http://www.core77.com/blog/ Design news, culture, events and resources. A daily must-read for designers world wide. Copyright 2012 Thu, 24 May 2012 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.34-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/0rinkcourttr01.jpg" width="468" height="1247" alt="0rinkcourttr01.jpg"/></p> <p>Los Angeles' Staples Center had an unusual situation over the weekend: Both of L.A.'s basketball teams made the playoffs, as did their hockey team, requiring six playoff games in four days, all on the same floor. Staffers transformed the Center from Kings-branded ice hockey rink to Lakers-branded basketball court to Clippers-branded basketball court and back again over the course of four days:</p> <p><iframe width="468" height="263" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/v4rZjGNYxuo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p>That process is not unique; virtually every city with a stadium and teams from different leagues performs this routine, with transformation times (depending on crew size and efficiency) ranging from a blistering 90 minutes to a full day. The question is, how do they go from ice to parquet and back again? This video of the Verizon Center in Washington, DC being transformed provides a better view:<br /> </p><a href="http://www.core77.com/blog/interiorexhibition_design/how_do_they_change_stadiums_from_hockey_rinks_to_basketball_courts--in_90_minutes_and_move_an_entire_football_field_22530.asp">(more...)</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HFqbF3f3Ylf0nLYgjlW5L6CMwKs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HFqbF3f3Ylf0nLYgjlW5L6CMwKs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HFqbF3f3Ylf0nLYgjlW5L6CMwKs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HFqbF3f3Ylf0nLYgjlW5L6CMwKs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/core77/blog/~4/aI_YM8WTHFo" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/core77/blog/~3/aI_YM8WTHFo/how_do_they_change_stadiums_from_hockey_rinks_to_basketball_courts--in_90_minutes_and_move_an_entire_football_field_22530.asp http://www.core77.com/blog/interiorexhibition_design/how_do_they_change_stadiums_from_hockey_rinks_to_basketball_courts--in_90_minutes_and_move_an_entire_football_field_22530.asp Interior/Exhibition Design Thu, 24 May 2012 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.core77.com/blog/interiorexhibition_design/how_do_they_change_stadiums_from_hockey_rinks_to_basketball_courts--in_90_minutes_and_move_an_entire_football_field_22530.asp <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/MF_Shots_13.jpg" width="468" height="350" alt="MF_Shots_13.jpg"/><em><small>Menthos + Diet Coke Part 1. Photo courtesy of <a href="http://www.thisissuite.com" target="_blank">Lindsie Reitz</a>.</small></em></p> <p><a href="http://www.handeyesupply.com">Hand-Eye Supply</a>'s first <a href="http://www.makerfaire.com" target="_blank">Maker Faire</a> was a mind melter&mdash;a sensory explosion of Arduino-controlled blinking lights, musical Tesla coils, 3-D Printers rattling away, full scale operational R2-D2's and Daleks, Lego cities, fire breathing dragons and swaths of overstimulated makers and enthusiasts of all ages with bugged out eyes and perma-grins. </p> <p>We set up our booth in the expo hall and pedaled our wares: shop aprons, safety glasses and Curiosity Club t-shirts to the Maker Faire masses. The crowd was welcoming and inquisitive and we made some new friends, caught up with some old ones and generally had a smashing time. The whole event was capped nicely with the solar eclipse and, astronomers aside, there probably has not been a more prepared audience to watch it with. Attendees donned solar viewers for the celestial spectacle, a final light show for Maker Faire Bay Area 2012.</p> <p>Thanks to everyone who stopped by the Hand-Eye Supply booth, Miranda and the crew for so carefully re-locating us and Steve Davee for lending many a helping hand over the weekend and generally being a stand-up dude!</p> <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/MF_Shots_04.jpg" width="468" height="350" alt="MF_Shots_04.jpg"/><em><small>Menthos + Diet Coke Part 1. Photo courtesy of <a href="http://www.thisissuite.com" target="_blank">Lindsie Reitz</a>.</small></em></p> <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/MF_Shots_03.jpg" width="468" height="350" alt="MF_Shots_03.jpg"/> <em><small>Menthos + Diet Coke Part 2 Photo courtesy of <a href="http://www.thisissuite.com" target="_blank">Lindsie Reitz</a>.</small></em></p> <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/MF_Shots_01.jpg" width="468" height="350" alt="MF_Shots_01.jpg"/> <em><small>Exterminate! Photo Courtesy of <a href="http://www.thisissuite.com" target="_blank">Lindsie Reitz</a>.</small></em></p> <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/MF_Shots_Ben_08.jpg" width="468" height="350" alt="MF_Shots_Ben_08.jpg"/><em><small>Getting woozy in the Whiskey Drome. Photo courtesy of Ben Lipsey.</small></em></p> <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/MF_Shots_14.jpg" width="468" height="350" alt="MF_Shots_14.jpg"/><em><small>Whiskey Drome Dare Devils! Photo courtesy of <a href="http://www.thisissuite.com" target="_blank">Lindsie Reitz</a>.</small></em></p><a href="http://www.core77.com/blog/events/maker_faire_bay_area_2012_recap_22526.asp">(more...)