I am a big fan of Audi designs. From the TT to the R8, there is arguably no hotter car company right now in the area of design...
Combining my love for sneakers and Audi's design sense, I created this concept. The Audi F4...
Combining my love for sneakers and Audi's design sense, I created this concept. The Audi F4...
I'm not a fan of David Letterman but this segment was pretty funny. I guess I get immense pleasure from seeing President Bush build a legacy unlike any other, but what truly surprised me was seeing Obama's nifty move on the court:
This is an Alias rendering I did four weeks ago for a class assignment. I was intrigued by the idea of creating a "futuristic" giant chess set, and envisioning what that environment would look like. If animated, I would show the chess pieces being controlled wirelessly as they move one by one to the user selected blue tile.
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For anyone that comes across my blog, I would like to know: "Do you think the mouse and keyboard are dying?"
I am currently focusing on this very topic in my design thesis. My hypothesis is that, as our displays get bigger and our applications get more sophisticated, users will begin to notice more and more inadequacies with a traditional keyboard and mouse.
Obviously, the iPhone and the Nintendo Wii have convinced a lot of people the power of gestures for entertainment and mobile communication purposes, but what about everyday personal computing needs? Is it about time that our keyboards and mice evolve and become smarter to offer us easier, more efficient and more interactive ways of using a computer?
The buzz is starting to build.
I don't deny it. I am a gadget freak. I'm always on the lookout for the latest and greatest in electronic devices and planning some of my future spending on upgrading to the next version of this and that... BUT I hardly think about all the obsolete electronic devices that I leave behind. What happens if I throw them away? (I tend to store old cell phones or video cards in boxes, tucked away somewhere in my closet because I don't feel good about any other options.)
Well, Current.com posted an excellent video showing where most of our e-waste go when we throw them away or recycle them: Guiyu in Southern China.
Props to James Sheak for pointing me towards this video on Current.com and to Current.com for opening my eyes. We need more content like this. I certainly have re-evaluated my purchasing habits and my role as a consumer...
For more on this video on Current.com, go here.
Not too long after I started playing tennis, Andre Agassi began rocking this look. The iconic neon pink spandex underneath the jean shorts, the loud shirt with that blazing tennis ball logo, and of course the one and only, Air Tech Challenge II tennis shoes. The most expensive shoes I had ever owned as a nerdy 8th grader, I couldn't have looked more ridiculous wearing them. But when I put them on, I remember feeling the invincible powers of Andre surging through me and I could hang with the best of other nerdy middle schoolers...
Well... enough about me. Nike sure knew how to design exciting performance shoes back then and they have re-released these shoes at The FInish Line! I don't understand why Nike didn't do this the year that Andre was retiring. It would have been the perfect tribute. Either way, it is here now so check them out and brace yourself for the flood of memories from the early 90's!
While doing research for a project, I stumbled upon Chris Jordan's sobering and impressive photographs. Do you know what it is you are looking at yet? It is an "industrial yard" in Atlanta full of "retired" cell phones.
Chris Jordan has traveled around the US going to shipping ports and industrial yards to capture some absolutely jaw-dropping photographs that let us take a peek into the immense scale of our daily consumption. No words are needed to accompany these powerful images and they only remind me that we as designers really should learn how to design something for disposal.
Interning at Dell sure has its benefits. With the employee discount, I simply could not pass up the opportunity to upgrade my computer and create the best "Industrial Design" rig that I can for under $1500. Since I did a fair amount of research on what components to buy, I thought, "Why not share this information with design students out there looking for a new system?" Read on to see what I chose...
Continue reading Configuring a home system for 3D modeling.
Is MT 4.1+ Apple iphone a winning combo? This is my first attempt at blogging with the iPhone and so far its been a breeze using a special MT plug-in made just for the iPhone.
If this feature proves to be useful, watch for this blog to grow with lots of hastily typed entries!
