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Product & industrial design Videos Recommended on Hacker News (37)
Product & industrial design is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 37 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2009 and 2026 — 82 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Product and industrial design: design philosophy, Dieter Rams, Jony Ive, Steve Jobs on product, ergonomics, design of everyday things, packaging, design process, product thinking.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on The Ingenious Design of the Aluminum Beverage Can: “Whenever it’s about cans I can only recommend this video from the engineer guy” — an HN commenter, 2025.
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9 mo on HNThe Ingenious Design of the Aluminum Beverage Can
engineerguy
9 HN recommender · 2016–2026
5 mo on HNThe Grille Trend that Kills 509 People per Year
FortNine
5 HN recommender · 2024–2026
4 mo on HNSteve Jobs Insult Response
Mike Cane
4 HN recommender · 2011–2022
4 mo on HNBritish Plugs Are Better Than All Other Plugs, And Here's Why
Tom Scott
3 HN recommender · 2019–2025
4 mo on HNMicrosoft Re-Designs the iPod Packaging
Brant Walsh
4 HN recommender · 2011–2026
3 mo on HNSegmented Displays
Posy
3 HN recommender · 2023–2026
3 mo on HNSteve Jobs Insult Response - Highest Quality
Jonathan Field
3 HN recommender · 2020–2026
3 mo on HNNokia Morph Concept (long)
Alexander Budde
3 HN recommender · 2011–2025
3 mo on HNSo... the minute hand shows progression — apparently we think of time in wildly different ways
Technology Connextras
3 HN recommender · 2022–2026
3 mo on HN5 steps to designing the life you want | Bill Burnett | TEDxStanford
TEDx Talks
2 HN recommender · 2017–2022
3 mo on HNSteve Jobs Content vs Process
Bo Manton
3 HN recommender · 2021–2026
3 mo on HNMeeting my hero! Sailing legend Sven Yrvind
Sam Holmes Sailing
3 HN recommender · 2022–2023
3 mo on HNThe Antique Microwave Oven that's Better than Yours
Technology Connections
7 HN recommender · 2020–2025
3 mo on HNFind your primal posture and sit without back pain: Esther Gokhale at TEDxStanford
TEDx Talks
3 HN recommender · 2016–2018
2 mo on HNExtreme transformer home in Hong Kong: Gary Chang's 24 rooms in 1
Kirsten Dirksen
2 HN recommender · 2019–2024
2 mo on HNEverything is a Remix Part 3 (Original Series, 2011)
Kirby Ferguson
2 HN recommender · 2011–2018
2 mo on HN1993 interview re: Paul Rand and Steve Jobs
youareworthy
2 HN recommender · 2010–2012
2 mo on HNThomas Thwaites: How I built a toaster -- from scratch
TED
2 HN recommender · 2019–2025
2 mo on HNWhy Western Designs Fail in Developing Countries
Design Theory
2 HN recommender · 2024–2025
2 mo on HNConventional Keyboards Are STAGGERINGLY STUPID!
Ben Vallack
2 HN recommender · 2021–2022
2 mo on HNThe Senseless Ambiguity of North American Turn Signals
Technology Connections
2 HN recommender · 2020–2024
2 mo on HNApple - iMac G4 "Lamp" ad (2002)
thecupertinoads
2 HN recommender · 2020–2025
2 mo on HNHow to design an actually good toaster with lessons from the 1940's
Technology Connections
2 HN recommender · 2022–2024
2 mo on HNSteve Jobs on Microsoft
JoshuaG
2 HN recommender · 2009–2022
2 mo on HNIt's not you. Bad doors are everywhere.
Vox
2 HN recommender · 2019–2025
1 mo on HNSteve Jobs Microsoft has no taste
Николай Товеровский
1 HN recommend · 2020–2026
1 mo on HNChest Freezers; What they tell us about designing for X
Technology Connections
1 HN recommend · 2020–2026
1 mo on HNLessons from a Can Opener
Technology Connections
1 HN recommend · 2022–2023
1 mo on HNLego-style apartment transforms into infinite spaces
Kirsten Dirksen
1 HN recommend · 2012–2018
1 mo on HNZizek on toilets
Diego Cumplido
1 HN recommend · 2018–2026
0 mo on HN"Focusing is about saying no" - Steve Jobs (WWDC'97)
Erin Casali
0 HN recommender · 2012–2026
0 mo on HNDYSON ANIMAL BALLS | It blows!
AvE
0 HN recommender · 2019–2023
0 mo on HNSteve Jobs : Great idea doesn't always translates into great product
Investors Archive
0 HN recommender · 2022–2024
0 mo on HNSteve Jobs - Apple Product Matrix Strategy 1997
JackIsBack15
0 HN recommender · 2016–2026
0 mo on HNHomer Designs a Car
Alex Galvis
0 HN recommender · 2021–2026
0 mo on HNPeloton Tread+ Treadmill Safety Incident
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
0 HN recommender · 2021–2022