</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5wheHCr_081ZTDjK8e7cNETstFA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5wheHCr_081ZTDjK8e7cNETstFA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5wheHCr_081ZTDjK8e7cNETstFA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5wheHCr_081ZTDjK8e7cNETstFA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/core77/blog/~4/jm3aq4PSOvs" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/core77/blog/~3/jm3aq4PSOvs/maker_faire_bay_area_2012_recap_22526.asp http://www.core77.com/blog/events/maker_faire_bay_area_2012_recap_22526.asp Events Thu, 24 May 2012 18:15:00 -0500 http://www.core77.com/blog/events/maker_faire_bay_area_2012_recap_22526.asp <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/SebastianErrazuriz-WallStreetNation0.jpg" width="468" height="312" alt="SebastianErrazuriz-WallStreetNation0.jpg"/></p> <p>Brooklyn-based designer Sebasti&aacute;n Err&aacute;zuriz is prolific if nothing else, as evidenced by his strong showing during New York Design Week. Of course, seeing as we saw fit to <a href="http://www.core77.com/gallery/core77-open-exhibition-2012/30.asp">include</a> his "<a href="http://www.core77.com/blog/furniture_design/non_sequitur_chicken_chair_by_sebastian_errazuriz_22342.asp">Chicken Chair</a><br /> in the <a href="http://core77.com/nydesignweek/open.asp">First Annual Core77 OPEN</a> he's clearly something else: a hybrid artist/designer who is as comfortable producing <a href="http://www.core77.com/blog/furniture_design/non_sequitur_chicken_chair_by_sebastian_errazuriz_22342.asp">commercial work as he is with realizing conceptual projects</a>, transcending both the line between art and design, as well as the dichotomy between novelty and philosophy... often within a single work.</p> <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/SebastianErrazuriz-WallStreetNation1.jpg" width="468" height="702" alt="SebastianErrazuriz-WallStreetNation1.jpg"/></p> <p>His latest urban intervention, "Wall Street Nation," might be considered a follow-up to his "<a href="http://www.core77.com/blog/exhibitions/seating_for_the_one_percent_21937.asp">Occupy Chairs</a>"... or a riff on the notion of 'painting the town red':<blockquote>Following his signature style of minimal yet uniquely creative designs and public interventions; Sebastian Errazuriz unveils his latest project titled "Wall Street Nation". The artist has started to transform street lines into "Dollar Signs" by simply painting a white letter "S" across each line. The project wishes to express the fear and impotence that people are currently experiencing while seeing the growing greed that is transforming the way we live.</p> <p>"I'm afraid greed is rapidly changing life as we know it; it's become normal that while home owners are being evicted, banks considered "too big to fail" are shamelessly gambling to with citizens money. The 99% are intimidated by their own police force while judges rule that companies have the same rights as people. Now corporations are pouring unregulated amounts of money into Super PACs to influence the elections and secure politicians that will continue to de-regulate the market and make them more money. It's all spiraling out of control; greed is taking over and people are loosing all sense of proportion and justice."</blockquote></p> <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/SebastianErrazuriz-WallStreetNation2.jpg" width="468" height="702" alt="SebastianErrazuriz-WallStreetNation2.jpg"/></p> <blockquote>The artist hopes his painted Dollar signs on street lines are taken up by others who also believe that greed has been taking over their cities and displacing their way of life. "If people feel impotent and cornered by how greed is transforming everything; I invite them to get a brush, a can of paint and go out and change their street lines into Dollar signs. People need to find new ways to remind others of the general discontent. I need to go and mark some Dollar signs on Wall Street..."</blockquote> <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/SebastianErrazuriz-WallStreetNation3.jpg" width="468" height="702" alt="SebastianErrazuriz-WallStreetNation3.jpg"/><small><em>The money shot...</em></small></p><a href="http://www.core77.com/blog/fine_art/sebastian_errazuriz_take_to_the_treet_22535.asp">(more...)</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UIdZwSAThHXQpRdr22e7ZRnLZ1E/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UIdZwSAThHXQpRdr22e7ZRnLZ1E/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UIdZwSAThHXQpRdr22e7ZRnLZ1E/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UIdZwSAThHXQpRdr22e7ZRnLZ1E/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/core77/blog/~4/7HYb1IKtT8U" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/core77/blog/~3/7HYb1IKtT8U/sebastian_errazuriz_take_to_the_treet_22535.asp http://www.core77.com/blog/fine_art/sebastian_errazuriz_take_to_the_treet_22535.asp Fine Art Thu, 24 May 2012 17:00:00 -0500 http://www.core77.com/blog/fine_art/sebastian_errazuriz_take_to_the_treet_22535.asp <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/ICFF12-Northumbria-wide.jpg" width="468" height="312" alt="ICFF12-Northumbria-wide.jpg"/></p> <p>Nine designers continue their exploration of the original brief of the <a href="http://www.designersinresidence.org/" target="_blank">Designers in Residence program at Northumbria University</a>, posted in full in <a href="http://www.core77.com/blog/education/tools_for_daily_life_from_northumbria_universitys_designers_in_residence_19515.asp">our interview with Director Rickard Wittingham</a> during the inaugural program last year. Once again, residents have set out to "investigate the language of task-focused objects"&mdash;i.e. tools&mdash;specifically to "design and make [or have produced] a tool that carries out one, some or all of the following <em>physical</em> actions: <strong><em>Ctrl.</em> CSVXZ</strong>."</p> <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/ICFF12-Northumbria-NeilConley-Poster.jpg" width="468" height="312" alt="ICFF12-Northumbria-NeilConley-Poster.jpg"/><small><em>Neil Conley's poster design was featured on the newsletter, which included an excerpt from <a href="http://www.core77.com/blog/education/tools_for_daily_life_from_northumbria_universitys_designers_in_residence_19515.asp">our interview with Rickard</a></em></small></p> <p>To that end, the designers created working prototypes&mdash;and a requisite bit of documentation, per the directive to include "something that illustrates the design process"&mdash;that meet the primary criteria of "[not making] us look stupid when we show it in NYC." As this last tongue-in-cheek bit implies, the results were exhibited at the ICFF this past weekend, alongside several of last years' projects (again, seen in <a href="http://www.core77.com/blog/education/tools_for_daily_life_from_northumbria_universitys_designers_in_residence_19515.asp">last year's coverage</a>).