Hang & DESIGN DEUTSCHE

Parrot AR.Drone hands-on: a quadricopter for the rest of us

2010-01-09T16:44:00.000+08:00

人造自然| Man made nature - very cool architecture

2009-09-18T23:27:00.000+08:00

水| Water for every body

2009-09-17T22:48:00.000+08:00

泡泡車|Design of the day: Bubble for the Future

2009-09-16T22:01:00.005+08:00

It is made for different situations. we can change the shape of the car for narrower, wider road or parking place. kind of fun :)

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無用的設計 | Useless design

2009-09-08T21:56:00.000+08:00

here

I don't know if the designer just wanted to do something for the blind or not. If not, this is a absolute useless design. If I want to check how much water is left, I will just open the cover... =.=

每日設計 | Design of the day

2009-09-08T21:44:00.003+08:00

here

It is very important to think more for the user, so-called user centered design. If we image how difficult it is to execute daily tasks with just one hand, we will know how great this design is :)

無線電力|Wireless Electricity

2009-08-26T07:11:00.003+08:00

Wireless electricity would be the biggest innovation in the next, that what I could certainly say. Now we have almost everything wireless: mouse, internet, earphone, cell phone...and so on. But what really limit out mobility is the "power supply". What ewe can have now is 8 hours max for the Laptop. But with wireless power there will be a real mobility for human being in the future.

網軍的力量| The power of internet against catastrophe

2009-08-17T21:07:00.004+08:00

The typhoon Morakot brought more than 2000 mm rain in a day and lead to the biggest floods since 50 years, which damaged Taiwan very hard and took hundred of life. I felt very sad and sorry when I saw the pics in the TV. We have tried to do our best to help these people by spending and shipping them sleeping bag, food, water and so on.

During the rescue actions I have realized how big is the power of internet. The internet user have done their best to collect and deliver all the information they got, way more faster than the any other media. Some people have collected the damage allocation in Taiwan.

Some people have sent the informations where the victims are, what they need and where we could deliver these things to them.

The most important connection to spread these information and reach the people all arround Taiwan is: plurk The speed is so amazing that we could almost say that these kind of mini blog the the core of both side communication, very fast and wide. Though plurk is not so easy to user at beginning, but still way more faster than to write an article like this. I think this is just the start of plurk and twitter. Let's see.

God bless Taiwan.

戴爾 | Dell Adamo

2009-08-14T17:06:00.002+08:00

Dell Adamo

I has amazed me that dell can also do something really sexy. very very thin, sophisticated! It indeed cause my interest to have it. (Though I still love my Apple) :P. I think, a designer must be picky and should not be captured by any certain fixed idea.

I want it in the hand so bad to check its details, wether it is really as good as the pics... XD

手勢識別| Gesture recognition

2009-08-14T10:05:00.003+08:00

At Cable Labs Summer Conference PrimeSence from Israel has demonstrated a new method to recognize the gesture of the user. They added an infrared projector and a chip into the webcam, which can track the motion of the user.

Gesture recognition has been discussed and developed for a long time by manufacturers and designers (like 3DV System) In the Future, people might not need a remote control with a lot of buttons anymore.

人力能源|Human Powering

2009-07-14T22:35:00.004+08:00

This is my first idea about how we encourage people to walk more instead of taking a elevator or escalator. My target is to create an eco-system, in which every one can get some benefit from it.

1. Government:
Give>
due to the environmental issue, they support corporations to build infra-structure in public building, develop software and get energy-firm to get involved in this project.
Take>
The pollution and CO2 can be reduced.

2. Corporations:
Give>
build energy-generating flour into public building, develop software and hardware for consumer.
Take>
they get support from government, sell energy-generating flour to public building and sell software to consumer.

3. Energy Firm:
Give>
they provide a reward account system for consumer and link their system to the public building.
Take>
They get free energy, which generated by the consumers by walking on the flour.

4. Consumer:
Give>
they download software to their cellphone with RFiD, create account at energy-firm. While they choose to walk on the energy-generating flour instead of taking elevator.
Take>
They will get the energy + bonus back into their account from the energy-firm.

special thx: Wenham, he gave me the idea to think of RFiD.

蝴蝶|Butterfly> disposable cutlery

2009-07-03T17:51:00.004+08:00

The task was to develop a stable disposable cutlery made of 2mm plastic. The point is to bring function (stable construction) and shape (butterfly-like form) together. The aim is not only to be used, but also value-adding. This cutlery can be used in higher classic place, such like in air-plane and so on.

輕| Light

2009-05-04T20:06:00.002+08:00

Just like the name "Fluid Rocker", already tells us the property of the design. It expresses a flexible, light , relax image. I like it very much. A design of Nick Trinka.

Cheers

偷| Thief

2009-04-24T13:40:00.004+08:00

With this "Copy", we can actually know, how some Chinese people threat "Knowledge" and "Design". They don't eveb respect themselves. I really really feel very sad as a designer. If the consumers really like these kind of cheap copies, it will be really the end of design.

仿| Product of the Day : Plant-Like Chair

2009-04-07T19:32:00.004+08:00

The Vegetal Chair, designed by the French brothers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, has integrate its beauty with the construction, just like plants. A fake , but a very elegant one :)

觸|Eye for the Blind

2009-04-01T22:55:00.003+08:00

It is a very interesting idea. "Eye for the Blind". It is actually a printer, which can print a label for the blind. The user can easily spell the letters and print it out. Though, it might not easy for a blind user to choose the words. I think the separator should be bigger and clear between letters. Otherwise, we don't need such a product, BUT a normal computer and a printer, which can print such a label....

any way, take our responsibility to make the world better.

複x2| Multi Functionalx2

2009-03-11T08:47:00.002+08:00

I just found a interesting cloth hanger as below:
It is a product from designer Nicola Enrico Stäubli
She has a light, clean style, not complete stable enough, but still with fun and fresh air.

