Mr. Jagan Bastin; student of Product Design, MS Ramaiah School of Advance Studies, Bangalore Won 2nd PRIZE at nation-wide India Innovation Initiative (i3) competition of technology-based ideas conducted by Government of India (DST) and CII.
This good looker designed by Maximilian Busser & Friends is surely a collector’s item as has been designed especially for those who would like to own a masterpiece. The overall technology is based on Horological machines which tell time. The machine is designed and constructed in unlike the traditional wrist watches and hence are revolutionary. This version called as Horological Machine No.3 has been introduced in two versions : “Sidewinder”, with its cones perpendicular to the arm; and “Starcruiser”, with its cones in-line with the arm. Each has its own very distinct visual characteristics; each offers its own unique angle on telling the time.
[Source: http://www.tuvie.com/horological-machine-no-3-radical-watch-design-by-maximillian-busser-and-friends/]
Good products gets appreciation is not just because it is good at Design but the type of link that it actually bridges more than its style, look or by function
Don Norman turns his incisive eye toward beauty, fun, pleasure and emotion, as he looks at design that makes people happy
posted by
Karthik TD
Different organizations have adapted their own style of innovating products.
Key Milestones in design process are :
- Know Your Audience
- Analyze User Tasks
- Build Prototypes
- Observe Users
- Guidelines for Conducting User Observations
- Making Design Decisions
When making design decisions regarding features in your application, it’s important to weigh the costs, not all of which are financial, against the potential benefits. Every time you add a feature to your application, the following things can happen:
• Your application gets larger.
• Your application gets slower.
• Your application’s human interface becomes more complex.
• You spend time developing new features rather than refining existing features.
• Your application’s documentation and help become more extensive.
• You run the risk of introducing changes that could adversely affect existing features.
• You increase the time required to validate the behavior of your application.
Choosing appropriate features and devoting the needed resources to implement them correctly can save you time and effort later. Choosing poor feature sets or failing to assign appropriate design, engineering, testing, and documentation resources often incurs heavier costs later when critical bugs appear or users can’t figure out how to use your product.
The following sections present several additional factors to take into consideration before adding features to your product.
Avoid Feature Cascade
Apply the 80 Percent Solution....read more on following links...
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/userexperience/Conceptual/AppleHIGuidelines/XHIGDesignProcess/XHIGDesignProcess.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40002718-TPXREF114
posted by
Karthik TD
MIT's "I/O Brush", allows you to paint using the world as your pallette,excellent innovation...take a look at the video below :
The thirst of drinking filtered water brings the design of lager water cans. The weight and the shape of the can create problems in lifting and fixing the same to the dispenser. The thicker plastic seal is temper proof upto certain level, but its not so easy to remove. Here is a proposed solution for the larger water cans.
Design by: Mr Madana Gopal
Guided by: Asst Prof Manas Ranjan Mishra
In Ancient Rome, Acta Diurna, or government announcement bulletins, were made public by Julius Caesar. They were carved on stone or metal and posted in public places.
In China, early government-produced news sheets, called Tipao, circulated among court officials during the late Han dynasty (second and third centuries AD). Between 713 and 734, the Kaiyuan Za Bao ("Bulletin of the Court") of the Chinese Tang Dynasty published government news; it was handwritten on silk and read by government officials. In 1582 there was the first reference to privately published newssheets in Beijing, during the late Ming Dynasty. [Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper]
In 1556, the government of Venice first published the monthly Notizie scritte, which cost one gazetta. These avvisi were handwritten newsletters used to convey political, military, and economic news quickly and efficiently throughout Europe, and more specifically Italy, during the early modern era (1500-1700CE) — sharing some characteristics of newspapers though usually not considered as fully being ones.
The printing press, invented by Johann Gutenberg in 1447, ushered in the era of the modern newspaper. Manuscript newssheets were being circulated in German cities by the late 15th century. In the first half of the 17th century, newspapers began to appear as regular and frequent publications. The first modern newspapers were products of Western European countries like Germany (publishing Relation in 1605), France (Gazette in 1631), Belgium (Nieuwe Tijdingen in 1616) and England (the London Gazette, founded in 1665, is still published as a court journal). These periodicals consisted mainly of news items from Europe, and occasionally included information from America or Asia. [Ref: http://www.dayafterindia.com/may206/media.html]
The technological revolution of today is creating new challenges and opportunities for newspaper. Never before has so much information been so accessible to so many. Soon newspapers adapted to radio and television (TV). But TV’s omnipresence did not render the newspaper obsolete.