</p> <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/ICFF12-Northumbria-TatsuyaAkita.jpg" width="468" height="468" alt="ICFF12-Northumbria-TatsuyaAkita.jpg"/><small><em>Tatsuya Akita's "Chronovora" (Ctrl +) were a personal favorite</em></small></p> <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/ICFF12-Northumbria-DavidIrwin-RivetLamps.jpg" width="468" height="263" alt="ICFF12-Northumbria-DavidIrwin-RivetLamps.jpg"/><small><em>David Irwin - Rivet Lights (Cmd+Opt+ -)</em></small></p> <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/ICFF12-Northumbria-PhilipLuscombe-CabinetKnobs.jpg" width="468" height="351" alt="ICFF12-Northumbria-PhilipLuscombe-CabinetKnobs.jpg"/><small><em>Philip Luscombe - Cabinet Knobs (Ctrl O)</em></small></p><a href="http://www.core77.com/blog/ny_design_week/ny_design_week_2012_northumbrias_designers_in_residence_present_ctrl_csvxz_at_icff_2012_22534.asp">(more...)</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FO-QIRTmSTFpEbBU-Ck7tNNe3Lg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FO-QIRTmSTFpEbBU-Ck7tNNe3Lg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FO-QIRTmSTFpEbBU-Ck7tNNe3Lg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FO-QIRTmSTFpEbBU-Ck7tNNe3Lg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/core77/blog/~4/HCq-B3yUidk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/core77/blog/~3/HCq-B3yUidk/ny_design_week_2012_northumbrias_designers_in_residence_present_ctrl_csvxz_at_icff_2012_22534.asp http://www.core77.com/blog/ny_design_week/ny_design_week_2012_northumbrias_designers_in_residence_present_ctrl_csvxz_at_icff_2012_22534.asp NY Design Week Thu, 24 May 2012 15:00:00 -0500 http://www.core77.com/blog/ny_design_week/ny_design_week_2012_northumbrias_designers_in_residence_present_ctrl_csvxz_at_icff_2012_22534.asp <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/0boltpadlock-2.jpg" width="468" height="449" alt="0boltpadlock-2.jpg"/></p> <p>Although it's several years old, currently making the blog rounds is the <A HREF="http://www.boltlock.com/" target="_blank">BOLT line of locks</A>. BOLT is an acroynm for Breakthrough One-key Lock Technology, and their line-up's key (ha) feature is that rather than coming with a set of keys, the locks "learn" <I>your</I> key, meaning that's one less key you have to carry around. Here's how it works:</p> <p><iframe width="468" height="263" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8CWrEYn51yM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p>Pretty cool, no? Alas, the Internet giveth, and the Internet taketh away. Here's a vid of someone picking the lock:</p><a href="http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/a_lock_that_learns_22531.asp">(more...)</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ainQCgo84SGsO2yYwRoJ-EWox0o/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ainQCgo84SGsO2yYwRoJ-EWox0o/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ainQCgo84SGsO2yYwRoJ-EWox0o/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ainQCgo84SGsO2yYwRoJ-EWox0o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/core77/blog/~4/x3C_YxLFKiw" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/core77/blog/~3/x3C_YxLFKiw/a_lock_that_learns_22531.asp http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/a_lock_that_learns_22531.asp Object Culture Thu, 24 May 2012 13:30:00 -0500 http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/a_lock_that_learns_22531.asp <p><img alt="los-angeles-walks-logo.jpg" src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/los-angeles-walks-logo.jpg" width="468" height="135" class="mt-image-none" style="" /></p> <p>It's a myth that nobody in Los Angeles walks. A lot of people do, but they're often overshadowed by the city's glamorous car-obsessed image. Over the years, Los Angeles is taking a step forward towards a walking revolution.</p> <p>Already, the city is being inundated with several <a href="http://www.metro.net/projects/measurer/" target="_blank">Measure R</a>-funded transit projects that will extend <a href="http://www.metro.net/projects/" target="_blank">a number of metro lines</a> to connect diverse neighborhoods. Los Angeles is primed for change and wants to be unshackled from its automotive chains. </p> <p>In recent news, Los Angeles is hiring <a href="http://la.curbed.com/archives/2012/04/la_staffing_up_pedestrian_master_planning_efforts.php" target="_blank">two pedestrian coordinators</a> to help the Department of Transportation to develop a pedestrian masterplan in the city. That's an amazing feat for a city that's always prioritized its cars more than its people. </p> <p>Alongside this piece of news comes the resurgence of Los Angeles's first-ever citywide pedestrian advocacy group <a href="http://www.losangeleswalks.org/" target="_blank">Los Angeles Walks</a> founded by urban designer Deborah Murphy in 1998. Murphy, along with Alexis Lantz, Jessica Meaney, Alissa Walker, Colleen Corcoran and Michelle Craven, revived the group under the umbrella of the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition in support of walking in Los Angeles. Core77 talks with Murphy to ask how much would it take to design a walkable city. Apparently, a lot.</p> <p><strong>Core77: How did you start with walking as an advocacy? </strong></p> <p>Deborah Murphy: Over 30 years ago, I started working in downtown after I graduated from UCLA. At first, I drove and then I realized "I can't do this. I have to take the bus." I would walk a quarter mile from my house, get on the bus and get off a couple of blocks from my office. The experience was so great, I bought bus passes and bus tokens for everybody in my office, so they could do the same thing. I thought, "You guys are going through the same thing nightmare I went through, so why would you do that?"