Actually, the hanger recalls me on famous German designer Konstantin GrcicMay Day a light beyond a light it should be. His style shows a strong character. Different without any unnecessary decoration. A very cool guy!

複|Multi Functional Businesscard

2009-03-04T08:36:00.002+08:00

....funny :)

anyway, I can't really image we will do it tho...

傳承|A new Design with old spirit

2009-02-05T08:56:00.003+08:00

The double-decker old bus is a very important symbol of london. It has created a very strong emotional link to the londoner. A symbol of tradition and the old soul. However, is it necessary a good design? There are 2 aspect:s function and the emotion. If we obverse more closely, we will notice, that not every scenario was considered at that time. It is not so easy to get in and out for the older people, or people with buggy, baggage or using a wheelchair. According to this point, Forster+Partner has developed a new design, which provides an economics environment, at mean time also expresses the tradition and design language of the old bus.

訪問|Interview with Tim Brow, CEO of IDEO

2009-02-03T09:11:00.001+08:00

here is a interview with Tim Brown, CEO of the most successful design consultancy on the planet.

特 | New Porsche Museum

2009-02-02T23:16:00.002+08:00

This museum is quite special. If u have time, visit it :)

素描|Design Sketches

2009-01-21T22:24:00.003+08:00

Here are some very nice sketches from a Designer, called Zach Hastings:

點子| 2 interesting ideas to improve your daily life

2009-01-21T09:18:00.004+08:00

Yo there,

Here are 2 ideas I just chose for the beginning of the day. Simple ideas but really solved problem and make our life easier.
Just enjoy it.

隨|Follower

2009-01-08T08:46:00.003+08:00

WOW! $499? an Apple MacBook? No, it is a HP, not an Apple.
I wouldn't say, that the new look of Apple is a great, break through design.
But the greatest of Apple is, they try every time to create something "New", like Unibody ans so on.
So people will memorize it easily and think it is really something "owned" by Apple.

This is a kind of link of meaning and emotion. It is more then a shape or some new features.
Shape can impress the consumer but rather a short time. The other thing is, wether this shape or design
can help building up the Brand. For example, we clearly image how a BMW looks like and who will drive a BMW.

Anayway, an Apple for $499, not bad!

JOKE?

2009-01-07T08:58:00.002+08:00

IS THIS A JOKE? :$

I don't think it is a good idea for such complex tasks of a computer.
It is not intuitive, but just seems to be fancy. Innovation is not equal fancy, but solve a problem with a in-conventional way. Anyway, it is just a funny stuff to look at.

Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

型與意|Form and Meaning

2009-01-02T10:06:00.003+08:00

It is my habit to search something new or interesting gadgets automatically, no matter where I am. Last time, I rode my bike in the city and found a "Biker" coffee shop (It means, you can park your bike inside of the shop). So I picked up some magazines and turned the page around. As usual, I memorized some, that were cool for me.

I didn't sort these photos right away after arriving home, but weeks later. Something interesting happened, I can't even remember, why I chose these at that moment. For me, most of them are just some boring and normal stuff, while I am writing this article. They were attractive at the first second, but this kind of feeling is very short. It can just be couple days.

So what kind of job as designer we are doing? To create a fancy stuff with a cool looking? To attract the consumer to buy a certain product and regret his decision later? YES, I have to admit, that the purpose of designing a product at some stage is to make the selling better! If the consumer doesn't buy it, they won't know it is a good product. But it is a very low level of design, if we just think how can we create a COSMETIC value. Consumer is not a fool (remember, we are also consumers.) They buy, they use, they know and they realize, what kind of product they have bought.

If we look at the products below, a desktop, a camera, a solar fan, a lamp and a car. The core spirit of some products (desktop, camera, car...) hasn't been change for a decade. After 6 months, they won't be important for the owner any more. People will find a better one to replace them, especially the desktop and camera.

Because they didn't create any deeper meaning to interact with the user. They are just a nice product with skin, not soul. The only one I still like is the lamp. Because it is really an unique design, which links deeply to the emotional level of us. It is really fun to look at it, simple but meaningful. How do you think?

新 | New type of Design Firm: FUSEPROJECT

2008-12-15T22:38:00.003+08:00

if you ask me, which design company I like most now. Not IDEO, not ZIBA (sorry for my formal colleagues), not PHOENIX DESIGN, but fuseproject, a San Francisco based design firm, which was founded by Yves Behar.

Yves Behar, he was born in Swiss, studied at Art Center of College (one of the best design school worldwide) both in Europe and California, USA. His multi-cultural background makes his design always with a very different idea, strong character and open-minded.

What else? If you visit his website and look at the products, you can know, why I like his design so much. His firm, fuseproject, doesn't only provide a single angle of view for design service, but a whole package, from Corporate Identity (the core of a company), Website Design, Graphic Design, Product design and finally Packaging Design. It means, they can make a new product, but also a WHOLE NEW SYSTEM around it. What I always say, no product stands alone. It has to communicate with Surround and lives in a environment. We can see how different they are.

I really wish, I were him ;). Here is a sample: the New Jawbone.

食 | Linguine con cozze di nonno

2008-12-14T23:00:00.003+08:00

I think most of you knew that, I like cooking and tasting different food very much. Since my buddies in Germany presented a Cookbook (see below) of Jamie Oliver, my favorite cook and designer. (For me cooking is like design. We all create thing in our own way. We all solve a problem and present it for the public.)

I like him because of his sympathy. He doe

sn't show off his skills and deal it like art. Cook is not that complicated. Every time he cooks, you can see his love, passion and fun with it. Besides, his kind and easy way for presentation, just like I am always doing. Let everyone join your presentation, let them understand, what is the idea about.

