Posted in Design on March 1st, 2007 3 Comments »
In the mid 90s I came across an article in the UK Sunday Times magazine that focused on a project that the architect John Pawson had completed entitled van Royen Apartment. Since then I have been fascinated by the concept of minimalism. Minimalism in architecture, art, music, and lifestyle which, from time to time, I […]
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 […]
Posted in Design on January 22nd, 2007 No Comments »
Most, if not all, technology and gadget magazines are little more than eye candy shopping list material.
Over time the pictures and meagre text is presented over and over again. No details are provided as to how any ratings were determined and the emphasis is on the photography.
The main problem with these magazines is that no […]
Posted in General, Design on December 17th, 2006 No Comments »
For those people wondering, the picture at the head of each page of this site was taken by me. It is of a MacBook keyboard and was taken with a 4 megapixel Canon IXUS i camera. I also had the flash turned on.
I personally really like the MacBook keyboard and think it is very elegant.
I […]