</p> <p>When you're doing that much walking, you start to notice that even if it's a walkable neighborhood, the drivers weren't walk-friendly. Constantly, I was in this situation where I was at an unmarked crosswalk location at an intersection trying to cross the street and people trying to nail me going 50 miles an hour. It then became a real issue for me to do something about this.</p> <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/peri-vision-decreases-at-higher-speeds-michele-weisbart.jpg" width="468" height="162"><small><em>Peripheral vision decreases at higher speeds. By: Michele Weisbart.</em></small></p> <p><strong>Los Angeles Walks isn't a new organization. It started back in 1998. Why did it fizzle out in its previous iterations? </strong></p> <p>My reason for wanting to go there was the Missing Person's song lyrics, "nobody walks in LA." I said, "Yes they do." We just need a better way to do it and we need respect and all the rest of it. </p> <p>When I left the Department of City Planning in 1998, I decided I was going to establish a pedestrian advocacy group. I was able to use the <a href="http://www.transact.org/" target="_blank">Surface Transportation Policy Project </a>is a kind of mother organization and, at the time, 50 or 60 people would come and meet me at the Melendrez office (where I worked) to talk about issues. It was great, but people started flitting away. It became, "Great idea! Deborah, you do that! Deborah, you do that."</p> <p><strong>So, why does the pedestrian movement have more traction now?</strong></p> <p>First, the media is more consistent now. Second, there's a broader media. We're not just relying on the <em>Daily News</em>. <em>Los Angeles Times</em> and <em>LA Weekly</em>. There's blogs and people are really tied into that. </p> <p>Bicyclists and pedestrians are now working together. In the past, the pedestrians and cyclists were on opposite sides, the <a href="http://greenlacoalition.org/" target="_blank">Green LA Coalition</a> was a place where those differences were bridged. </p><a href="http://www.core77.com/blog/transportation/designing_a_walking_la_an_interview_with_los_angeles_walks_founder_deborah_murphy_22468.asp">(more...)</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Og4rEFt0pd1Qtj1UZwefO_Xj3fk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Og4rEFt0pd1Qtj1UZwefO_Xj3fk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Og4rEFt0pd1Qtj1UZwefO_Xj3fk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Og4rEFt0pd1Qtj1UZwefO_Xj3fk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/core77/blog/~4/j1tQCoBOwI8" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/core77/blog/~3/j1tQCoBOwI8/designing_a_walking_la_an_interview_with_los_angeles_walks_founder_deborah_murphy_22468.asp http://www.core77.com/blog/transportation/designing_a_walking_la_an_interview_with_los_angeles_walks_founder_deborah_murphy_22468.asp Transportation Thu, 24 May 2012 12:00:00 -0500 http://www.core77.com/blog/transportation/designing_a_walking_la_an_interview_with_los_angeles_walks_founder_deborah_murphy_22468.asp <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/0rweersing01.jpg" width="468" height="675" alt="0rweersing01.jpg"/></p> <p>This <A HREF="http://www.custommade.com/zig-zag-chair/by/weersingfurniturestudio" target="_blank">Zig Zag Chair</A>, made from just three pieces of high grade maple plywood, is by Oregon-based furniture designer Randy Weersing. According to the description it's light, strong, and ergonomically comfortable.</p> <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/0rweersing02.jpg" width="468" height="658" alt="0rweersing02.jpg"/><br /> </p><a href="http://www.core77.com/blog/furniture_design/randy_weersings_zig_zag_chair_three_pieces_of_plywood_and_many_many_cuts_22480.asp">(more...)</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hFLALzfy79SEJBbS1Nlr8r92uQU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hFLALzfy79SEJBbS1Nlr8r92uQU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hFLALzfy79SEJBbS1Nlr8r92uQU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hFLALzfy79SEJBbS1Nlr8r92uQU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/core77/blog/~4/ELxseKOQ-P0" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/core77/blog/~3/ELxseKOQ-P0/randy_weersings_zig_zag_chair_three_pieces_of_plywood_and_many_many_cuts_22480.asp http://www.core77.com/blog/furniture_design/randy_weersings_zig_zag_chair_three_pieces_of_plywood_and_many_many_cuts_22480.asp Furniture Design Thu, 24 May 2012 11:00:00 -0500 http://www.core77.com/blog/furniture_design/randy_weersings_zig_zag_chair_three_pieces_of_plywood_and_many_many_cuts_22480.asp <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/NouvelleVague1.png" width="468" height="311" alt="NouvelleVague1.png"/></p> <p>France may be a leader in many disciplines&mdash;food, film, fashion, art&mdash;but so far design is not one of them. That, however, may be beginning to change. In the last three years France has been undergoing something of an "entrepreneurial design frenzy" with an accompanying design market boom and an influx of new design galleries. To show the world what France's emerging design scene has to offer, they're touring around an exhibition called "Nouvelle Vague: The New French Domestic Landscape."</p> <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/NouvelleVague2.png" width="468" height="258" alt="NouvelleVague2.png"/></p> <p>The first stop on the tour was at WantedDesign, and if the five studios whose work was included in the show are any indication, France is on the cusp of not only one of the most refined, considered and beautifully crafted design movements, but one that honors the intellectual and conceptual side of design as well. Here, there were no cute lamps or chairs that were simply cool looking. Each design had not only a purpose but a philosophy.