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Starckdrives
Posted by: Kooch on 10th Nov 2009 in Opinion
LaCie hard drives by Philippe Starck
Philippe Starck, after his recent outing on the Good Old British Telly is even more in the public eye than usual. Creater of objects weird, wonderful, beautiful, provocative and occasionally daft, his latest offering for LaCie; mobile and desktop hard drives, are good ones to have a look at.
I had a look at one this morning, courtesy of graphic design guru Jonathan Miller of Alembic...
Tech for mobile
• 2mm of resistant aluminum casing
• Use it everywhere; embedded USB cable
• Intuitive automatic backup software
• Available in 320 and 500GB versions
• Priced at £84.99 and £104.99
Tech for desktop
• 3mm of resistant aluminum casing
• Starck signature LED
• Customizable touch-sensitive surface
• Intuitive automatic backup software
• Available in 1TB and 2TB versions (1TB = 1000GB)
• Priced at £109.99 and £204.99
It was was the slim, portable version that I encountered, so - first impressions:
FOR
The thick aluminium flat tubular casing looks very robust - good to think of your precious stuff safe inside.
The business end is well recessed - excellent safety for those important connection points.
Embedded USB is a great idea - very portable and practical.
Good price point compared with similar PHDs that I've bought.
Lightweight, slim, good-looking and with decent grunt factor.
AGAINST
The chrome silk handkerchief effect at the other end is tarty and as far as I can see, pointless. Not sure where that sits with Starck's "commitment to practical and usable design", but I may have missed something.
In terms of this product's affordance, if you are unfamiliar with it and especially on first impression, its form makes you think that there is something to be pushed out of the 'sleeve'. The language of inner and outer components, and the 'fabric' effect at one end really does give you a strong urge to try to slide the inner section outwards. Therefore the affordance message is confusing and it fails as a piece of rational design. I would have mirrored the USB end at both ends and so emphasized the tough nature of the aluminium casing...
Posted by: Kooch on 10th Nov 2009 in Opinion
LaCie hard drives by Philippe Starck
Philippe Starck, after his recent outing on the Good Old British Telly is even more in the public eye than usual. Creater of objects weird, wonderful, beautiful, provocative and occasionally daft, his latest offering for LaCie; mobile and desktop hard drives, are good ones to have a look at.
I had a look at one this morning, courtesy of graphic design guru Jonathan Miller of Alembic...
Tech for mobile
• 2mm of resistant aluminum casing
• Use it everywhere; embedded USB cable
• Intuitive automatic backup software
• Available in 320 and 500GB versions
• Priced at £84.99 and £104.99
Tech for desktop
• 3mm of resistant aluminum casing
• Starck signature LED
• Customizable touch-sensitive surface
• Intuitive automatic backup software
• Available in 1TB and 2TB versions (1TB = 1000GB)
• Priced at £109.99 and £204.99
It was was the slim, portable version that I encountered, so - first impressions:
FOR
The thick aluminium flat tubular casing looks very robust - good to think of your precious stuff safe inside.
The business end is well recessed - excellent safety for those important connection points.
Embedded USB is a great idea - very portable and practical.
Good price point compared with similar PHDs that I've bought.
Lightweight, slim, good-looking and with decent grunt factor.
AGAINST
The chrome silk handkerchief effect at the other end is tarty and as far as I can see, pointless. Not sure where that sits with Starck's "commitment to practical and usable design", but I may have missed something.
In terms of this product's affordance, if you are unfamiliar with it and especially on first impression, its form makes you think that there is something to be pushed out of the 'sleeve'. The language of inner and outer components, and the 'fabric' effect at one end really does give you a strong urge to try to slide the inner section outwards. Therefore the affordance message is confusing and it fails as a piece of rational design. I would have mirrored the USB end at both ends and so emphasized the tough nature of the aluminium casing...
Comments
Posted by Lem on 10th Nov 2009 12:44 PM
Against the small mobile hard drive: like any other they are easy to leave on a bus or train or somewhere
Against the small mobile hard drive: like any other they are easy to leave on a bus or train or somewhere
