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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

dear my friends,

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

Chih-Hang

My choice for "Good Design Award"

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

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...

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

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...)

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

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

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.