Archive for the 'Design' Category

Good looking clean energy

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

I ran across this cool product.  It is an LED street light, with a wind turbine and solar module, mounted on the same pole, over the light.

This product, sized to fit in a residential neighborhood,  is sold by a company called Urban Green Energy.  It generates electricity when the sun is shining and/or wind is [...]

Spray-on computer design

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Some people use spray-on hair.  Likely they are worried that their authentic hair is inadequate.  However, the look achieved tends to confirm and reinforce the shortcomings of the underlying thatch.

I was reminded of this by the new fashionable laptops from Dell.  Here is one of 110 options (the match to the shirt above is pure [...]

How to acquire “an eye:” visit Kyoto

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

If you want great results in creative efforts, such as product design or advertising, you need three things:
1)  The “A” team within your agency or design group.
2) An insightful brief that gives the creative team an intimate view of the customer and clarifies project goals.
3)  An eye, enabling good judgement of whether the results achieve [...]