Future Ipod

Yes Mac have churned this out now.

You slap it on your wrist and all the ipod features are there and more. Oh, and the headphones are unbelievable as well.

On sheer aesthetic I'm impressed.

Thing i like most about it is although the familiar ipod look is questionable the most identifiable product of the 21st century - this looks nothing like it.

Did i mention if you hum the song you want to hear it plays it?

Genius.


Click below for more pictures and info.
Yankoo Design

Radio Redoux

Last semester the class completed the Radio Redoux brief set to us by the Product Design lecturers at Dundee University. We were asked to redesign a radio and given a lot of freedom to do so. The constraints were size of the circuit board we had to use and the fact that the tuning potentiometer could not be moved from it's original solder.

My solutions rationale reads as follows:























Here is my final solution render:














This is my working prototype finished in 'any shade between black and white' as required in the brief:



























And finally this is the intended user interaction with my radio (click to enlarge):













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As a class the standard was very high and all looked fantastic. There was a huge verity in the designs too. Click this link to see Steven Hogg's interpretation of the brief. Eight of the radios are now featured in the main PD corridor (level 7, Matthew Building) and this photo does not do it justice.

Monome

I must confess now i like music a lot. Mostly fairly weird stuff and i do like to dip in a bit of sample/chiptune electro.

Menome really appeals to me. You can not deny - even ignoring the fact it sounds genius - it looks fantastic. Also, it leaves so much up to the user, the possibilities are endless. It comes with some recommended software but I would be tempted to make my own.

Only unfortunate thing is there is no way I can afford one on a student income, but it is something to aspire to!















http://monome.org/

Ad Goodness

I've been subscribed to the Ad Goodness RSS feed for a long time so i guess i should give them some credit.

I love it for querky mock ads like this, simple yet clever.

Single function adverts like this inspire me.










Agency: DDB Helsinki, Finland
Art Director: Jukka Mannio
Copywriter: Vesa Tujunen
Photographer: Mikko Harma / Kustom

Spongebob Square Pants

Today our class were described as sponges, meaning we're absorbing information from all sides and storing it all inside. I like that because it's true, though I'm not sure about the metaphor for squeezing all the information out. Funny because I was wearing my Spongebob Squarepants t-shirt from Topman. Which I also like.

Transparency in Design

Admittedly i got pretty excited when i saw this article. It made me realise how much transparency can offer in design, especially when it is just a transparent version of an already familiar product. Makes the user feel they can see more than the average non-transparent product owner and looks fantastic.









However I have to confess, probably the main reason I enjoyed the article was because the first game console i ever owned (8th birthday present) was this...











Transparency in Design