The basic advantages of news paper over radio and television is “it doesn’t run on electricity”. It’s portable, foldable and readable. Here is a futuristic design of modern news paper which will enhance the usability and readability of News through Paper medium.
Design: Mr. Arjun (M S Ramaiah School of Advanced Studies)
Guide: Asst. Prof. Manas Mishra
Visualization Contest Winner :
We have here 2009 Design Visualization winner and other entries
Platinum OTHER MARKETS is awarded to Aekyung of Seoul for the Spark laundry detergent box. In the shape of a washing machine, this box speaks a universal language.
No need for further explanation to the consumer. He instantly understands the type of product and its use and furthermore he can see how much product is left in the box, making re-purchase easier. This package is multi-use as it can be filled again with a refill.
Best of the Category: Other markets
Brand: Spark
Entrant: Aekyung
Country: Korea
Website: http://www.aekyung.co.kr
Vegetable delivery today is such a mundane and tedious task. Our project is aimed at creating a social impact and we have chosen “vegetable delivery using carts” as our scenario.Vendors face hordes of problems ranging from pushing the cart to keeping the vegetables fresh. Our endeavor is to take into consideration all these problems and solve most of these, if not all. In effect, we wish the vendors to have an enjoyable experience.
“Extreme” is a term often applied to product forms that stand outside the ones usually associated with other products of the same or of similar types. A designer may use form deliberately in order to make an ‘extreme’ statement- as with Starck’s juicer- but sometimes, however, a product that says on the market unchanged while the style of the rest of the product on the market moves on an extreme almost default.
Redesigning of vegetable cart is done by following the systematic way. First user study was done from users by directly approaching them in their working environment and absorbing their usage of existing vegetable carts, snaps were taken and problem they are facing in using carts are absorbed. Next to that direct interaction with user is done and more questions were asked to them and problem in existing usage of cart is listed. Problems which we got through customers are changed in to technical voice. By using QFD chart we gave priority to the features that has to be incorporated and using that product specification chart is prepared, in this chart specification of the features are made and keeping those specification in mind concept generation is made and final concept is selected using PUGH’s method. Detailing of final concept is done using software and final mock-up was done by fabrication process.
This project has been carried out in M S Ramaiah School of Advanced Studies as a student group project.
Co-ordinator: Asst. Prof. Manas Mishra
Students: Chiranjeevi D.V, Murali K, Akhil R.C, Prareesh M.C, Pradeep Kumar N, Kiran M, Yathish Kumar
Simply awesome. Hope this widens the feeling of work, development and accomplishment of engineers.
To quote Einstein : "And everybody should be ashamed who uses the wonders of science and engineering without thinking and having mentally realized not more of it than a cow realizes of the botany of the plants which it eats with pleasure." he said this 1930...
posted by Karthik TD
Image Ref.: http://www.ridemission.comMission Motor Company, San Francisco, CA unveiled a truly remarkable electric bike- Mission One, which will be available for purchase from early 2010. Mission One is both aesthetically and technologically stunning. With full charge the bike can cruise for up to 150 miles, provides instantaneous torque of about 100 lb-ft even at zero rpm ( TOTALLY WILD !!!), has a top speed of 150 mph, of course with zero emission and many many many more features.
Municipality of Tabontabon has developed its very own Eco Taxi using - Can you believe – BAMBOO as the main material accounting to 90% of their vehicle construction. The hand crafted Bamboo Eco taxi covered with traditional patterned woven mats runs on Coconut Bio-diesel. An archetypical example of traditional knowledge merging with the modern; don’t you think?
Image Ref.: http://totieco.multiply.comFor more details, check out their webpage http://totieco.multiply.com
Posted by Lohit HS
On the above link you will find very interesting videos on Symbols by University of Nottingham.
Holds one's attention and tries to explore all these symbols one learns during education right from schooling days to college....
