Products
-
iPod Design
•
1 min read
This iPod design article is an interesting look at the hardware challenges Apple faced. From a user interface perspective there’s only this: ‘ “First and foremost, the product was elegantly designed in classic Apple fashion,” says David Carey, president of Portelligent. “They did product design from the outside in.” Carey says the company had a…
-
IDEA 2002 Winners
•
1 min read
Winners of the Industrial Designers Society of America IDEA 2002 Awards (shamelessly ripped out of their frameset. Pfffft). My fav, the BMW Streetcarver skateboard. Ahh, to be a rich youth in Bavaria.
-
Cashless ATM
•
1 min read
Look there, in between the Oreos and the Pringles, it’s…an automatic teller machine! The basic idea here is great: there are a million bodegas in New York that would like to have ATMs inside their tiny spaces. But why build all the cash-dispensing mechanics into the ATM when it’s sitting right near a machine that…
-
Great Product Name
•
1 min read
I wish I could come up with product names like the Eureka 4885AT Whirlwind Omega Upright True Hepa Bagless Cyclonic Vacuum Cleaner.
-
Audi Case Study
•
1 min read
Jim Kalbach published his case study of the Audi.com and Audi.de sites. Highlights: GoLive for schematics, dynamic layout changing with browser width, and heavy usability testing of the non-conventional navigation.