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Buy it, change it, own it!
Posted by: Keech on 20th May 2009 in Design Top 5
Five of the best subcultural adaptions of standard products.
1. Hot Rod
2. Mod Parka
3. Punk Safety Pin
4. Cafe Racer
5. Scratch Turntable
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Take a venerable standard American production car, chop it, lower it, cook it, and then cram as much horse power under the hood as humanly possible. I'll see you out on the strip...
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In The Know (9)
Posted by: Merlyn Gray on 13th May 2009 in In The Know
Our occasional series where great design objects are described by those who know them best; their owners.
Designer Merlyn Gray muses on the merits of Marmite...
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The Music Of Design
Posted by: David Keech on 12th May 2009 in Keechdesign News
I've been at my Alma Mater the RCA again. In the Design Products department with Yamaha; the second such project (you can see the first here). Yamaha set the brief and closely monitor and advise the students as the project unfolds, aided by selected visiting lecturers and speakers, of which I was one. By the way, if you're not familiar with the term Alma Mater it derives from latin, refers to ones old college and means something to the effect of "bounteous mother" - a resonable description of the RCA from my point of view...
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Posted by: Keech on 20th May 2009 in Design Top 5
Five of the best subcultural adaptions of standard products.
1. Hot Rod
2. Mod Parka
3. Punk Safety Pin
4. Cafe Racer
5. Scratch Turntable
1.
Take a venerable standard American production car, chop it, lower it, cook it, and then cram as much horse power under the hood as humanly possible. I'll see you out on the strip...
comments (2) | read more »
In The Know (9)
Posted by: Merlyn Gray on 13th May 2009 in In The Know
Our occasional series where great design objects are described by those who know them best; their owners.
Designer Merlyn Gray muses on the merits of Marmite...
comments (8) | read more »
The Music Of Design
Posted by: David Keech on 12th May 2009 in Keechdesign News
I've been at my Alma Mater the RCA again. In the Design Products department with Yamaha; the second such project (you can see the first here). Yamaha set the brief and closely monitor and advise the students as the project unfolds, aided by selected visiting lecturers and speakers, of which I was one. By the way, if you're not familiar with the term Alma Mater it derives from latin, refers to ones old college and means something to the effect of "bounteous mother" - a resonable description of the RCA from my point of view...
comments (1) | read more »
