That's a fantastic question.

Industrial design is different for everyone, and a tricky thing to define. idto.me is an effort to aggregate a variety of definitions of design from designers themselves.

We think using twitter is a good way to do this, because defining design in 140 characters or less helps keep things simple.

Here are some of our definitions:
 

ID to @amarsh23 (amarsh23):

#idtome is research, sketch, prototype, repeat...

Posted on 1 April 2009 | 1:23 am

ID to @idFarmer (Kyle Lawson):

#idtome is about absorbing and understanding the world through personally recognizable filters, then synthesizing those experiences.

Posted on 1 April 2009 | 12:28 am