View Larger Map The interesting thing about traveling and relocating several times in a lifetime lies in the particular nostalgia one has about those places. In my case, Amsterdam was always about the biking. The wind (or more often than not rain) in your hair, the upright posture, the power (you will never get a… Continue reading Illusions of a globalised experience
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100% design finds
As I’m flying to Amsterdam for a few days tomorrow, I had to literally squeeze my london design festival experience in 2 days. Yesterday was dedicated to designersblock and today was 100%design at Earl’s Court. Some nice finds there, still too many tiles, bathroom fixtures and lighting design, and not much interaction design but there… Continue reading 100% design finds
"Be back in 5 minutes"
If you’re wondering what I’m up to, I’m spending most of my days this week walking around the London design festival, so go have a look at my pics and comments.
UGC vs Fabbing
An interesting online battle is being fought these days on the productdesign2.0 scene. Ponoko just launched (I first heard about them back in May). Part online gallery, part market, part distributed manufacturing, they are catering to the creative industries to provide their catalogue. Think of is as a mash-up between
Dear Sir/Madam
I just received an email at my Topoware email address starting with “dear sir/madam” expecting it to be spam and horrified at discovering it was a recent graduate who was sending me his cv and portfolio. Horror! Shock! So I couldn’t let it be, I HAD to reply and I did, trying desperately not to… Continue reading Dear Sir/Madam
Luxury and service design
I’ve had the privilege to have experienced a rather luxurious service recently and it got me thinking about the way we design services for the elite vs the general public. Can one inspire the other? What are the differences and what’s the thinking behind it? 1. Planning for all possible scenarios: I stayed in a… Continue reading Luxury and service design
Topoware @ London Design Festival
(Yes, I know this is starting to be boring :P ) If you’re in town this week, well you’re probably going round the London Design Festival. Topoware will be part of the Designboom exhibition hosted by designersblock 10th anniversary show so come on down!
What is interaction design (vol2)
“Interaction design is not about form or even structure, but is more ephemeral–about why and when rather than about what and how.” This really isn’t helping anyone come up with that one liner at a bar in response to the dreaded:”So what do you do?” boxes and arrows.
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London design festival guide 2007. Tee hee.
Viscious white circle
Anyone who’s a die hard fan of Apple, stop reading now… Gone? Ok.. here we go. I walked into Matt’s office yesterday to be greeted by the giddy sound of “Oh hi, we’re following the Stevenote”. I tried not to roll my eyes but simply couldn’t help myself. From 2001 – 2006 , if I… Continue reading Viscious white circle