Last week, we celebrated my sister's birthday at my place. And I chose Liguine con cozze di nonno to cook for the whole family. It is a dish with a lot of seafood (we love fish!!!).

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Here are the materials: fresh shrimps, 2 kinds of mussels (big and small), small sardinian, linguine 500 g, sea salt, olive oil, garlic, tomato...and so on. Most people will take of the shrimps shells and throw them away. HOWEVER, these shells were one of the most important part of this dish. I used them in two parts. First, I cooked the noodle not only with sea salt, but also the shrimps shells and some small mussels. It can make the noodle with a little bit nature seafood-taste, that matches perfectly with other materials. And the other shells? of course for the source. Attention! use fresh tomato, very important!

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Then, it will look like this. It was rea really tasty :)

獎 | Good Design Award

2008-12-08T22:58:00.004+08:00

Not a good photo, made by my iPhone. The resolution is low, and my haircut is ugly v.v.

Well..anyway

You already knew, that I just wan a Good Design Award one of the most important design awards on the world. I esigned this guy (an Automated OpticInspector) for a taiwanese company. We have been in Tokyo to setup the exhibition. Tokyo is a great city, very busy, modern, but also clean and you can't still find a lot of tradition.

here are some photos in Japan. If you click the picture, you can get more info about the product and award.

鄉｜back home or a new home?

2008-12-08T22:45:00.004+08:00

Hey guys!

My blog is alive again! now I am looking for a method to merge all my three blogs together. I believe, it is a kind of energy waste, that I write three blogs at the same time. It means, I will just write, what I want. But I will still treat design as a core spirit. Though, what I am in Taiwan doing, is not only design...

It was almost four months ago, when I left Germany. It is really a strange feeling to leave Germany, where I have lived for six years. During this time, I really felt like, I am a German not a Taiwanese anymore. I though, I won't leave Germany (Europe). Still, life is very interesting. It changes. Now I am in Taiwan again ;)

Goodbye Germany...for a short time

2008-08-12T05:06:00.002+08:00

Seldom, I did'nt write about design, but about myself.
Yes, as the title shows I am going to leave Germany now.
It is a very strange feeling because I really thought, it is my home now and I will stay for a long long time. However, the life goes, where ever it wants. The pitcher (life) won't always throw a fastball. When it comes a curveball, then you have to change your movement and prepare for it.

It will be a huge change for me, but maybe not a bad one. I live in europe since 6 years. My spirit and connection to Asia is getting weaker and weaker. It is time to pick it up again and renew it, to look at who I am. Asia is my root but Germany is my spirit home. It will take some time to integrate into the daily life in Taiwan.

But I believe, it will be very exiting. Let's go, Chih-Hang

See you my dear friends

Microsoft Surface on a Ball.

2008-08-04T19:58:00.002+08:00

I think, most of you have ever seen microsoft surface. Though, I think it is still a interesting demo. It is on a sphere display. A funny try. It means, the limit of a flat disply is no more there. No we have more freedom to think over, what kind of display we are going to use, which kind is better for out application.

The property of a sphere is: you got to close to the display, if u want to get more information. The limited angle of view and a 3D disply are the main ponis of it.
(though i still don't know, in which are we can better use a sphere one...)

cheers!

Whom are you designing for?

2008-07-30T16:35:00.003+08:00

it is still a very interesting topic. Whom are we, as designer, designing for?
surely, the official answer will certainly for the USER, the CUSTOMER, off cause.
but is it true? is it really what designer thinking? let's us look at a example:

this is the last generation of bmw 7, that is the most exclusive car under bmw brand. it is elegant, luxus and high-end. so the real target buyer are, those who can afford such a car, a high-range manager, business man,, maybe 50 or 60 years old.

but if we look at the old one, we can notice that, this car expresses a very progressive image, exeptional headlamps , a remarkable back, that we never saw before. bmw broke rules and set up new milestones for a car.

I have to admit that, this is a really powerful and iconic design. A very big step of bmw. however, as I just mentioned, "who are we deisning for?". the bmw designer did a exellent design, but forgot the real customers. this fact was also shown by the sell numbers. this bmw 7 is not as popular as it should be. it has been beat hard by Mercedes s class. (see pic below)

a real successful design, high classic, noble and luxus, though it expresses a more conservative image. this s class was addressed on the exact right position on the market. 2 weeks ago, the newest bmw 7 has come out. we can clearly see that, the design goes a step back and shows a more mature, cleaner design. maybe, some designers will say, there is nothing new on this car, but don't forget and ask yourself "Whom ar you designing for?"

the new bmw 7

The Utimate Post Office Box : Earth Class Mail

2008-06-27T14:35:00.005+08:00

After the presentation of iPhone 2.0 . It has come true, that the service, that you are providing, is the most important thing in your product. What is the benefit for the user to buy and use you product? A beautiful design and fancy animation are not, what it is about. (I will create another topic to discuss it)

So today, I am showing an interesting "Online" service of Earth Class Mail.
Nowadays, we travel around the world because of business, vacation, education and so on, way much often than what the people did 10, 50 years ago. So he way we communicate with each other is changing. We are no more sitting somewhere and wait. But most of the important letters will be still send physically to a certain address.

Earth Class Mail willl solve part of our problem of missing and waiting post. They can collect all the post of a certain address from customer and scan the envelope cover, and email to the customer. Then he can decide, weather earth class mail should also scan the content or not. So you can quasi get your post everywhere on the world. ( well, if you have internet connection...)

it is really convenient :) (thou I don't know, how much it will cost)

BMW GINA - A living car

2008-06-12T15:19:00.006+08:00

BMW GINA - a living car

it is just like a creature. no more a cold metal piece without soul.
It opens and closes the ey, ust like an animal is winking.
Everything is hidden under the skin-like surface.
The engine is really like the heart inside an animal body.
A car seems like it lives and breaths.
It will be just as your second skin on the road, if you drive it.
This concept brings "car" a step closer to us human. It is like a friend, who companies you.