1. Ignore everybody
2. The idea doesn’t have to be big. It just has to be yours.
3. Put the hours in.
4. If your biz depends on you suddenly being “discovered” by some big shot, your plan will probably fail.
5. You are responsible for your own experience.
6. Everyone is born creative; everyone is given a box of crayons in kindergarten.
7. Keep your day job.
8. Companies that squelch creativity can no longer compete with companies that champion creativity.
9. Everybody has their own private Mount Everest they were put on this earth to climb.
10. The more talented somebody is, the less they need the props.
11. Don’t try to stand out from the crowd; avoid crowds all together.
12. If you accept the pain, it cannot hurt you.
13. Never compare your inside with somebody else’s outside.
14. Dying young is overrated
15. The most important thing a creative person can learn professionally is where to draw the red line that separates what you are willing to do, and what you are not.
16. The world is changing.
17. Merit can be bought. Passion cannot.
18. Avoid the Watercooler Gang.
19. Sing in your own voice.
20. The choice of media is irrelevant.
21. Selling out is harder than it looks.
22. Nobody cares. Do it for yourself.
23. Worrying about “commercial vs. artistic” is a complete waste of time.
24. Don’t worry about finding inspiration. It comes eventually.
25. You have to find your own schtick.
26. Write from the heart.
27. The best way to get approval is to not need it.
28. Power is never given. Power is taken.
29. Whatever choice you make, the Devil gets his due eventually.
30. The hardest part of being creative is getting used to it.
31. Remain frugal.
32. Allow your work to age with you.
33. Being poor sucks.
34. Beware of turning hobbies into jobs.
35. Savor obscurity while it lasts.
36. Start blogging.
37. Meaning scales, people don’t.
38. When your dreams become reality, they are no longer dreams.
http://visualambassador.com/2009/07/02/how-to-be-creative/
Posted by Jayakumar from PDC lab
BusinessWeek, the McGraw-Hill Cos. magazine that lost 30 percent of its advertising revenue in the second quarter, is up for sale, according to a person close to the situation.
The recession and competition from the Internet have cut into ad sales at BusinessWeek and competitors. Condé Nast said in April that it was closing its two-year-old Portfolio business magazine after it failed to meet revenue forecasts.
U.S. consumer magazines have gotten thinner with the plunge in demand from advertisers. Industrywide ad pages dropped 30 percent in the second quarter with financial, insurance and real estate marketers buying 51 percent fewer pages, according to PIB. Automotive ad pages fell 49 percent, PIB said.
BusinessWeek’s ad pages declined 34 percent in the three months through June, while competitor Fortune posted a 45 percent drop. Forbes had a 40 percent decline, PIB data show.
In the first quarter, total U.S. advertising spending fell 12 percent, led by tumbling demand in newspapers and magazines, after automakers and car dealerships slashed marketing budgets, Nielsen Co. said in June.
BusinessWeek, run by Editor-in-Chief Stephen Adler, was overhauled in 2007 and added stories on new products and personal finance in an effort to attract more readers and advertisers.
Posted by Jayakumar from PDC lab
Let the POWERS COMBINE…….. The genius behind Engineered luxury products - Porsche Design combines with the global leader in sporting goods - Adidas yet again offering a whole new range of sports collection which are FULLY AWESOMEEEE !!! (like how Rhino in the movie Bolt puts it… :P …). Their sixth season of collaboration has a series of shoes, apparels and accessories categorized into “Driving” (P’5610 – My kind of shoes –hope the price too is my kind of ….heheheh….), “Running/Fitness”, “Golf” and “Tennis” which hits their selected high-end and concept stores this month. Not only do the products look awe-inspiring they are sophisticated too; like for example their P’5140 Convertible Rain Jacket which is developed with the latest membrane technology material c_change™ is not only fully water proof but it also ensures optimum body environment for the wearer by managing breathability and moisture content to suit inner and outer temperature conditions.
Image Ref. www.adidas.comFor more details, check out their Fall/Winter 2009 collection at www.adidas.com
I have been 5 star hotels, seen 7 stars even, but a thousand star hotel ???; that’s exactly what Monika Fritz and Otto Funck’s “Ein Bett im Kornfeld” i.e., “A Bed in a Cornfield” in Bavaria, Germany Hotel is hailed as.
Image Ref. : www.gizmodo.com
Yep, that’s one of the coolest concept I have come across lately. Conceptualised by an Israeli based Industrial designer Effrat Gommeh (www.gommeh.com), the Finger Scissors concept is a novel cutting tool and hell yeah its cute too.
Do away with the suffering caused by traditional scissors, slip the Finger Scissors on your index and middle finger and snip away as if your fingers were the scissors itself.