</p> <p>Juan-Pablo Naranjo, a co-founder of <a href="http://nocc.fr/" target="_blank">Studio Nocc</a>, expressed his fascination with design Darwinism, the evolution of objects and furniture design. After looking at how the design of a chair or table has changed over time, he considers the individual elements of a single piece of furniture and asks why it evolved that way and whether changing it - adding a kink in its evolutionary timeline&mdash;will increase its functionality. What he's discovered is that at the very least these modifications get people to reconsider the way they interact with daily objects.</p> <p>Take, for example, Nocc's Hypertrophy Chair (above), a basic white chair with one curved, wooden armrest that we might call a normal, standard armrest, and one armrest that arcs from the chair's back down to the floor. How does elongating the armrest make your interaction with this chair different? Suddenly, with this one slight adjustment, it's no longer just a chair anymore. Now you're really thinking not just about how you're going to use this chair, but how you've come to treat chairs in general over the years. From a purely practical point of view, the extra long armrest is great for holding a blanket, your jacket or the newspaper, but it really does much more that.</p> <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/NouvelleVague3.png" width="468" height="354" alt="NouvelleVague3.png"/></p> <p>In the Siamese Table, Nocc gives the side table a side table of its own. In their Objects of Sounds collection, the shapes of the vases, pendant lights and candlesticks are derived from the shape of a sound recording of your voice as your say the name of the object. Both black candlesticks are the physical manifestations of Nocc's two founders saying the same word (see a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8Wu3I8mXUs" target="_blank">quick video</a> of how it works).</p> <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/NouvelleVague6.png" width="468" height="473" alt="NouvelleVague6.png"/></p><a href="http://www.core77.com/blog/ny_design_week/ny_design_week_2012_nouvelle_vague_at_wanteddesign_22509.asp">(more...)</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uMgF5SC-uc02m6YMqPEHDl95Gno/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uMgF5SC-uc02m6YMqPEHDl95Gno/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uMgF5SC-uc02m6YMqPEHDl95Gno/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uMgF5SC-uc02m6YMqPEHDl95Gno/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/core77/blog/~4/eoqJ110utzE" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/core77/blog/~3/eoqJ110utzE/ny_design_week_2012_nouvelle_vague_at_wanteddesign_22509.asp http://www.core77.com/blog/ny_design_week/ny_design_week_2012_nouvelle_vague_at_wanteddesign_22509.asp NY Design Week Thu, 24 May 2012 09:00:00 -0500 http://www.core77.com/blog/ny_design_week/ny_design_week_2012_nouvelle_vague_at_wanteddesign_22509.asp <p><a href="http://www.coroflot.com/public/jobs_browse.asp" border="0"><img alt="coroflot-joboftheday.jpg" src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/coroflot-joboftheday.jpg" width="468" height="68" class="mt-image-none" style="" /></a></p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.coroflot.com/public/job_details.asp?job_id=40369&referral=C77blogpost">Product Design Intern </a><br>Dror</strong><br />New York, New York</p> <p>Dror's internship program provides design students or recent graduates practical work experience in product design. Interns will be working closely with division heads on client as well as research and development projects. Interns will be exposed to a variety of roles inherent in a bustling, up-and-coming design studio and will gain invaluable work experience in all facets of the design process. They will be exposed to and involved in all disciplinarians of the studio (product, graphic, architectural and interior design).</p> <p>This summer, Dror is looking for candidates with exceptional woodworking and prototyping skills.</p> <p><a href="http://www.coroflot.com/public/job_details.asp?job_id=40369&referral=C77blogpost">&raquo; view</a></p> <p><em>The best design jobs and portfolios hang out at <a href="http://coroflot.com">Coroflot</a>.</em></p><a href="http://www.core77.com/blog/jobs/dror_is_seeking_a_product_design_intern_in_new_york_new_york_22527.asp">(more...)</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jwDYwoqIqHOAkpgJWPlMxeNjeg8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jwDYwoqIqHOAkpgJWPlMxeNjeg8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jwDYwoqIqHOAkpgJWPlMxeNjeg8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jwDYwoqIqHOAkpgJWPlMxeNjeg8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/core77/blog/~4/o8_2EYopBLg" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/core77/blog/~3/o8_2EYopBLg/dror_is_seeking_a_product_design_intern_in_new_york_new_york_22527.asp http://www.core77.com/blog/jobs/dror_is_seeking_a_product_design_intern_in_new_york_new_york_22527.asp Jobs Thu, 24 May 2012 07:00:00 -0500 http://www.core77.com/blog/jobs/dror_is_seeking_a_product_design_intern_in_new_york_new_york_22527.asp <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/0idurdes.jpg" width="468" height="696" alt="0idurdes.jpg"/></p> <p>Two ideas for things we'll probably never see, but which would be nice if they could actually be realized. </p> <p>The first is Brooklyn-based <A HREF="http://www.pensanyc.com" target="_blank">Pensa Design's</A> Street Charge, which would be so useful that I can't ever see the City of New York agreeing to install them. The concept is to use existing street signage to hold self-sufficient, solar-powered USB chargers, conferring on citizens the ability to juice up their phones on the fly. </p> <p><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/41526179?