Had a discussion about this with another designer the other day regarding my minus ten series…bottom line, stuck in time isnt always a bad thing…as it can sometimes mean…Defining the times.
See some posts that had imagery that were Stuck in Time yet defined it as well.
strategic design
cultural invention
experience design
meaningful experiences
design thinking
business design
design for business
service design
world design centers, california, london, tokyo, silicon alley, etc.
design research
human centered design
changing people’s behaviour
changing the way people see the world
analysis paralysis
what ever happened to the simple pleasures, passion and beauty that design brings?
“minus ten”. A look back 10 years to see what was going on. I’ll pick out what I feel got Stuck in Time, good or bad design that was clearly of the moment. Ahead of Time will be a look at something that had brought some insight to the future and finally, the Test of Time will soon be design classics, at least imho.
Karim Rashid’s work for Issey Miyake = Ahead of Time simple clean lines and forms, so clean that maybe even puts this in the Test of Time category. What year was it that he went the way of the blobject? I wonder if Issey was heavily directing the project? If you don’t think the square, simple lines were ahead of time…then take at look below, won’t find a sqaure or a simple line in what got stuck.
How many ellipses can you put on a product? How many ellipses can you use to shape a product? How many ellipses can you put together, to make other shapes, that, look like ellipses? Ellipses = Stuck in Time
And back to the sharp edge, this design from what I understand, put the Cadillac division in the black. 4 years after the concept, the 2003 CTS showed up in the Matrix Reloaded and whether or not you think this car started the chamfer/sharp/edgy forms, it was clearly Ahead of Time.
Oh and frog on the back cover, touting web design, for the SFMOMA.
From ID Magazine, May 1999.
Designer watches are things that really don’t tell time. At least not easily. So no longer should these things be called watches…
There just braclets for men…Manlets
Love the idea, I would have liked to see the shapes of the pieces take on something more interesting and distinctive. All the pieces sort of blend together.
This one is for all Vespa lovers. I wonder if all these lights work? I barely get any light out of my one headlamp on my old P200. This must have 20 batteries, somewhere!
On a serious note, does personalization equal passion equal the need to express oneself? Passion coming from the “end user” that is. (i hate that word, user, its not like we’re not talking drug users here) Anyhow, think about it, when someone really loves something inanimate, like a car, or a laptop or a vespa, that’s when they take the object to the next level by making it more their own, by customization. You don’t see too many people customizing their Camry’s do you, just not inspiring in the first place. That said, seems like passion begets passion.
This is what happens…when your brain is on technology. Oh and when you brain works like a designer. It’s also a nice pass of Design + Technology = Art. See more here from my friend Roman in Munich. dialog05.com