October 14, 2005
Brilliant. Simply Brilliant.
In my fantasy where Sandvox ships in time for my birthday and the sales are so strong that we get big heads with giant Apple logos for eyes and reward ourselves with company nanos, I'm still mindful of the need to get cases for the beasts to prevent, or at least slow down, the impending scratched-display-athon. I had, until today, been thinking of the iWood nano. (Hey, this is a fantasy, right?)
But then we're shown the way: Need a Nano Case? Try Chiclets! Briliant! Just as cool, and $99 cheaper. Now that's design.
(Yeah, the iWood's still pretty spiiffy. It's got that whole Star-Trek-communicator-but-in-retro-natural-wood vibe thing. I'm torn.)
Posted by ttalbot at 4:09 PM | Comments (1)
August 28, 2005
"Heat is not made of tiny hot things."
What better to start off this blog's design category, than a link to Daniel Dennet's op-ed in today's NYT regarding the pseudo-theory of "Intelligent Design."
Beyond correctly stating that there is no science in Intelligent Design, Dennet makes the point that "[t]he designs found in nature are nothing short of brilliant, but the process of design that generates them is utterly lacking in intelligence of its own."
But nature has (at least) two things going for it that humans don't: a nearly unfathomable amount of time in which to test countless prototypes. We, however, will have to put some intelligence in our designs. More on that as the category develops...
Posted by ttalbot at 3:31 PM