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=ffffff" width="468" height="263" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe></p> <p>If installed I think they would be mobbed, but I also think that wooden shelf or bench would be awash in discarded coffee cups, half-eaten pizzas and less pleasant things in no time.</p> <p>The second is an urban oasis concept called <A HREF="http://www.hrama.com/skycity.html" target="_blank">City in the Sky</A> that makes NYC's High Line look like a subway station. Done as a collaboration between Dimitar Karanikolov, Nedialko Nedyalkov, Kamen Sirashki, Svilen Belberov, Nikolay Salutski and Miroslav Radoev, it's so beautifully wistful that I don't feel like going outside and facing the chewing-gum-encrusted reality that is New York City today.</p> <p><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/42452913?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=ffffff" width="468" height="263" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe></p><a href="http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/idealistic_urban_design_streetside_charging_points_and_a_city_in_the_sky_22521.asp">(more...)</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/V3pedsJvCxdO6oeFLc6Ay55OUx0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/V3pedsJvCxdO6oeFLc6Ay55OUx0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/V3pedsJvCxdO6oeFLc6Ay55OUx0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/V3pedsJvCxdO6oeFLc6Ay55OUx0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/core77/blog/~4/z-Ca2i26Tuo" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/core77/blog/~3/z-Ca2i26Tuo/idealistic_urban_design_streetside_charging_points_and_a_city_in_the_sky_22521.asp http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/idealistic_urban_design_streetside_charging_points_and_a_city_in_the_sky_22521.asp Object Culture Thu, 24 May 2012 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/idealistic_urban_design_streetside_charging_points_and_a_city_in_the_sky_22521.asp <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/0lumsontag.jpg" width="468" height="1003" alt="0lumsontag.jpg"/></p> <p>The worst sound in the world is a shampoo bottle fart. As someone obsessed with getting the last few drops of product out of the bottle, I rue the day I squeeze it and get only fractional globs and noise; I know there's still three dosages lining the bottle walls, but extracting them will be more difficult than hydraulic fracturing.</p> <p>Italian cosmetic packaging company Lumson has developed a bottle design that does a better job of evacuating product. Called the <A HREF="http://www.lumson.it/en/airless-system/tag-system" target="_blank">TAG (Techno Airless Glass) bottle system</A>, it consists of a glass bottle, a plastic pump and a collapsible pouch. The product, which is loaded into the collapsible pouch, never touches the walls of the glass; and because the pouch is airtight, after being fully dispensed there is "almost no product residue" remaining in the pouch. The bottle's components can also be separated completely at a recycling facility, leaving behind clean glass and plastic ready for round two.</p> <p>Here's how it works:</p><a href="http://www.core77.com/blog/sustainable_design/recyclable_bottle_design_that_lets_you_get_the_last_drop_22513.asp">(more...)</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2o3zd_n-zM32xQ6iVvgGGSNQgqM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2o3zd_n-zM32xQ6iVvgGGSNQgqM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2o3zd_n-zM32xQ6iVvgGGSNQgqM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2o3zd_n-zM32xQ6iVvgGGSNQgqM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/core77/blog/~4/xA4rTp2aYCs" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/core77/blog/~3/xA4rTp2aYCs/recyclable_bottle_design_that_lets_you_get_the_last_drop_22513.asp http://www.core77.com/blog/sustainable_design/recyclable_bottle_design_that_lets_you_get_the_last_drop_22513.asp Sustainable Design Thu, 24 May 2012 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.core77.com/blog/sustainable_design/recyclable_bottle_design_that_lets_you_get_the_last_drop_22513.asp <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/wantedstudents-SUVLamp4.jpeg" width="468" height="351" alt="wantedstudents-SUVLamp4.jpeg"/></p> <p>During NY Design Week 2012, Core77 has been following students from six design schools from the United States and France as they employed digital fabrication methods to compete in a 3-Day lighting challenge. Participating schools included <a href="http://www.artcenter.edu/accd/index.jsp" target="_blank">Art Center College of Design</a>, <a href="http://www.newschool.edu/parsons/" target="_blank">Parsons The New School for Design</a>, <a href="http://www.scad.edu/" target="_blank">Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)</a>, <a href="http://www.ensci.com/une/" target="_blank">ENSCI les ateliers</a>, <a href="http://www.ecole-boulle.org/" target="_blank">Ecole Boulle</a> and <a href="http://www.esadse.fr/sites/Actualites/" target="_blank">Ecole sup&eacute;rieure d'art et design Saint-Etienne</a>.</p> <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/wantedstudents-SUVLamp3.jpeg" width="468" height="351" alt="wantedstudents-SUVLamp3.jpeg"/></p> <p>After a two-part competition where students were <a href="http://www.core77.com/blog/ny_design_week/ny_design_week_wanteddesign_student_challenge_part_1_22501.asp">first asked to create individual designs</a> and <a href="http://www.core77.com/blog/ny_design_week/ny_design_week_2012_wanteddesign_student_design_challenge_part_2_22517.asp">then assigned to teams</a>, the race to the finish line was fast and furious. </p> <p>In the end, the team of Johanna Lapray (ENSCI), Florent Julien (ENSCI) and Joseph Willet (SCAD) impressed our team of jurors: Core77 Editor-in-Chief Allan Chochinov, Dror Benshetrit, Giulio Cappellini, Simone Rothman (TaiPing) and Chantal Hamaide (Intramuros).