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
Category: Product design
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
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!
Between a rock and a hard place
(Disclaimer: I started writing this post yesterday and Safari crashed on me, so this is a much shorter version of what I originally wanted to write (which was so freaking brilliant). This morning, i have less time on my hands. ) 1. Twitter blocks came out. 2. A lot of people started bitching (on twitter,… Continue reading Between a rock and a hard place
Hungries out of the box
I’ve had the pleasure in the past few years of working on a number of great projects with some fabulous people but The Hungries really does hold a special place in my heart. This is why I’m glad to say we‘ve finally launched the website and are looking into making these wonderful creatures more than… Continue reading Hungries out of the box
One liners
There’s a habit in the world of product design to only concentrate on the object, its design, the supposed environment in which it would be used (think ikea catalogues where the occasional good looking Swedish person will show up to pick up a spoon from a drawer) and not really on it’s use… For example… Continue reading One liners
The quality of touch points
There’s been a little of bit of a talk lately about service (wopps i’m sorry experience) design and what it means to have multiple touch points and how this shapes a user experience. What’s perhaps left aside here is how important the quality of those individual touch points is. As a designer and business owner,… Continue reading The quality of touch points
When a chair just isn't a chair
I’ve often said that in the wonderful world of product design, a sure sign that you’ve made it is that your chair design gets produced by a company like Flos. There’s a certain top-down process here where a designer will decide what context a chair lives in and the company sells that dream to the… Continue reading When a chair just isn't a chair
Entertainement of the day
I always deeply hated the Cabbage Patch Kids as a child so this seems somewhat comforting :) via 7Gadgets
Responsible space tourism?
Ok so we all agree that the planet is in trouble right? Regardless of whether that’s our fault or the neighbors right? Right. So why on earth have we decided to allow for one of the most polluting industry to take off and become commercially available? Are we that suicidal? So let’s have a look… Continue reading Responsible space tourism?