DC163 Interview: John Leavitt On Industrial Design

<p><img src= "//assets.libsyn.com/show/22594/DC163_JohnLeavittPCBA_800x324.jpg" alt="" width="590" height="236" /></p> <p>John Leavitt, Senior Industrial Designer at <a href= "https://intelligentproduct.solutions/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Intelligent Product Solutions</a>, joins Timothy Keirnan for a conversation about industrial design, using two firefighting products as a starting point. Besides the two case studies, we talk about general design process and philosophies, methods, education recommendations, and our ambitions for a world in which UX includes respect for users' privacy and security as a selling point.</p> <p>00:00 Introduction<br /> 03:30 Design Process<br /> 08:06 Self Contained Breathing Apparatus case study<br /> 19:45 Fire Truck Inventory Feature case study<br /> 36:45 How does John recommend people learn industrial design and nurture their careers<br /> 40:30 Our dream of UX for any product having a main feature of protecting the user's/customer's privacy and security by default<br /> 48:50 John's favorite design resources</p> <p><a href="https://puri.sm/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Purism</a> is one company that is making privacy and security of both software and hardware a primary selling point of their product designs.</p> <p>John's employer is at <a href= "https://intelligentproduct.solutions/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://intelligentproduct.solutions/</a></p> <p>John's contact info is <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jleavit/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://www.linkedin.com/in/jleavit/</a></p>