</p> <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/wantedstudents-SUVLamp2.jpeg" width="468" height="519" alt="wantedstudents-SUVLamp2.jpeg"/></p> <p>"The SUV Lamp impressed the jury because it was a big idea, perfectly executed and off the beaten path from most laser-cut modular lamps. It's sly use of the marble-ized 3M film, the front grill pattern, the 'volume described by a curved plane'&mdash;these were all very sophisticated elements that combined to create a very resolved, unique product." Core77 Congratulates all the students for a job well done!</p> <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/wantedstudents-SUVLamp1.jpeg" width="468" height="351" alt="wantedstudents-SUVLamp1.jpeg"/><br /> </p><a href="http://www.core77.com/blog/ny_design_week/ny_design_week_2012_wanteddesign_student_design_challenge_winner_22525.asp">(more...)</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eq7Gt27DUEBWjfvvZ_nzcxnHfSE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eq7Gt27DUEBWjfvvZ_nzcxnHfSE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eq7Gt27DUEBWjfvvZ_nzcxnHfSE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eq7Gt27DUEBWjfvvZ_nzcxnHfSE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/core77/blog/~4/ZtleW6fxLdc" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/core77/blog/~3/ZtleW6fxLdc/ny_design_week_2012_wanteddesign_student_design_challenge_winner_22525.asp http://www.core77.com/blog/ny_design_week/ny_design_week_2012_wanteddesign_student_design_challenge_winner_22525.asp NY Design Week Wed, 23 May 2012 18:45:00 -0500 http://www.core77.com/blog/ny_design_week/ny_design_week_2012_wanteddesign_student_design_challenge_winner_22525.asp <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/0stormwater.jpg" width="468" height="393" alt="0stormwater.jpg"/><p align=center><small><em>This water washed over that really dirty guy you know named Randy</em></small></p></p> <p>Rain is supposed to fall out of the sky and hit the earth, where the clean water is absorbed by plants and soil. But in a built environment, something very different happens: Rainwater washes across buildings, dirty cars, dirty sidewalks, paved roads, filthy college students and the like, gathering chemicals and pollutants as it goes. The end result is polluted water flowing into storm drains, which is eventually flushed into once-clean bodies of water.</p> <p>To combat this, the United States' Environmental Protection Agency is holding a design competition called the <A HREF="http://water.epa.gov/infrastructure/greeninfrastructure/crw_challenge.cfm." target="_blank">Campus RainWorks Challenge</A>, which asks students (both undergrad and grad) to design green infrastructure solutions for soaking up rain in built environments, minimizing stormwater pollution.</p> <blockquote>Student teams are invited to create an innovative green infrastructure design for a site on their campus showing how managing stormwater at its source can benefit the campus community and the environment.... While single-purpose "gray" stormwater infrastructure (e.g. catch basins, pipes, and ponds) is largely designed to move urban stormwater away from the built environment, green infrastructure uses vegetation and soil to manage rainwater where it falls.</blockquote> <p>We know most of you crazy college kids are already into your debauched summertime activites, but hopefully you can stop shotgunning beer long enough to give this competition a good think. Registration's not until September 4th, leaving you plenty of time to sober up, and then you and your team will have all semester to make the mid-December entry period.</p> <p>First Prize is $13,500 and will be awarded twice&mdash;to winners from both a large and small college&mdash;but that money is meant to be specifically allocated, with $2,500 going to the students and $11,000 going to a responsible faculty member who will spend it on research rather than Michelob. (Second Prize, also awarded twice, is $9,500 with a $1,500/$8,000 student/faculty research breakdown.) Get involved <A HREF="http://water.epa.gov/infrastructure/greeninfrastructure/crw_challenge.cfm" target="_blank">here</A>.</p><a href="http://www.core77.com/blog/competition/epa_student_design_competition_to_solve_campus_stormwater_pollution_22520.asp">(more...)</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9suYRVaNUsFQVWplHHL8qDeIkWM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9suYRVaNUsFQVWplHHL8qDeIkWM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9suYRVaNUsFQVWplHHL8qDeIkWM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9suYRVaNUsFQVWplHHL8qDeIkWM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/core77/blog/~4/KZm4HYo1HLs" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/core77/blog/~3/KZm4HYo1HLs/epa_student_design_competition_to_solve_campus_stormwater_pollution_22520.asp http://www.core77.com/blog/competition/epa_student_design_competition_to_solve_campus_stormwater_pollution_22520.asp Competition Wed, 23 May 2012 16:20:00 -0500 http://www.core77.com/blog/competition/epa_student_design_competition_to_solve_campus_stormwater_pollution_22520.asp <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/Makers-Brothers1.png" width="468" height="354" alt="Makers-Brothers1.png"/></p> <p>The main attraction at the Standard Hotel&mdash;aka <a href="http://www.nohodesigndistrict.com/" target="_blank">Noho Design District </a>HQ&mdash;was "Making 101," a live demonstration from <a href="http://www.makersandbrothers.com">Makers & Brothers</a>, a design and craft collective located in Ireland. Jonathan and Mark Legge (the brothers) teamed up to create "an online retail venture founded on simple things; the handmade, objects of integrity, contemporary vernaculars, a curation of everyday design and craft." They had an offering of some of the items they sell online available for purchase, like Padraig Larkin's <a href="http://www.makersandbrothers.com/shop/willow-rattle" target="_blank">Willow Rattle</a> made with nuts inside, the housemade <a href="http://www.makersandbrothers.com/shop/wooden-spinning-top" target="_blank">Wooden Spinning Top</a> and the <a href="http://www.makersandbrothers.com/shop/3-legged-stool" target="_blank">3-Legged Stools</a> by <a href="http://www.stickman.ie/joomla/" target="_blank">James Carroll</a>, who was making them there in person.