It is a totally different level of thinking and they really created a high emotional idea.
Emotion is one of the most important factors of design, especially at transportation area.
I am really amazed by it

Goog Job, BMW.

teo: an iconic mp3 player

2008-05-12T21:14:00.002+08:00

TEO has rolled out their new MP3 player. (the first photo)

it is in an very iconic form- "a cross"

it can be your music source and your personal necklace at the same time.

HOWEVER, the details are not clean enough. the silver buttons and the blue display destroy the whole image. (i guess, it might because of the cost). my suggestion would be the second pic.

in the middle we use a plexi-glass button in the same material. and surround it, we use 4 sensorbuttons. the display, we can use the same technology as sony...here

in this case, we won't see the frame of the display.

it is much cleaner, isn't it?

The Hydrofoil Water Scooter

2008-05-09T20:03:00.003+08:00

The Hydfrofoll water scooter is an interesting water-sport vehicle. what u have to do is hopping ur body up and down, and it moves smoothly but fast further. though it doesn't have the best shape, but it is a nice idea with any extra energy consuming, no enviroment pollution, besides that we still take exercise :D

funny bathroom sign...

2008-05-09T16:52:00.000+08:00

it is cool, right :P

NOLA A-Bench

2008-05-05T15:47:00.002+08:00

Nola is a swedish furniture manufacture for public space. for the furniturefair 2008 in stockholm, they presented A-BENCH.

It is a very simple idea, low-cost, high -modular, just made of 4 elements. we can build them together very easily. i like it.

OLPC roll-out in Peru

2008-05-05T15:39:00.003+08:00

finally, the OLPC rolls out in peru. i do think, it is a meaningful project for the children in developing countries. HOWEVER, i am concerning, that it could become just a new toy of normal consumers, or some governments wont't really give them to the children, who need it, but use them for the other purpose.

but now it is rolling out. i hope, it will be a good beginn of it.

2008-04-24T15:41:00.002+08:00

dear all,

i just finished an one-hour-design-competition for core77.

the theme is to design a olympic torch for a certain city.

my choice was berlin.

i t was designed in a modern, elegant style with german character: minimal, clean and sophisticated. in the front of it, we can see the olympic ring, berlin-logo and the german flag.

a quick design, not very special but with a certain quality :)

cheers

11 the Game | amazing beautiful, but for what?

2008-04-10T15:48:00.002+08:00

one of my favorite design firms in europe GRO and a dutch model-making firm Tim just pushed out a study for milan exhibition, 11 the Game, which is based on a conventional Kicker Table, BUT with amazing details.

YES, 11 the Game is really really incredible beautiful with the finest details. with Its elegant, sophisticated looking, it will fascinate many visitor in milan, i am sure about that.

HOWEVER, the game itself hasn't been improved or changed. The core user experience is still the old one. if we look at the whole design process, from concept to production, this design is very close to the end of process. it means, it just changed more or less the shape. the table might be 10 times as expensive as a normal one, but somehow the old one.

maybe it wil be the best decoration for a high-end club or restaurant, or in Roman Abramovich's home (chelsea's owner).

"Iconization" of Seat

2008-04-03T17:38:00.005+08:00

hello dear all,

still my style. i didn"t update for a long long time.

i hope, u don't feel bored :)

(i am getting lazier and lazier)

in this topic, i am writing about the car brand "Seat".

seat, as we know, was used to be a spanish automobile brand.

several years ago, VolksWagen overtook the company.

Seat is not really a very popular brand, that stands always under the spotlight.

It is rather a sub choice of consumer, like skoda, ford and so on.

but in last few years, we can really notice the quality and design improvement of seat.

now, they are trying to build an icon (design identity ) for skoda.

"IBIZA" has just come to the market recently, if we compare with its concept model "Bocanegra". We can see the original sprit of this car. They tried to strengthen and accent the "HEAD PART" arround the logo, to creat a strong image of the face.

this kine of methode, we may mark it as a design icon of the whole VW group like, AUDI, VW it self. it is also kind of trend. as i mentioned in my article about the vw up concept and the design style toyota.

but Seat, just like its south blood, acts more energic, speedy and young. this quick, sharp lines recall me on BMW (but not as extreme as it). red is the absolute right color to it.

i like it.

Straw+Coffee Pad

2008-03-23T03:38:00.003+08:00

also an interesting idea.

a single product have 2 functions...

HOWEVER, it can be very hot to drink coffee like this

(well, maybe it is a ice coffee)

It can be better if it is a soft, or mix drink.

Calender Clock

2008-03-23T02:55:00.003+08:00

Calender Clock from a dutch designer Stallinga

very simple idea, but good combination between 2 time-elements.

I like it :)

Energizer's Enerji to Go

2008-03-03T17:26:00.003+08:00

i believe, everyone has such an experience.: you are on the way and want to make an important phone-call, but ur cell phone is out of power... how frustrated it taht!

don't worry! Energizer has developed a solution for major cellphone brands "Enerji to Go" u can easily put 2 AA batteries into it and plug it in ur cellphone! the power is there again! u can talk about 9 hours with 2 AA batteries.

anyway, it is more like an emergent solution. don't forget charge ur phone ;)

Tata's Innovative Nano

2008-02-29T18:04:00.003+08:00

Tata's Nano is an extremely low cost car from India. Toyota, Hyun-dai, Honda, Kia, VW, Skoda, they all provide small and inexpesive cars. why is Nano innovative? Before we point it out, we should think about what is innovative. What we usually do is, to put the best, last technology into our product or to provide more functions. are these functions all necessary?

this is the point of Tata Nano. this is a car only costs $ 2500 (yes, believe ur eyes.) the most important process of this design is to figure out, what is really important or a must for a car. nano passed the safety test, provide enough seat capacity (the wheels are placed on the very edge of the car), doesn't dissipate much gasoline, the maximum speed is only arround 100 kmh, but for the most people in most country (beside germany ;P) it is way more than enough. if we live in a big metropolis, it would be a very good choice.

furthermore, it has build in a modular design. it means, they can build and ship the components separately. it is not only a advantage of cost, but further development. they have more flexibility to do some additional change in a easier way.

applause!

