tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32316102009-06-13T20:30:31.188-04:00Industrial design, product design, consumer culture - it's all here. Updated daily and covering the fascinating world of design!CoreJrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08046261678727370304noreply@blogger.comBlogger2270125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231610.post-1165003796013738592006-12-01T14:36:00.000-05:002006-12-01T15:11:09.583-05:00

This has been eating me for months. (you like that pun don't you). So much so, that I've decided to end my blogging hiatus, so I can talk about this topic.First: Who designs a phone, makes it black and then thinks let's call it "CHOCOLATE"? No way that happened! The original design had to have been brown. And then some tuck-in came along and did some market testing and decided no one would buy a

Oatmeal and Cinnamonoatmealandcinnamon@gmail.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231610.post-1133569632030812762005-12-02T19:24:00.000-05:002005-12-02T19:27:12.046-05:00

MASS Music Dome is a multimedia performance created by MASS Ensemble and o2 Creative Solutions. MASS Ensemble designs and creates innovative architectural scale stringed instruments and kinetic performances, including the Earth Harp. o2 is an experience design firm which combines design, communications and technology to create unique immersive, sensory and interactive experiences.MASS Music

Michael Doylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13481365123146037886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231610.post-1131660224697297932005-11-10T17:02:00.000-05:002005-11-11T09:23:10.916-05:00

We've switched our blogging software and we have a new RSS feed available. The new URL is www.core77.com/blog/rss.xml. This feed will no longer have any new posts - please update your reader software. Thanks!

CoreJrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08046261678727370304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231610.post-1131498417653994152005-11-08T19:25:00.000-05:002005-11-08T20:10:15.216-05:00

If you ever wanted proof of how important the right choice of materials and processes are in the design and development of consumer products (not that they aren't in industrial machinery) today's story in the BBC underscores it. Here's a snippet,Both lawsuits argue that the problems with the screen on the Nano are due to a design flaw. They alleged that Apple was aware of the issue, but chose to

niti bhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378260193635390923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231610.post-1131473479669124222005-11-08T13:11:00.000-05:002005-11-08T13:11:19.733-05:00

This site from Ellen and Julia Lupton is not about shopping or decorating. Nor is it about a caste of specialists endowed with mysterious talents and impenetrable secrets. DESIGN YOUR LIFE is about thinking. DESIGN YOUR LIFE applies ideas from design theory and practice to some of the basic problems of daily living, from organizing a household and thinking creatively in the workplace to

Steve Portigalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231610.post-1131462778172436202005-11-08T10:08:00.000-05:002005-11-08T10:12:58.210-05:00

ebay + Get Crafty = Etsy, a great place "to buy and sell all things handmade."

BigElvishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16300297525055936618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231610.post-1131395889365176012005-11-07T15:31:00.000-05:002005-11-07T15:38:09.386-05:00

Rushkoff will be posting 10 tidbits from his upcoming book, "Get Back In The Box: Innovation from the Inside Out" on his blog. Here's a taste from the first one:The longevity and prosperity of any enterprise depends most on its participants' ability to maintain the wellspring of innovation. And the way to do this is to remember that you are always the source of your own best ideas. The most

BigElvishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16300297525055936618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231610.post-1131381028671144772005-11-07T11:25:00.000-05:002005-11-07T11:30:28.690-05:00

Deez sent in this link to a wonerful array of indi-genius designs posted by Jonathan McIntosh.

BigElvishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16300297525055936618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231610.post-1131379254933752952005-11-07T11:00:00.000-05:002005-11-07T11:23:38.580-05:00

Signs o' the times at last weekend's Conference on Designing for User eXperience (DUX)

Steve Portigalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231610.post-1131378810341686722005-11-07T10:48:00.000-05:002005-11-07T10:53:30.363-05:00

Kodak has gone all out this time with the Wi-Fi enabled easyshare-one digital camera launch opening a temporary gallery space in both New York & San Francisco to promote the utopian world of picture taking/printing/sharing. Pictured above, the MTV2 launch style street mural on Ludlow St and the New York gallery space at 102 Wooster Street. Both galleries will be open till November 27.

squee.geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05842265080213799730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231610.post-1131378254268746362005-11-07T10:18:00.000-05:002005-11-07T10:44:14.286-05:00

"The idea of living in the middle of the desert in a prefab 1,200-square-foot home, stretching ourselves financially and driving three hours a day, wasn't appealing anymore," Mr. Cannon, 34, said.Interesting article in the NYT about a social trend of moving away from California, specifically San Francisco and LA. Apparently, the high cost of living eventually outweighs culture, good food, and

mastadonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006924739986484762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231610.post-1131375684932262682005-11-07T09:58:00.000-05:002005-11-07T10:05:00.060-05:00

Take a look at what we didn't get; especially love the editorial, "Dude, even I could've done this..." [via Engadget via The Raw Feed]

BigElvishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16300297525055936618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231610.post-1131139028819675232005-11-04T16:12:00.000-05:002005-11-04T16:17:08.860-05:00

(Not that kind, though you'd assume it from the source.) Sending you into the weekend with this Rube Goldberg-meets-Flash extravaganza, enjoy.

BigElvishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16300297525055936618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231610.post-1131125846458971602005-11-04T12:30:00.000-05:002005-11-04T12:37:26.476-05:00

Mark Frauenfelder calls this "progress at its best"; Garth Johnson says, "you may call it the apex of industrial design if you wish". Us, we'll just never leave our house, thank you very much.

BigElvishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16300297525055936618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231610.post-1131125610470423662005-11-04T12:26:00.000-05:002005-11-04T12:33:30.493-05:00

Re-Thinking the Vertical Blind by Silent Gliss (or is that Glass). Thanks again to Victoria for the live TKO updates.

squee.geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05842265080213799730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231610.post-1131124576171426242005-11-04T12:11:00.000-05:002005-11-04T12:16:16.193-05:00

Coming to NYC on November 19th:Ordinarily, graphic artists are given days, weeks, or even months to complete just one project. For Cut and Paste, the contestants are going to be asked to produce a freelance design with minimal preparation in only fifteen minutes in front of a live audience. cutandpastecontest.com

BigElvishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16300297525055936618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231610.post-1131123186672554312005-11-04T11:49:00.000-05:002005-11-04T12:00:38.343-05:00

Very beautiful. See Ori-gomi's flickrstrm here.[via futurefeeder]

BigElvishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16300297525055936618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231610.post-1131048999978177982005-11-03T15:12:00.000-05:002005-11-04T12:11:30.966-05:00

"Why doesn't this work right? What am I supposed to do with this now?"World Usability Day promotes the value of usability engineering, user-centered design, and every user's responsibility to ask for things that work better. The Usabililty Professionals' Association is doing that by encouraging, organizing, and sponsoring 36 hours of activities at the local level around the globe, all occurring

squee.geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05842265080213799730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231610.post-1131040799755253912005-11-03T12:52:00.000-05:002005-11-03T12:59:59.786-05:00

This brief paper outlines the findings of a study that examines where people expect to find the various elements that make up a typical web site. The grid above identifies advertising, navigation, external links, home page link and search engine. Seems like we're pretty close to perfect!

stucon, core77http://www.blogger.com/profile/07391850871915512127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231610.post-1131026923604057112005-11-03T09:04:00.000-05:002005-11-04T12:14:45.886-05:00

Opening party at the "tokyo hipster's club", the first building designed by Tom Dixon.

squee.geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05842265080213799730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231610.post-1130985465299014152005-11-02T21:31:00.000-05:002005-11-03T10:55:36.453-05:00

We're done with our holiday shopping. So postmodern it makes us gag on our own glee, here's the press release:A circle is the locus of all points equidistant from a central point. There’s a theory that if you can draw a circle, you can draw anything. everlab, in its quest to merge art and science, now brings to you the one-hour circle. Portable, adhesive, and battery-powered, the one-hour circle

BigElvishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16300297525055936618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231610.post-1130951386169056252005-11-02T12:07:00.000-05:002005-11-02T12:09:46.190-05:00

A tad late on this, but Arnold sent in this link to the sexist manuals, and their antidote.

BigElvishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16300297525055936618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231610.post-1130946661782670722005-11-02T10:44:00.000-05:002005-11-02T10:51:01.800-05:00

Victoria Milne is on the beat in Tokyo and sends in these early pics from 100% Tokyo. (From top to bottom: The view inside the main tent of 100% Design Tokyo; SteraFurniture's steel powder coated chairs perforated in flower pattern; Bals Tokyo booth; Cubic Floater's robots; Beauty for Free gang.)

BigElvishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16300297525055936618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231610.post-1130943074860588422005-11-02T09:42:00.000-05:002005-11-02T09:51:14.876-05:00

If the previous post got you all hot 'n' bothered, check out techvector.com. And man, don't forget to "click for color."

BigElvishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16300297525055936618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231610.post-1130859738424766532005-11-01T10:36:00.000-05:002005-11-01T10:42:18.443-05:00

Here's the press release (we miss Letraset so much it hurts):My house, my pool, my wife, my car, my horse, my Learjet, my toys, my trees, my garden, my cockroach. Now it's really all yours.Neubau Welt is an extensive encyclopedia of well over a thousand editable vector illustrations of everyday objects and obsessions large and small. They were created by designer Stefan Gandl and his Neubau team.

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