Elegant Technology

I have written about Lamy pens before.
Whilst shopping the other day I came across a limited edition version of the Lamy Safari Fountain Pen in White. Of course I had to get one (well it’s white isn’t it?). The writing action is a given for Lamy writing instruments. It uses a cartridge system to deliver […]

Whilst checking my Yahoo email this morning I noticed an RSS feed from Macworld UK …

As I am looking forward to the release of the iPhone in the UK, I clicked on the feed link only to get this …

Mmm … Wonder if Macworld were instructed to remove the article.

In my email inbox today was an email from Bang & Olufsen.
The email featured the new, more afordable, Beovision 8 LCD television.
This television is important not only because it introduces a HDMI input on one of Bang & Olufsen smaller screen offerings (26 Inches) but also because, in the UK, it will retail for £1800.
The […]

Recently I upgraded to the Sky+ digibox.
Over many years of VHS use I can say that the Sky+ is the most elegant way to manage what I watch on TV. Admittedly it only works with the Sky satellite service (whereas a VHS recorder is not tied) but the ability to pause live TV, record using […]

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Most individuals upgrade their computers every three years whereas they change their mobile phones annually. This results in millions of phones that need to be disposed of every year.
One of the reasons consumers’ replace their phones is the pace of change in hardware, features, and software (interfaces).
Manufacturers like Nokia did, in […]

For me Simplicity and Elegance go hand-in-hand. On a recent trip to the Design Museum in London I came across the book The Laws of Simplicity by John Maeda.
Maeda has reduced the laws of simplicty down to 10 in number. Briefly the laws are;

Reduce
Organise
Time
Learn
Differences
Context
Emotion
Trust
Failure
The One : Which is a law that tries to encapsulate the […]

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 […]

Yet again Apple has revolutionized the consumer electronics industry.
Today, in San Francisco, Apple unveiled the iPhone which is three devices in one. Having used mobile phones and smart phones for many years the demonstrations on the Apple website show just how well thought out this device is.
First it’s a wide-screen iPod that starts at 4Gb […]

I have a Lamy fountain pen as well as a rollerball and a pencil. The fountain pen was a Christmas gift and was without doubt the best present I ever got. The writing action is better than my Mont Blanc.
These pens are the opposite of ‘bling’. The design is completely understated both in terms […]