MacBook dock system, a new apple patent

2008-02-18T06:03:00.002+08:00

it is a funny idea.
it might attract some people to buy it.

the scenario can be like this:

we have a slim-laptop, you can carry it very easily on the way, work in the train, coffee shop...
on the other hand, you can workk very comfortably with your big display at home. you won't have any problem with sync all you files...

HOWEVER, we can do it easily with our monitor-out cable NOW. why do we need a dock monitor??? or does it have any other functions? if not, I doubt, weather this idea can work or not.

happy chinese new year

2008-02-17T08:03:00.002+08:00

dear my friends,

I wish you all, dreams come true in the year of rat.

Chih-Hang

My choice for "Good Design Award"

2008-01-31T06:17:00.000+08:00

good design award has just chosen their choices for this year. (they really have ugly website...iiig)
i just viewed them and picked some my personal favorites:

3D graphic tracking

2008-01-29T16:40:00.000+08:00

it is very interesting. now it still looks a little bit like a small game, but it can be very useful later, for many areas, like madicine, sport and 3D object-controlling...etc ;D

shoes, i may like to have...

2008-01-28T17:51:00.000+08:00

shoes are not only important for women, but also for men. (especially for me:D)
here i am listing some i would like to have (anynoe wants to give a a present? :P...)

first of all i would like to have trippen. htey are kind of official and casual. i like this kind of mix! cool!

second, i am a adidas fan since a long time. i have few couples of adidas i really really like.
retro and fashion are my favors (i will only buy adidas original!)

last one is puma! they glow in the dark. it would be top-cool in a cllub or disco ;D

Maxfield

2008-01-23T06:28:00.000+08:00

Maxfield is a manufacture for electronic products, like: mp3 player, phone, dvd player, navigation, and so on. we can say, it is lik ea small philips or sony.

here are some their products:

their design has a certain standar and the features are also not bad. everything is fine...
BUT the company is bankrupt! why?

they have interesting products, fine design, good functions, just like the other companies. what is the problem, why they can't make good business?

That's the problem! because they are more like a follower. they are small, trying to grap market from big, famous companies. if they just do , what the other do, why should the customers buy your product. at this point, it is difficult, BUT the company should be more courage to challenge , take a rick to create a combination of features or a new product, what the other don't have. define your market different. otherwise, you will have big competition not only from the big firms, but also from the cheaper competitors.

that is not because of bad product, but a bad definition and start-point.

what a pitty.

bad design is a crime! (maybe...)

2008-01-21T21:13:00.001+08:00

hier

you can download label ;D

well, i don't know, if bad design is a crime, but it hurts certainly your eye and brain. ;P

Belkin Rock Star

2008-01-18T07:48:00.000+08:00

Belkin rockstar
for me it is absolute a cool gadget.
you love music, listen with your MP3 player and you want share it with your friends!
it is the userneed driving the concept.
simple but i like it.

cool wall art

2008-01-12T17:27:00.001+08:00

here are some intreresting wall art, i found.
for me, graphic, ornament oder pattern have a high importance. they show the spirit, thinking and embody our lifestyle. they use many elements to create a certain strong emotion, which changes the whole enviroment and influence the feeling of visitors intensively.

for me, the function of them is more like a software. let's take iPhone as an example. what outside of the display is no more that important. the interaction amazes people.

graphic, ornament and patterns, they are the interface of emotion.

Button illy Bar

2008-01-12T17:14:00.000+08:00

Button illy Bar!
in a short moment, a ugly container transforms to a high-end bar.
not bad, not bad

design competition in china

2008-01-06T20:41:00.000+08:00

design in china

design is becoming a hot number step by step in china. different as in europe or in the usa, people have a long history with industrial design. in far south east asia, design is still in the beginning, but it doesn't mean that, they have a bad quality.

intel competition in china

shanghai eletrinic

we can see it clearly, the design there is strongly influenced by "west" styles. they catch the trend very fast and developed interesting shapes. i would say, their style is quite colorful. BUT what a pitty is, i don't really see what is the spirit of chinese culture. i think, it is kind of a common problem in south east asia. (china, taiwan, hongkong, singapore...and so on).

at this point, i have to say, the japanese, thai design have really done good job. they keep the root-part of their culture and apply it to modern design.

form follows function

2008-01-02T00:53:00.001+08:00

form follows function.
this is the motto of modern design.
but where can we find the example, that the designer really defines the the problem and creates a concept first?

here we go.

round bottle is not easy to be placed in the bag and it always moves around. so the japanese coca-cola designed a accurate bottle and solved the problem ;D

cool and simple!

a happy 2008 !!!

2008-01-01T18:13:00.000+08:00

dear my friends,

i wish u all have a nice begin of 2008!!!
firework on taipei 101!

my blog"s"

2007-12-28T20:31:00.000+08:00

hey guys,

many people already know i have the other blog to share my hobby: food and movie:

ratatouille+ratatouille

now i have a third one to share my travel:

hang>life traveler

enjoy it!

my friends

LandRover LRX Concept

2007-12-28T19:51:00.001+08:00

Land Rover LRX Concept.
for me it is a very nice design. they tried to do something new but keep the spirit of land rover.
it looks still very tough, energic, strong but more speedy, sporty now.

the face looks like a animal, which is ready for hunting now. the side-line built a powerful image and movement. it is really cool ;D

will someone want to buy me one ;PPP

merry x'mas

2007-12-20T01:07:00.000+08:00

my dear friends,

i wish u all merry x'mas and a happy new year ;D
during the time i am going to visit vienna and budapest.
well, i don't have cell phone with me, but u can mail me^^
see u

i love u all ;D

chih-hang

Euromold 2007

2007-12-10T01:15:00.000+08:00

Thesis Presentation in Coburg (with porsche design + adidas)

2007-12-10T01:12:00.000+08:00

UMPC the future?

