Back To The Future
Interesting article on trends in “retro-innovation.”
Retro-innovations roughly fall into three categories:
- Innovations that authentically mimic a product or experience of the past to transport the user back into a gone era.
- Innovations that use a nostalgic format to meet a new need.
- Innovations that use a new format to meet an old need.
When you first start off trying to solve a problem, the first solutions you come up with are very complex, and most people stop there. But if you keep going, and live with the problem and peel more layers of the onion off, you can often times arrive at some very elegant and simple solutions. Most people just don’t put in the time or energy to get there. We believe that customers are smart, and want objects which are well thought through. (Steve Jobs, 2006)
Awesome. (via littleBits, big ambitions! « littleBits)
Fantastic write-up on the various facets of design by Henry Modisett on Quora. As a designer, you are part artist, engineer, businessman, storyteller, and architect…
Prototyping a laser violin. Other cool photos and videos here:
Wishing I was back in SF to see this…
(via Bridge of Light)
Rapid prototyping at it’s best! Prototyping Google Glass - Tom Chi (by TEDEducation)
Samsung Emerges as a Potent Rival to Apple’s Cool
After sweeping the market with the iPhone and the iPad, Apple has only one real competitor. And Samsung, unlike Apple, does think people know what they want.
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