product design

Objectified, a film by Gary Hustwit

January 5, 2009

As he did for Helvetica’s namesake typeface, Gary Hustwit gathered the world’s top designers for his forthcoming documentary Objectified, telling the story of the magic behind the objects we use every day. I haven’t been this excited for a documentary in a long time. Coming this Spring. Read more about it here (via kottke) (cross [...]

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Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

May 23, 2008

I know we owe you a Barcelona post, but posts like these are just so much easier… So! Happy Memorial Day weekend everyone! I hope you’re headed to a BBQ where you’ll find the pork dish dressed like this: Enjoy the ham and enjoy the long weekend!

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Can you see the future of Apple by looking at Braun's past?

January 18, 2008

Gizmodo has a great post on how Apple industrial designer extraordinaire, Jonathan Ive, seems to have gotten his inspiration for Dieter Rams, product designer for Braun in the 1960s. Make sure you check out all the similarities in the post as well as the gallery of Braun products at the bottom – maybe you’ll find [...]

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From idea to product

January 2, 2008

If I could go back to school for another degree it would be for Industrial Design. I’ve always been fascinated by the myriad of design decisions that go into the making of a physical product that people are theorhetically supposed to enjoy using. At the same time, I’ve also been mesmerized by the companies who [...]

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