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An Illustrated Weekly of World Design, 10 November 2009

2009-11-10T13:23:36+02:00

It looks like Michael Young is on a roll after moving from Iceland to Hong Kong. DesignBoom has an article on the i24r3 portable wireless waterproof digital speaker and Dezeen covers his Chair-4A, a dining chair made of recycled aluminum. Design Sojourn has posted a great video of Michael Bierut of Pentagram and Design Observer, summarizing 5 design secrets: 1) Listen first, then design 2) Don’t avoid the obvious 3) The problem contains the solution 4) Indulge your obsessions 5) Love is the answer Beirut also says he is more "like a 'doctor' waiting for 'patients' to come to him...

An Illustrated Weekly of World Design, 03 November 2009

2009-11-03T09:18:26+02:00

Tasos has written an article for the November issue of Management Today; South Africa’s leading management Journal describing Design Thinking. The title is Design for future business: thinking like a designer to solve problems and create new solutions. Here is an excerpt: "Organizations everywhere are recognizing the need to change radically in a rapidly changing world. Unfortunately many of these attempts fail because traditional management systems lack the tools to innovate in complex environments and much less so when faced with wicked problems. However, some businesses have solved this dilemma and are able to consistently innovate and grow over the...

An Illustrated Weekly of World Design, 27 October 2009

2009-10-27T09:47:04+02:00

Apple has re-invented the mouse, literally. The Magic Mouse uses the same multi touch technology that iPhones, iPods and MacBooks use. People can do a lot more than simple point and click. It's been a long time since there has been any real innovation in one of the most commonly used pieces of hardware. "It began with iPhone. Then came iPod touch. Then MacBook Pro. Intuitive, smart, dynamic. Multi-Touch technology introduced a remarkably better way to interact with your portable devices — all using gestures. Now we’ve reached another milestone by bringing gestures to the desktop with a mouse that’s...

An Illustrated Weekly of World Design, 20 October 2009

2009-10-20T09:14:52+02:00

The Dyson Air Multiplier™ Fan is the latest from James Dyson, the British inventor famous for making ordinary household appliances like vacuum cleaners better through technology and engineering. The Air Multiplier™ technology was discovered almost by accident. When working on the Airblade the team noticed that the device was dragging a large amount of the surrounding air along with it, something that fluid dynamics people call "inducement." The Air Multiplyer draws air in through the bottom of the unit and "is accelerated through an annular aperture. This creates a jet of air that passes over a 16° airfoil-shaped ramp, channeling...

An Illustrated Weekly of World Design, 13 October 2009

2009-10-09T11:03:28+02:00

The Honda EV-N electric concept car has solar cells built into the roof, an illuminated communication system in the front black fascia, and a UX-3 Uni-scooter fitted into the passenger door, and it's pretty cute too. The "experimental model" of the U3-X uni-scooter is a compact experimental device that fits comfortably between the rider’s legs, to provide free movement in all directions just as in human walking – forward, backward, side-to-side, and diagonally. The U3-X was designed to be friendly to the user and people around it by making it easier for the rider to reach the ground from the...