2007-11-24T18:00:00.000+08:00

a concept video of intel UMPC.
would it be the future?

pattern is still a important trend!

2007-11-22T06:05:00.000+08:00

pic 1 is a radio, media play, ipod dock...and so on. the functions are not really breakthrough new, so let us just look at the design. a wrap form is still to regconize. but something interesting is like the pic 2, a design from ideo in 2005.

very simple wrap-form with an intensive, random (?) pattern. this kind of design methode begann with the designer marcel wanders with his design-box(maybe some has done it before, but he really did a great job...) .

a simple asia-like form, made of wood, with amazing beautiful patterns! till now, this kind of trend is still growing.

but why pattern? pattern is a sort of structure, shows a strong image and character, just like the grafiti we always see in the undergraound station. the grafic try to transfer massege, hsow its character. it is a very strong eye-catcher.

therfore, in the most case, they appear with a object with simple form. otherwise the form will compete with the pattern...

so try ur own graphic ;D

Let's talk about vw space up

2007-11-15T00:07:00.000+08:00

in the name, Space Up, we can read, it is a car designed for a metro-life, where we don't have much room for a bigger car to park, but we do need more room for our stuff. that's the reason why space up is here.

first of all, about the proportion. we can notice that, the "head" of the car is much shorter than what vw has now. or we can say the head is much higher now. inorder to create more space in the car, the main body is not far away from a box. more straight line, more accurate looking.

the icon of this car , i would say, is the part under the logo. they just unified the bumper and the airing and create a small eye-catch area. a simple, well designed solution. so how it reminds me on "vw new beetle".

i know they are very different. but they both have a very simple and clean front part, a very "smooth area". it is not a super extremely high designed fancy car. but proportionally, it is very very nice. i like it.

HOWEVER, space up is very similiar to some japanese metro-cars, that appeared several years ago. short but high. vw didn't create a new vision of it. especially, if we look at the logo, which sits in a lifted area. THIS IS A TYPICAL DESIGN MARK OF TOYOTA. since 3-4 years, toyota makes every car with a logo in a lifted surface as the design icon of toyota.

result: a nice car but not "new"...my opinion

MIT is trying to accuse Frank o.Gehry

2007-11-07T15:39:00.000+08:00

Frank o Gehry, one of the greatest Architect, has made numerous famous buildings, such like:

the Medienhafen in düsseldorf,

walt-disney concert hall,

gehry tower in hannover, DZ-Bank in Berlin...etc. all of them have been build in a unique "gehry" style, asymetric shape, flowing surfaces, metallic color. all these make the building just like sculpture.

the stata center of MIT, designed by gehry, was opened in 2004. it was once the mark of the school and successfu project. But why is MIT trying to accuse gehry now?

It has something to do with so-calles the resposibility of an architect (or designer). now, 3 years later, 2007, some details of the building is getting broken, water comes through the roof, the wall has some "gaps". should a architect or designer also be response of the quality of production? it is a moral question. sometimes, we can't control, how the product would be produced. however, we are like the lawyer of the user. we are the only one, who does'nt only care about the look, but the usability. that's the difference between art and design. we deliver a whole paket, we merge every aspect of professions. maybe, we are not direct response for it, but we should give more effort and concern about it.

cheers

Masi Oka is th enew ambassador of OLPC

2007-11-02T17:40:00.000+08:00

OLPC (one laptop per child ) is a project, try to help children in the case of education and so on.
they tend to put out an easy, intuitive used laptop with just 100 dollor.

This guy MASI OKA , from the hit v-series "HEROES" is the new ambassador of OLPC.
in the series, he is playing a guy, who lives in his own fantacy world, dreams to be a hero. a child-like adult, very honest and with a real heart.

i think he is a right guy to do this job ;D

Lagerfeld+Hadid

2007-11-02T16:50:00.000+08:00

Karl Lagerfeld, this time not for fashion design, but archtecture!
with Hadid, they made this not "interesting" style (well, a hadid building is never usual!).

a mobile container

Virtual Piano Tech Pen

2007-10-26T17:10:00.000+08:00

virtual piano pen.
sure, the sound and the music are not perfect.
But it is easy to make, to learn.
it must be fun for children to star with it!!!
cool!

Innovation at Google

2007-10-24T16:00:00.000+08:00

Innovation at Google

the CIO of Goolge is talking about the innovation at google.
an information search-engine is not the soul of google.
Google is actually an innovation engine.

the most important of a search engine is to create a positive user experience, provide a very high speed and useful (what is really needed) information.

but what is innovation? where is it from?
innovation should base on the user need
surely, the user doesn't really know what they want, BUT they might know what knid of problem they have. so let's start it from the "problems".

a very nice speech. if u have time ;D (51 mins)

sharp just lauched the thinst cellphone display !!

