Posted in Computers, Design on February 22nd, 2007 1 Comment »
Ah roundrects, rectangles with rounded corners, visible everywhere in product design.
Used to make manufacturing easier - an item with a radius is easier to remove from a mould or press.
Used by designers to ’soften’ the visual appearance of a product and to make it more comfortable to the touch.
Used to remove sharp edges and make […]
Posted in General, Design on February 19th, 2007 No Comments »
As a fan of minimalist design I have admired the spectacles from the Austrian company Silhouette. For me true minimal design is elegance.
Specifically I was drawn to the Titan Minimal Art which weigh less than 3 paperclips [without lenses]. By using a flexible form of titanium they managed to remove the need for hinges […]
Posted in Computers, Design on February 15th, 2007 2 Comments »
Q. How much does Apple Inc. care about design?
A. A great deal if you look at their products.
To show how far Apple Inc. care about design I have put together two pictures of laptop computers from Apple and from HP. These pictures are of the underside of the laptop. Let me stress that again, ‘the […]
Posted in Communication, Computers, General, Design on February 14th, 2007 No Comments »
When you look at Apple’s web site every day as I do its easy to forget how the design has changed over the months and years. I came across a great web site that allows anyone to browse an archive of a web site as far back as 1996.
You can access the site here.
I looked […]