Know what you need to learn this weekend? How to rig and animate a flippin’ drone, that’s what. And SolidSmack’s very own Lauren Thomas will show you how. Dynamic Products is a short tutorial series that is perfect for a weekend of ignore all your other responsibilities so you can come out the other side and say, “LOOK AT THIS SHIZZLE.” The tut takes a fast but serviceable run through the basics of rigging and animation inside of *drumroll* MODO, that wonderfully powerful, polygonal, polyphonic, polyriffic modeling software. If you’re a NURBy gnome who isn’t down with polygons, well… FOR SHAME–however, this training will be PERFECT for you to OD…

HaYoung Lee a student at Hongik University, Soul Korea had no idea how an encounter roughly two years ago with a rouge cow in the bustling streets of India would inspire and alter his life pursuit. HaYoung’s epithony? Ultimately, the birth of a dream to become a product designer and a passion for what’s known as Design for Social Impact (DSI). His first foray into DSI is his Letter Desk. HaYoung recently posted his design on Behance as open source in hopes the design and manufacturing communities might get inspired to help him fully realise the product. It’s Lee’s vision to be able to send a batch of Letter Desks…

It rolled under one, two, three of them. Shocked it broke their defense they waited. Just as they began to put their hands back on their swords, it popped up – a furious little beastie with a small sword of its own, sharpened to the hilt with these links. Thomas Scholes – There’s something about his loose, blocky style and composite process that I just adore. Accidental Wes Anderson – One of my favorite subreddits in forever. Real places that should be in Wes Anderson movies. As you can images, lots of odd symmetry and characters. Sketch Swap – One designer does a line sketch, another colors it up. Ships,…

There are 3D print fashion designers, and there are fashion designers who go a bit farther. One of them is Francis Bitonti. Bitonti has been working in the 3D print field of fashion design for many years, and we’ve seen his works at multiple exhibitions. In fact, our records show that he’s been awarded Fabbaloo’s Design of the Week selection not just once, or twice, but THREE times! Bitonti has also developed countless other intricate 3D printed fashion items, including an astonishing collection of flatware and the incredible “Dita’s Gown”. There’s one thing in common among all these amazing 3D objects: they are generated mathematically through brilliant use of software by Bitonti and team. With many…

Code. You don’t have to be a computer science hotshot to take the deep dive—heck, some people are up and running with their first project in a matter of weeks. But knowing where and how to enter can be half of the battle. The recently-launched Learn How to Code 2017 Bundle is the perfect entry point and includes over 156 Hours of premium coding instruction, from Python to Ruby & everything in between. Consisting of ten courses in total, the ‘Pay What You Want’ bundle covers not just specific code languages, but also how and why you may decide to choose one over another depending on the project at hand.…

It’s time for another round of apps that cover the spectrum of your beloved mobile device(s)! The Weekly App Smack is the best of new or updated design and productivity apps (and maybe a couple of fun ones, too) for the busy design or engineering professional and this week we have a list sure to make you more efficient. Do you have an app suggestion that has made your life easier or changed up your workflow? Let us know in the comments below or send it into tips@www.solidsmack.com. Hit it! Trove – AI for Email (iOS — Free) Trove is the best way to improve how you use email to communicate.…