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- Keechdesign News (29)
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At Last
Posted by: Keech on 26th Nov 2008 in Creative Report
At last - a mobile phone that I really like the look of. According to friends I'm officially a phone tart (what designer isn't?); regularly changing and upgrading handsets in pursuit of, well... something or other.
I recently took part in a workshop event called UK Design In China, organised by Creative Connexions and Tecatech. Part of the workshop involved the design and modelling of your ultimate mobile phone, in super-fast time. The exercise forced us to condense our myriad expectations and It became clear that physical form is most problematic, with most of us attempting to get away from the conventional rectangular, forward-facing layout.
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Duet (Ladies In Mercedes)
Posted by: David Keech on 21st Nov 2008 in Opinion
Saw this chair at 100% Design in Tokyo. I don't know much about it other than that it's designed by Shiro Nakada and Studio Mebius of Tokyo and that its material is listed as "special painted wood".
Duet (Ladies In Mercedes)? Strange name for a chair perhaps, but that's where it gets more interesting for me.
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Highwire
Posted by: David Keech on 17th Nov 2008 in Opinion
For me the most striking objects at 100% Design Tokyo this year were products by Japanese manufacturer Balmuda. Exquisitely engineered, proudly Japanese and displaying both technical and physical beauty in a way that reminded me more of wonderful exhibits in the Science Museum than the often "over-styled" pieces found at design shows.
On their trade stand, Balmuda showed their beautifully machined aluminium components alongside the finished products. I was reminded of my old boss Norman Foster, who was so intrigued by the industrial components within commercial products that he once had us put together an entire exhibition of all the Foster products from Thonet chairs to Alessi trays displayed in component form, right down to the last washer.
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Tokyo Nights
Posted by: Keech on 4th Nov 2008 in Keechdesign News
Just returned from a week on the set of Blade Runner. Actually people always make the analogy with Ridley Scott's masterpiece, but in reality Tokyo is far more civilized and easy to negotiate. Yes, it does feel frenetic, and there is more than enough neon, noise and high technology, not to mention subculture, counterculture and any other culture you care to mention. But learn to ride the subway and sort out your Shibuyas from your Shinjukus, and it becomes a user-friendly sort of a metropolis.
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Posted by: Keech on 26th Nov 2008 in Creative Report
At last - a mobile phone that I really like the look of. According to friends I'm officially a phone tart (what designer isn't?); regularly changing and upgrading handsets in pursuit of, well... something or other.
I recently took part in a workshop event called UK Design In China, organised by Creative Connexions and Tecatech. Part of the workshop involved the design and modelling of your ultimate mobile phone, in super-fast time. The exercise forced us to condense our myriad expectations and It became clear that physical form is most problematic, with most of us attempting to get away from the conventional rectangular, forward-facing layout.
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Duet (Ladies In Mercedes)
Posted by: David Keech on 21st Nov 2008 in Opinion
Saw this chair at 100% Design in Tokyo. I don't know much about it other than that it's designed by Shiro Nakada and Studio Mebius of Tokyo and that its material is listed as "special painted wood".
Duet (Ladies In Mercedes)? Strange name for a chair perhaps, but that's where it gets more interesting for me.
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Highwire
Posted by: David Keech on 17th Nov 2008 in Opinion
For me the most striking objects at 100% Design Tokyo this year were products by Japanese manufacturer Balmuda. Exquisitely engineered, proudly Japanese and displaying both technical and physical beauty in a way that reminded me more of wonderful exhibits in the Science Museum than the often "over-styled" pieces found at design shows.
On their trade stand, Balmuda showed their beautifully machined aluminium components alongside the finished products. I was reminded of my old boss Norman Foster, who was so intrigued by the industrial components within commercial products that he once had us put together an entire exhibition of all the Foster products from Thonet chairs to Alessi trays displayed in component form, right down to the last washer.
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Tokyo Nights
Posted by: Keech on 4th Nov 2008 in Keechdesign News
Just returned from a week on the set of Blade Runner. Actually people always make the analogy with Ridley Scott's masterpiece, but in reality Tokyo is far more civilized and easy to negotiate. Yes, it does feel frenetic, and there is more than enough neon, noise and high technology, not to mention subculture, counterculture and any other culture you care to mention. But learn to ride the subway and sort out your Shibuyas from your Shinjukus, and it becomes a user-friendly sort of a metropolis.
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