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Housewares

with Carter McGuyer

Offsite Intermediate
The Housewares course focuses on creating useful and thoughtful products for the home. Students will study everyday needs, changing lifestyles, new technologies, accessibility, and sustainability to identify design opportunities. Through research, concept development, and design refinement, students will create original housewares ideas that are practical, relevant, and well resolved. By the end of the course, each student will have developed a strong product concept worthy of inclusion in a professional design portfolio. 










Offsite Intermediate

Offsite Intermediate courses are designed for students who already have a basic foundation in industrial design, including form, aesthetics, sketching, 3D modeling, and rendering. If you’re still building these skills, we recommend starting with one of our introductory courses so you can get the most out of the experience.


Learning outcomes

  • Identify meaningful design opportunities within the houseware’s product categories.

  • Conduct user, market, and contextual research to inform design decisions.

  • Translate research findings into clear insights, design criteria, and project goals.

  • Generate a broad range of original concepts through sketching and renderings.

  • Evaluate and refine concepts based on function, usability, accessibility, aesthetics, and relevance.
  • Apply human-centered design principles to products intended for everyday use.

  • Consider materials, manufacturing processes, sustainability, durability, and product life cycle during development.

  • Develop a cohesive design language appropriate to the product, user, and intended context.

  • Communicate a design process clearly through visual storytelling, presentations, and supporting documentation.

  • Produce a resolved housewares concept suitable for inclusion in a professional design portfolio.


Schedule

Wednesday, 11:30AM - 1PM CST



Carter McGuyer

Carter McGuyer is an internationally recognized industrial designer celebrated for his clean, tailored, modern aesthetic and ability to translate ideas into market-shaping products. Since founding The Carter McGuyer Design Group in 2006, he has brought more than 750 products to life for leading brands including L’Oréal Paris, Williams-Sonoma, Microplane, and Crate & Barrel—earning 57 patents and generating over $1 billion in client sales.
His work has garnered some of the industry’s highest honors, including the Good Design Award, multiple Housewares Design Awards, and nine Red Dot Design Awards from 2016–2024. McGuyer’s portfolio spans housewares, furniture, and lifestyle products, each distinguished by clarity of form, functional elegance, and commercial success. Named one of Esquire’s “Top 25 Best Dressed Real Men” and Southern Living’s “75 Most Stylish Southerners,” McGuyer pairs refined style with a proven record of creating products that resonate with consumers and elevate the everyday.


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© AdvancedDesign 2026
A 501(c)3 Nonprofit Organization
EIN# 82-1720724