The trend of capitalism in design...
"BusinessWeek Innovation chief Bruce Nussbaum talks to Frank Tyneski, IDSA's Ducati-driving executive director about new directions for design and innovation
Major trend in the design field."
He briefly mentioned some important topics like below
1.Push economy - Retailers have more pull to tell manufacturers what they want and even hold their own internal design teams to meet more consumers needs and to push manufacturers to create unique products.
2.New design generation:
Challenge: Tools changed to digital experiences.
According to the tools, we hardly indentify individuals' works...but depending on the Internet, overall problem-solving skill has a deeper understanding within the generation.
3.Global collaborative product development:
The difficulty of separating design process into different cultures. For example, form making/form giving shifts to Asia?
Good news for industrial designers.
星期四, 7月 24, 2008
The new direction of design - the US point of view
星期二, 6月 10, 2008
WOOFY an adorable problem-solving object
Hotty with cute dogs...
A dog shape object makes your life more enjoyable.
This is a design from normann-copenhagen The interesting part of this product is not only the spirit of the project alike Monster Bag but also the way it is promoted (but much better quality though...) However, that's why it costs almost 6000 NT per one...
"The story of Woofy is one of experience, of pleasure and love of design" by Gabriel Nigro. 
official website
星期三, 5月 21, 2008
OLPC XO-2 第二版 每個孩子一臺筆記本電腦
第二版 OLPC
目標放在2010年，並希望降低成本到目標售價75美元(OLPC原訂100美元,但最後以188美元告失敗)、降低能源消耗、較小的尺寸、更好的操作模式（雙觸控螢幕）。
more info
星期四, 5月 01, 2008
MYTO - KGID's new chair ... the insight of the manufacture
喜歡Konstantin Grcic設計的Miura Chair嗎?那就更不能錯過他最新的MYTO椅，與化學材料公司BASF合作運用他們新的easy-flow plastic技術Ultradur® High Speed製作出強壯的injection mold chair，在技術上的突破在於此有機塑料加熱後能夠流動比一般製程塑料有兩倍的距離，也就是說塑料的流動性更好，在對設計師來說，造型的可能性將會更有彈性。
因為我自己也正在與塑膠模具製造廠商合作，在合作上不難發現角色定位上的困難，然而我發現這家BASF公司有非常明確的公司定位，在他們的flyer上很清楚的表明「we don't do design - we help your design projects even better with the right plastic.」這是多麼讓設計師振奮的一句話。
至於KC這次的設計，我個人並不是非常喜歡，造型與結構上似乎沒有他Miura椅來得耳目一新，但對於這樣的合作與技術的嘗試我是很羨慕的。
check out the behind story with their animation .
星期二, 4月 29, 2008
老師，學產品設計該用什麼軟體?
my Alias work in Art Center今天很高興去了NTPU造型設計系分享目前的設計經驗，不過最讓我印象深刻的事情不是親愛的陳老師的八卦，而是這群大二的學生們，有許多對於產品設計與３Ｄ軟體之間的困惑，尤其是當學校課程把Alias Solidworks 3DMax ProE都納入必修課目時，學生怎麼應用？
當他們將這個問題丟出來的時候，讓我回想起自己最早開始用３Ｄ軟體時，其實是去補習班學3DMax , 而且在這之前我還先在進大學的暑假先修了AutoCad，而在大學四年期間，我開始自學Rhino跟Alias，這中間的過程的確浪費了很多時間在找尋一個適合自己的工具，若以一個過來人的身份，我有幾個想法，
台灣的產品設計教育似乎普遍在讓學生運用工具上還是傳達了很多台灣業界的代工體需求，這是滿大的矛盾，大家會說「進入業界都要會這個軟體、會那個軟體的條件。」這讓我想到美麗的朋友Mina Wu跟我說她在荷蘭學設計完全不會這些東西，我不是在鼓勵放棄學習軟體，然而我只想點出雖然產品設計教育在台灣非常注重工業製造，但學界長久以來的教職體系，少了與實務設計上的整合，搞得學校在工具的規劃上顯得零零落落，學生們大多不知道為什麼一定要學什麼軟體，而我在Art Center學習時，完全沒有感受到這個問題，老師的教學紮實而有彈性，Fridolin Beisert 在第四個term敎我們如何利用Alias去展現「空間感」「材質感」「設計感」，Marcelo Mezzera在第五個term敎我們怎麼運用solidworks製作擬真的工業產品，學生從課程中感受到軟體讓設計產生深度而不是難度，我想能夠整合這些實務設計師資源的還是得靠整個系的野心跟視野。
回到自我學習本身，去思考自己做設計時，這些軟體能夠怎麼樣的輔助自己處理問題，讓自己的設計五感去操作工具，而不要被這些工具操控。這是最重要的，其實以產品設計來說，３ｄ軟體最重要的是要輔助你與工業生產接軌的過程，而這個將會影響到你進入業界的領域別，譬如說做家具跟做喇叭設計上會不會運用３ｄ軟體就會差很多，因為生產喇叭大多需要模具，設計師３ｄ畫好能夠節省時間跟成本，而家具製作大多得靠師傅的工，而且家具設計更著重結構、材質、比例與時代性，這些靠軟體是不夠的，所以回到設計本質來說，因為除非你很早就知道自己將要成為什麼領域的設計人，不然怎麼知道未來銜接業界所需的條件，因此我認為會什麼軟體不是最重要的，重要的是你自己對立體的掌握、材質技術的充分了解與自我設計概念的建立，才是讓工具能夠發揮的條件。
所以，「老師，學產品設計該用什麼軟體?」
是proE是solidworks是Alias，我想還是先從用心去感受、用手去創作開始吧。
星期三, 2月 13, 2008
Kitastick linking Chopstick
This is one of my product collection and I bought it in Tokyo. I like the design which explores the possibility of using chopsticks. Like the original concept is "
Have a Kitastick party with your friends. Perfect for kids as well." by majamoo
However, for my own opinion I do believe this design is better for foreigners (who do not use chopsticks daily.)