</p> <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/Makers-Brothers.png" width="468" height="311" alt="Makers-Brothers.png"/></p> <p>Based on an old Irish milking stool archetype, Carroll's stools are roughly hewn; The seat is smooth but pocked with his carvings and the legs are whittled to an approximate size and then fitted into the base of the seat. Carroll moved with ease around the stacks of timber in his temporary studio in the front window of the Standard. While we chatted it was clear he had made this stool hundreds of times. The back and forth motion of working the shaving-horse was so natural to him that he didn't miss a stroke as he casually reached into his pocket and handed me his business card.</p> <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/Makers-Brothers2.png" width="468" height="469" alt="Makers-Brothers2.png"/></p><a href="http://www.core77.com/blog/ny_design_week/ny_design_week_makers_brothers_at_noho_design_district_22522.asp">(more...)</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FR0x4ZI9UNJAbstBIRXW-jLetrw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FR0x4ZI9UNJAbstBIRXW-jLetrw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FR0x4ZI9UNJAbstBIRXW-jLetrw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FR0x4ZI9UNJAbstBIRXW-jLetrw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/core77/blog/~4/w6ZAgrvwrVs" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/core77/blog/~3/w6ZAgrvwrVs/ny_design_week_makers_brothers_at_noho_design_district_22522.asp http://www.core77.com/blog/ny_design_week/ny_design_week_makers_brothers_at_noho_design_district_22522.asp NY Design Week Wed, 23 May 2012 14:00:00 -0500 http://www.core77.com/blog/ny_design_week/ny_design_week_makers_brothers_at_noho_design_district_22522.asp <p><img src="http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/2012/05/0tJonathan-Ive.jpg" width="468" height="262" alt="0tJonathan-Ive.jpg"/></p> <p>It's a shame Jonathan Ive doesn't grant more interviews, but it's easy to see why: There exists a YouTube clip of Ive being interviewed by a British tabloid-style TV show some years ago, and rather than being given an opportunity to engage in a potentially-edifying discussion about design, the cloddish host ambushes him with questions about a media-manufactured controversy over iPod battery issues. And in more recent years, sensationalit articles speculating on Ive's salary or discussing his choice of car have cropped up.</p> <p>We here at Core77 don't care what kind of car Ive drives, how much money he makes or what his workout regimen is. We're not interested in Ive's celebrity. We'd be thrilled to see a Jonathan Ive interivew where he talks about aluminum or co-molding for 30 minutes. We're interested in his design talents and philosophies, his knowledge of materials, and what those things can inspire and impart to the upcoming generation of designers. So we were excited to see Shane Richmond, <I>The Telegraph's</I> Head of Technology, intercept Ive on the occasion of his being Knighted and interview him in an engaging discussion about design, <A HREF="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/9283486/Jonathan-Ive-interview-Apples-design-genius-is-British-to-the-core.html" target="_blank">released just this morning.</A></p> <p>We think of Jonathan Ive as a successful designer because we have seen his successes, but it's not productive to merely drool over his on-the-market creations. To understand his design thinking and how those successes are achieved is much more edifying. It's fascinating, for instance, to think about how many iterations of the iDevices Ive and the design team slaved over that would never make the cut:</p> <blockquote>"For a large percentage of a program, it often is not clear whether we are actually going to be able to solve the problems. For a significant percentage of the time we don't know whether we are going to have to give up on an idea or not. And that's been the case whether it's the iPod, the iPhone or the iPad." <p>And there have been times when we've been working on a program and when we are at a very mature stage and we do have solutions and you have that sinking feeling because you're trying to articulate the values to yourself and to others just a little bit too loudly. And you have that sinking feeling that the fact that you are having to articulate the value and persuade other people is probably indicative of the fact that actually it's not good enough. On a number of occasions we've actually all been honest with ourselves and said 'you know, this isn't good enough, we need to stop'. And that's very difficult.</blockquote></p> <p>Those are the kinds of design lessons we'd like to read more about, and luckily, this morning we can. Check out the two-page interview <A HREF="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/9283486/Jonathan-Ive-interview-Apples-design-genius-is-British-to-the-core.html" target="_blank">here</A>.</p><a href="http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/jonathan_ive_talks_design_22519.asp">(more...)</a> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BC2pObaJRDAHtgMfMyCjQNf22yM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BC2pObaJRDAHtgMfMyCjQNf22yM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BC2pObaJRDAHtgMfMyCjQNf22yM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BC2pObaJRDAHtgMfMyCjQNf22yM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/core77/blog/~4/5E_aqY36e0g" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/core77/blog/~3/5E_aqY36e0g/jonathan_ive_talks_design_22519.asp http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/jonathan_ive_talks_design_22519.asp Object Culture Wed, 23 May 2012 12:00:00 -0500 http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/jonathan_ive_talks_design_22519.asp