I'm actually rather impressed with the industrial design of the Fling game controller by Ten 1 Design. It is one of those products born from a beautiful fusion of design and engineering.
You know the kind of products I'm talking about.
The type of product that contains design elements (like that speaker grill) that you spent the last 7 years as a designer
I'm pretty impressed with the Klhip Nail Clipper. The product is testament that "Form Follows Function" can produce beautiful (instead of boring) products. I love the mechanical design and how it folds up tightly
I'm not sure how I missed this!
Some months ago, Boing Boing ran an interview with Jens Martin Skibsted on the industrial design of the Terrafugia flying car. Skibsted, a Danish industrial designer, is better
Bryce Bell, a Mechanical Engineer from Oklahoma, is another Engineer that has a soul of a Designer. I love these guys! He shares, on his website Cardnetics, his 2 crazy transformable business card