitchenware / pharmacy industries to find out what major issues there are that can be solved. E.g. stock flow, customer service/behaviour, store layout.

I am looking to create a product that can be used to solve some of these deep rooted issues to help revolutionise these markets.

Any information / help / opinions are appreciated as I'm still in the research phase. Thanks!

Hello, I have an idea with illustrations for a type advent calendar. I have no idea where to begin as far as finding a company that can construct these types of calendars made of heavy cardboard. Any tips or ideas?