2007-10-23T20:33:00.001+08:00

"Sharp is set to show a new, super thin cellphone display at the Flat-Panel Display in Osaka, Japan, tomorrow. The 320 x 240 LCD is just 0.68mm thick"

technology changes design. this is a good example for it ;D

link

Sony Ericsson bluetooth watch MBW 150

2007-10-22T16:02:00.000+08:00

Sony Ericsson TimeMaster line is a serie of bluetooth watch, which works as a remote, receiver, coordinator with the "walkman phone". (caution! only walkman phone!)

you will know, who calls u, you can read the sms and u can control ur mp3-player with it. there are tree style:

u know it, i like classic mostly ;D

classic

music

executive

Moto Labs Multi-Touch screen

2007-10-21T04:47:00.001+08:00

Moto Labs a very interesting group about interaction design/prototyping.
here they just show, how they make thier multi-touch screen work:
inorder to use this equipment under normal light, they DIDN'T use camera as tracing tool (i still havn't find out, how the trace the finger..maybe touch-sensor? or pressure sensor?)

in the link, we can also find the simulation. it works very fluently and quick.
multi-touch is the most intuitive interface till now.
it aprovides a way, that everyone, who even doesn't have experience with pc, can use/deal with it easily. it is happening NOW.

i think the next issue would be:
how can we use this technology to work on way more complicated tasks, such like text typing, graphic and 3d-modelling, which need a very precise handling. it is extreme interesting to see how far it will go ;D
and maybe i will jump into such kine of projects later...

Designer: Yuta Watanabe

2007-10-14T18:12:00.000+08:00

Yuta Watanabe

a japanese product designer. his style is tend to minimalism, just like the objects he designed,
are alle very simple with a single idea and clean design language.

but if we image how these objects works, we would say: it is amazing and philosophical.

what i like mostly is the cast iron pot:

enjoy it ;D

ZKM interaction exibition

2007-10-14T16:53:00.000+08:00

the exhibition

though it was already finished

ZKM (Zentrum für Künste und Medientechnologie in Karlsruhe.

there were some interesting set up of interaction stuff about music, illution ans so on.
god damn cool. especially, i like the virtuel chords very much.
it is simple, easy idea, but fun to play with it.

It's mean, but funny XD

2007-10-13T23:29:00.000+08:00

i have to admit, this video is very mean. but it is really funny.
sorry, if u don't like this kind of humor...
(well, it is really XD...)

enjoy it

the best car-brand for design in 2007

2007-10-11T16:19:00.000+08:00

NOW, i am going to nominate the best car-design award in 2007 XD:

HANG CAR DESIGN AWARD 2007:

my friends know that, i am an AUDI fan.
i like the high-quality, sporty, discreet and perfect proportion of AUDI.
AUDI for me is absolute the design-guru since end 90'.

BUT if we talk about these 2 years (2006, 2007), my answeer would be different.

CITROEN!!!

citroen is my personal winer in design.
during these 2 years citroen has made a huge improvement in case of it's design icon.

first of all:
they extend it's logo as the most important design element on the front.
it mens, they didn't change much, but strengthen spirit of the brand!
they have a face with an strong indentity, just like bmw, mercedes, and sure, audi.

second, not only the logo, but also the other elements, especially the lights and grill and so on. they are trying to build cars more generous, more characterized. like a creature (or an automatic robot).

it is iconic now!

Amazing! how the train passes through a market in bangkok

2007-10-11T14:25:00.000+08:00

well, what i can say is:

it is really amazing, how it works XD...

to memorize of the sommer ;D

2007-10-02T20:29:00.000+08:00

here are some old photos from this sommer.
we had a BBQ party on werder (a small island in magdeburg...)

it is getting colder and darker every day...good bye our sommer ;(

cheers!

a good news...

2007-10-01T19:17:00.001+08:00

the partner of my thesis Ziehm Imaging, one of the leading medical x-ray device companys, is planing to implement my concept ;D

isn't that a coooool news !!!!!

i am so happy now ;P

a clean way to create electricity...

2007-10-01T17:49:00.000+08:00

the biggiste problem of mobility for me is not the internet signal, but the electricity.
it limits how long u can use ur mobile device on the way.

now the MIT, schcool of achitecture and planning, just introduced a way to create electricity in a nature and simple way : through the human movement.

this project called "crowd farm"

it means, through continuous movement of crowd to produce the eletricity. here is an example:
there are thousend, millions of people walking through / at the central station in NYC. if we can transform this huge amount of movement into electricity, it can be the solution of the energy short or wireless energy for the future.

what they have done is: they made every piece of flagging moveable. every step of human will move the flagging and create a certain energy. it is little, but with continuous thousands of steps, it is a real feasible solution.

the original article.

well, let's talk about the new iPods...

2007-10-01T16:17:00.000+08:00

i think every body has sure viewed the new line of ipod's.
for me the biggest change is the ipod nano, so let's start it with ipod nano.

what didn't change is, the colorful, joyful and mobil image.
However what i am surprised about is the proportion, it is much wider now.
it looks just fat and short now. many people have critized the point hard...
i think there are 2 reasons why they did it:

1. because of the bigger display. the features of nano have been definately improved now. we can even view movies and videos. it is a big sell point to attract buyers. just like u buy an ipod nano, but get an ipod video.

2. if u ever have an ipod nano in the hand, u will notice that, it seems much thiner now. (because of the finder edge). u know what, it reminds me on the nokia spot N95

the new nano is just like a small disk of stone, that u pick up and throw on the river. it is not elegant, but it is neat, like something u always carry in ur pocket.

however, the image is similar with the creative zen stoone:

a neat, a little bit square, a stone-like thing. though the production quality is much better than creative, the nano didn't give me a "WOW" in this case. it can be a well sold little thing, but not "the one".

i guess, the ipod nano might just a short term product for the next big step... maybe it is just a trial of apple to see what happens. if it fails, it won't ruin the empire. if it success, great!

so my short opinion:

it is neat, nice to have in the hand, but it is not a "WOW"

I am home again ;D

2007-10-01T16:14:00.000+08:00

hello everyone,

have u missed me? (laughing...)
well, i am hoe in germany again now.
so i will start to update my blog again.
sorry, that i didn't do anything here for a long time.

best

CH

My cellphone in Taiwan ;P

2007-09-09T22:41:00.000+08:00

if anyone wants to catch me, plz dial:

+886 (0) 917 408 002

see u, guys

your friend hang

Hang is going home !!!

