Don your favorite bath robe, cream that coffee and get comfortable with this weekend’s SolidSmack Weekend Reader.
This week we saw everything from the new P70 ThinkPad Workstation from Lenovo, a new exhibit from Coca-Cola that highlights the design process behind their iconic curved bottle, how one Japanese designer has upcycled thousands of pieces of discarded ceramic tableware and more…
So lay back, relax and take a load off while reading the top ten stories on SolidSmack this past week.
Oh and uh…don’t forget to shed some much-needed sunlight on your face, too.
The 17″ Is Back. Lenovo Announces the P70 ThinkPad Workstation.
“For all those mobile modeling mavens waiting for another 17″ workstation option, your wait is over. Today, from SIGGRAPH 2015, Lenovo has announced they are bringing back the 17″ workstation, and not only that, a completely redesigned 17″ workstation…”
Coca-Cola Celebrates 100 Years of Their Bottle Design with a Traveling Design Process Exhibition
“When it was first bottled under contract in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1899, Coca-Cola was sold in straight-sided bottles with a metal stopper that looked more like vessels for whiskey rather than a refreshing thirst quencher. Over the next two decades, the soda would become so popular that it spawned an entire new industry of competitors who imitated both the Coca Cola recipe as well as the bottle and label designs…”
A Closer Look at the Rolls-Royce ‘Hand Assembly’ Production Line
“Since being founded in the spring of 1906 by Charles Stewart Rolls and Sir Frederick Henry Royce, British car manufacturer Rolls-Royce Limited has always been known for superior handmade quality and superior engineering that has led to multiple land and air speed records…”
Extreme Upcycling | Yusuke Seki’s Elevated Platform from Discarded Ceramic Tableware
“For most of us, a dropped ceramic mug or plate might mean a one-way ticket for the broken vessel to the trash bin. For Tokyo-based designer Yusuke Seki however, they would likely be added to his collection of ‘shinikiji’ – the Japanese term for flawed pieces…”
Did an Industrial Design Student Just Revolutionize the Package Design for the Big Mac?
“Tasked with re-packaging an existing product for semester-long Package Design course, industrial design student Jessica Stoll turned to creating a new user experience for one of the most iconic meals of our generation: The Big Mac Value Meal…”
Is This How Apple is Avoiding Another Bendgate with Their iPhone 6S Models?
“Although only a select few of the millions of iPhone 6 Plus models sold ever (reportedly) suffered from the effects of Bendgate, it would make sense for Apple’s industrial design team to avoid another PR circus centered around the integrity of their designs with the upcoming iPhone 6S Plus (assumed model name)…”
