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Associations & Organizations

Industrial Designers Society of America
The voice of industrial design, representing the profession to business, government, education, the media and the general public and serving its information and networking needs.
Association of Women Industrial Designers
AWID is an advocate of projects which enrich the growing public awareness of the work of women industrial designers - past, present and on the horizon.
American Design Drafting Association
Founded in 1948 to serve the design drafting community
American Society of Mechanical Engineers

MatWeb
Includes data sheets on over 79,000 materials including metals, plastics, ceramics, and composites.
Core77 Design Magazine and Resource
Articles, discussion forums, job listings and more for industrial designers
Australian International Design Awards
Established by the Industrial Design Council of Australia, the AIDA present the best examples of Australian product design. Includes excellent photographs and detailed descriptions of products created by industrial designers.
Design inSite
A designer's guide to manufacturing. Various manufacturing processes and materials are described.

Mechanical Design Engineering Handbook by Peter R. N. Childs
ISBN: 9780080982830
Publication Date: 2014
Covers the full spectrum of common mechanical and machine components that act as building blocks in the design of mechanical devices,
Materials and design the art and science of material selection in product design by Ashby, M. F.
ISBN: 9781856174978
Publication Date: 2010
Available in Skillsoft.
Materials Experience by Elvin Karana (Editor); Owain Pedgley (Editor); Valentina Rognoli (Editor)
ISBN: 9780080993591
Publication Date: 2013-11-22
Articulates the personal, social, cultural and economic connections between materials and the design of the material world. Available in Skillsoft.
Modular design for machine tools by Y. Ito
ISBN: 9780071496605
Click on the title to access this book in EBSCO ebook collection.
Product design by Rodgers, Paul
ISBN: 9781856697514
Publication Date: 2011
Click on the title to access this book in Credo Reference..
Schaum's outline of theory and problems of strength of materials by Nash, William A.
ISBN: 0070466173
Click on the title to access this book in EBSCO ebook collection.

Industrial Designers
Information from the Occupational Outlook Handbook
Commercial and Industrial Designers
Summary report from O*Net Online
Mechanical Engineering Technicians
Information from the Occupational Outlook Handbook.

Fusion 360 Forum (AutoDesk)
Inventor Forum (AutoDesk)
Solidworks Forum
ProductDesignHub
Product Design Hub is the online community place, where industrial designers from all over the world come together to socialize and to create, share and find useful resources. Product Design Hub was born out of ProductDesignForums, which is the leading online discussion board for industrial design enthusiasts since 2004.
Tuvie
Tuvie is a weblog dedicated to uncovering and sharing the best in concept and design from industrial, automotive and architectural design to concepts in technology and fashion.
Realise Blog Post
Industrial Design Sandbox

Magazines & Journals on Mechanical Engineering
Check the box for Mechanical Engineering in the left column and browse titles available full-text.