{"id":2505,"date":"2018-03-02T13:29:12","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T18:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/?p=2505"},"modified":"2018-03-02T13:48:55","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T18:48:55","slug":"what-we-like-this-week-030218","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/what-we-like-this-week-030218\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Like This Week: Process Makes Perfect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Mouncey Ferguson<\/p>\n<p>Great design makes it easy to not think about design. But sometimes it\u2019s good to go deep on the processes and people it took to get to perfect.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Know your colors. <\/strong>The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/02\/28\/magazine\/what-is-the-perfect-color-worth.html\">takes us deep<\/a> into the history of Pantone and their process for making the color bible that every product designer and manufacturer depends on.<\/li>\n<li><strong>This really sucks. <\/strong>James Dyson recounts how he created his industry-changing eponymous vacuum back in the days before digital modeling or simulation. Answer: By making 5,127 different prototypes, that\u2019s how. Part of NPR\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/podcasts\/510313\/how-i-built-this\">excellent podcast series<\/a>, \u201cHow I Built This.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>How do they do it? <\/strong>Learn how Domino\u2019s makes dough, how Lush sources soap, and how IKEA crafts efficiency with cardboard. <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/se\/perfect-company-2\/1153302\/how-it-got-there\/\">This Quartz series<\/a> takes us inside some of the world\u2019s most successful companies to learn how they do what they do, and how they\u2019re adapting to change.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Going big in Birmingham. <\/strong>Autodesk opened an Advanced Manufacturing Facility in Birminghham, England recently. <a href=\"http:\/\/gfxspeak.com\/2018\/02\/28\/autodesk-manufacturing-birmingham\/\">GraphicSpeak<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tctmagazine.com\/3d-printing-news\/autodesk-opens-technology-centre-in-birmingham\/\">TCT Magazine<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/3dprintingindustry.com\/news\/autodesk-opens-multi-million-pound-uk-advanced-manufacturing-facility-129322\/\">3D Printing Industry<\/a> all shared their observations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2018\/03\/Autodesk-Birmingham-Automation1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2507\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2018\/03\/Autodesk-Birmingham-Automation1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2018\/03\/Autodesk-Birmingham-Automation1.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2018\/03\/Autodesk-Birmingham-Automation1-300x210.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>That\u2019s my jam. <\/strong>If you\u2019ve ever lost it trying to clear a paper jam in the office printer, you\u2019ll enjoy this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2018\/02\/12\/why-paper-jams-persist\">New Yorker piece<\/a> about the teams that combine physics, chemistry, mechanical engineering, design, and computer programming to solve this seemingly eternal problem.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Build on knowledge. <\/strong>Digital tools and cloud collaboration platforms are revolutionizing the otherwise fraught\u2014and expensive\u2014preconstruction process. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/how-technology-is-streamlining-the-preconstruction-process\/516670\/\">ConstructionDive explores what\u2019s possible<\/a> and who\u2019s seizing the opportunity. Autodesk customer PARIC certainly is. Read on.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Animated chairs. <\/strong>Dezeen commissioned France\u2019s Jullien brothers to animate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wj9I7jt5krE\">this lovely video relating the story of EMECO<\/a> and the iconic chairs they make.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jean and Nicolas Jullien create playful animations to illustrate the story of Emeco\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wj9I7jt5krE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mouncey Ferguson<\/p>\n<p>Great design makes it easy to not think about design. But sometimes it\u2019s good to go deep on the processes and people it took to get to perfect.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Know your colors. The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/02\/28\/magazine\/what-is-the-perfect-color-worth.html\">takes us deep<\/a> into the history of Pantone and their process for making the color bible that every product designer and manufacturer depends on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":287,"featured_media":2506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,20,11],"tags":[438,387,314],"class_list":["post-2505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-companynews","category-future-of-making-things","category-manufacturing","tag-aec","tag-design","tag-product-design"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What We Like This Week: Process Makes Perfect - In the Fold<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/what-we-like-this-week-030218\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Autodesk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/what-we-like-this-week-030218\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/what-we-like-this-week-030218\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Autodesk\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2fe6071949598957391b579ca67e73a9\"},\"headline\":\"What We Like This Week: Process Makes Perfect\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-02T18:29:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-03-02T18:48:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/what-we-like-this-week-030218\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":302,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/what-we-like-this-week-030218\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/71\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/3-2-18_FeaturedImage1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"AEC\",\"design\",\"Product Design\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Company News\",\"Future of Making Things\",\"Manufacturing\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/what-we-like-this-week-030218\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/what-we-like-this-week-030218\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/what-we-like-this-week-030218\\\/\",\"name\":\"What We Like This Week: Process Makes Perfect - 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