星期四, 12月 06, 2007
MIURA 魔拉 I can't believe I fall into this charming modern design.
Konstantin Grcic
He is one of the best industrial designers nowadays. I need to say I don't really fall into his design in the beginning. After seeing his works many times from websites and books, I start to ask some questions to the design. Why could his works keep a extremely clean shape? and still look interesting and catchy.
I saw MIURA in dragonfly store in Taipei. And the chair started to speak to me and wanted me to sit on it. That's a nature of what the shape shows. I can't resist the power of design and the material- plastic. I love the strength from the structure. You don't need to sit on it, but feel it by studying it.
Funny things happened after I want to have it. I don't know which colour should I have!!! Now, I am just like a woman in front of a elegant highheel and can't decide which colour will match her certain dress. It really is not a easy question to answer. Where I want to put it? When will I seat on it? Who will I share its design to? How long will I keep it? All these small questions coming up to my mind made me nervous. I believe this problem must reflect part of my design thinking and life. I think it happens when you need to make decision on a new product development as well. And designers tend to follow the current "trend"or the "fashion" in order to make more profit. That's why few designers will stand out by their sensitive design sense.
...anyways...
MIURA now is my first CHAIR collection. I am loving it.
星期日, 10月 28, 2007
Congratulations to Eric Burns! Best Student work! Safey Product First Place
Eric Burns
A great work from my best friend - Eric who did put kind and open-minded ideas into his works. Especially this piece "Color Guard-Malaria Protection re-imagined", it achieved a unbelieveable stage through INDEX, Business Week, and so on.
The Project Brief : Color Guard mosquito bed net
Color Guard mosquito bed net is the first bed net that has a double-layer that prevents mosquitos from biting through the net. Also, each net is dyed a custom color by its owner with a colored insecticide that impregnates the fibers of the net. It is safe to humans but kills mosquitoes on contact. This huge project was only possible by the efforts of my teammates.
Check out the public web album of it HERE
星期一, 10月 08, 2007
Infobar2 - Naoto Fukasawa
Fresh
His second version design of Infobar gets a soft feeling of shape. 我記得在今年暑假他來台灣的演講中,有提到關於這個手機的設計概念,主要是去思考科技的進展如何帶給人"軟"性的一面,是一個進化論觀點. 你絕得呢?
星期二, 7月 17, 2007
Dosh All-polymer Wallet
I can't believe it.
'Cause I am doing plastic product designs. Sometimes you will feel so damn bad when other designers had done something similar and nice. This polymer wallet designed by Australia designers who hold a design consultancy called "BlueSky". They are smart to use the quality of polymer - waterproof. The only thing I don't like is that the wallet design is too conservative.
星期三, 5月 23, 2007
Innovative Material - Seamless Mesh
Smart Smart Smart invention of material - Kaynemail's Seamless mesh. It is composed of two important processes. First is the molding technology, it uses a new way of injection-molding machine which is to mold a ring inside multiple rings. The other is to discover this material's potential. For example,It will apply to the filter system or cargo nets. But what the most interesting part in this case is it came from a need of film-making...
Check it out.
新材質 - 無縫輕巧塑膠環網，結合塑膠射出的技術的改進，產生出很多應用的可能性，同時也得了今年的IF Material Gold Price.
星期一, 3月 12, 2007
帶回童年之心的雪盆 Ski Tub recalls my childhood
Ski Tub（雪盆）簡單的一片PVC(Polyvinyl chloride,聚氯乙烯)，當配合著地球恩賜的雪以及簡單的空間角度設計，就變成老少咸宜的遊樂活動。一團人到了這日本的北海道雪之村，剎那間全部人似乎都回到自己孩兒時玩盪鞦韆般的快樂，每個人都奮不顧身坐著雪盆往下衝，看誰飛得最高，誰摔的最遠。
(我媽攝影 shot by my mom)
星期五, 3月 09, 2007
星期四, 1月 25, 2007
[Contest Result] Ceramics for breakfast
This toaster is awesome.
The creative part of the design is composed of a solution of heating and the fun of watching it heating.
The term of this concept, I am curious about the words which the designer said that " This toaster is designed to engage the user, re-invigorating(give it energy again) the social context of toasting by questioning everything about what we toast with today."
So this is the question:
what is the social context behind the behavior we toast or the period when we have breakfast today? and what's the difference of the context compared to before?
Take me for example, I live with a middle class family. The behavior of having breakfast seems is based on the life my family has and the place I live. Another interesting thing is the components of an apartment for 社會新鮮人 in Taiwan. Normally, the landlord won't provide gas service and kitchen. Then if you think deeper, it is not hard to realize why we have so many breakfast restaurants here. Especially, the place is around schools and offices.
Based on urban society. If we talk about the behavior of breakfast, I assume it is similar to the situation of the restaurant.. Why? cause of the traffic. People need to save time for it. Then, how we enjoy our breakfast? How important is the behavior of having breakfast in Taiwan?
成本十萬利潤五成 搶攻五百億早餐市場....台北市上班族或學生根本沒有時間等候，他們寧願去便利商店買個麵包就走（時報週刊, 吳嵩浩,20060609）However, I believe people still want to change it. It is reality which is not perfect. So, as a designer, we need to understand the condition of a product for Taiwanese definitely should be considered more appropriate.
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