2007-09-03T22:00:00.000+08:00

hello every one,

i am going to fly home on 5th. september and back to germany again on 24th...

my travel plan is lik ethis:

5th - 9th in singapore

10th - 13th in shin-chu, taiwan

13th afternoon in tao-wuang, taiwan

14th - 16th in taipei

17th - 24th in kaohsiung at home ;D

(i will be in tainan, on 19th 0r 20th...)

ps. the pic is about a strong typhoon, which visited taiwan recently...

if anyone is there, just catch me...or call +886 (7) 2227863

see u

hang

the first demo of multi-touch tablet PC

2007-08-18T17:34:00.000+08:00

here is the first demo (prototype) of multi-touch tabletPC by Jazz Mutant.
it is a well-"heard" technology now.
interesting is: he can also use a stylus to control it. no bad ;P

what is design by david ngo.

2007-08-18T17:09:00.000+08:00

"what is design?"

i blieve, every of you has asked or answer this quetion.
and everyone has different definition of it.

color? shape? function? usability?

here is a funny, but exellent video from david ngo (a design student of stanford)

he is trying to use simple examples and jokes to explain what is design for him.

let's check it out!

hang was in austria 01: friend's wedding ;D

2007-08-12T00:53:00.000+08:00

about 3 weeks ago, i was invited to a friend's wedding in austria.
it was really as beautiful as a dream... ;D
i wish, i can have a similiar one ;P

Let's talk about iMac: style, details and then?

2007-08-11T23:49:00.000+08:00

the new iMac

at the first sight, the rough shape havn't been changed a lot.
but the whole image has become very different.
the old one

is home-like, clean, humanlity, warm...
but the new one is cool, high-end, extrem-minimalism.
we can say, it is a mix of G5 and the old iMac.
it is a level-up of the old iMac. every-thing is integrated now, in a best way.

what interesting is, iMac is actually the low range product of apple desktop.
it means, the next G5 should be much more high-end than iMac now...
i am wondering now (ha...but i am nor doubting their design ability...)

weather it is the right direction for the home user? i am not sure.
it just like a plasma-TV. very high-end, though for home user.
maybe, the home user just want to have a higher end, than they do.

the details:

same with the G5, i guess, the IT-Giant Foxconn has produced the iMac for apple.
all details are amazing resolved (really amating!)
the airing is just like G5.

the most interesting is, the black part:
silver and black, appear for the first time in apple computer.
but not first in apple product.
mabe it is inspired by ipod or iphone. (opinion by weham, designer ASUS)

and u can notice that, front black part makes the frame thiner!
that's the purpose, why they need a big black area there.

and sure, the material-color-combination makes the design more high-end.

will they have a different color of iMac for home user?
or a MacBook in silver and black? let's wait and see!

buy a MacBook now? no, wait for the Multi-touch Mac Book

2007-08-10T23:22:00.000+08:00

Apple just applied a patent for MacBook with multi-touch pad.

If u want to buy a MacBook (just like me)...rather wait ;D

her comes a new toy...yohooooooo

City Wall in Helsinki

2007-07-30T21:02:00.000+08:00

city wall is a huge "Multi Touch" installation in center of helsinki.
it is build by Ubiquitous Interaction (Uix) research group of helsinki institut for technique information. the cit y wall shows the periodically the informations, photos of the city. with this interaction, the user can easily view, move, rotation and so on.

this is a part of IPcity project.

very interesting, isn' it ;D

video

IDEA Award 2007

2007-07-24T12:55:00.000+08:00

IDEA (International Design Excellence Award)
one of the most important design award (especially in the usa)

the different taste (derection) between IDEA , IF or Red-Dot, i think, we can betoken it as the difference between us-design and euro-design.

if u look at the idea, u will find, their design is not as clean, as perfect as european design,
HOWEVER there are more new, breakthrough ideas behind the design.
they try to be more progressive...(maybe it is just the us-character...i dont know)

anyway, it is very interesting to view it ;DDD

Want+Waste

2007-07-24T12:46:00.000+08:00

If u ever cooked, u will like it ;D
while cooking i always produce a lot of waste.
how can i keep every thing clean, is alway my target.
waste+want simple, but it helps (i guess)

cheer to all hobby cooks

we cooked, drank, sang, celebrated

2007-07-20T13:58:00.000+08:00

this was the first trial of the designer "jamie oliver" (me ;P)

yesterday we have celebrated for our first master ( kristin ) and the birthday of grit at merian and uli's apartment.(it is really a coooool apartment ) i have cooked super hot spicy chicken curry... see the photo below...well at least it was delicious XD. i think, i have raised the drink consuming in my town...

.....and delicious ice ;D...i love sweeties

then we sang the whole night...let's rock...viva singstars XD

take that... back for good

nirvana...

it was super fuuuuuuun ;D

Red Dot design award selection : Ipod for water proof

2007-07-20T13:47:00.000+08:00

many people like to listen to music in the bathroom. the idea here is to bring a simple ipod docking into the bathroom. i guess this one is just a design concept from nova design.

nova is a taiwan based design firm, which designs from idea to engineering and production.

a new scenario created a new product. not bad

Reddot design award 2007

2007-07-16T18:28:00.000+08:00

once a year, red-dot design award (one of the most important design awards) nominates remarkable designs of the year. the winners of 2007 are already online now.

as usaul i would like to designate some remarkble products of me.
the first one is : sony pcm-d1 portable linear recorder

the design is not really a milestone. the reason why i chose it is it's character. if we look at the whole market, we'll see, the simpilicity dominates the design of a digital media product.

but this one shows the beauty of complexity and professional. u feel, this guy is something different. i like it!

if life is a baseball game

2007-07-13T14:22:00.000+08:00

"This is a very simple game.
You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball.
Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.
Sometimes it rains."

from the movie "Bull Durham"