Prototyping: Learning to Think and Make With Your Hands, by Paul Backett

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Despite the rise of digital tools and rapid prototyping, it has never been more important for designers to make things with their hands. Comfort with three dimensions as a sketch and development tool enhances a designer's sensitivity to form tremendously, and helps them understand how products are made in the real world. If you can build it, you're halfway to knowing how it could be manufactured. Instead, schools often allow students to jump into 3D CAD before they have a solid understanding of form and construction. More....