Uyazi ukuthi okuthile sekuvame kakhulu lapho i-IKEA iqala ukuyithengisa. Futhi cha, angikhulumi ngo-anyanisi othosiwe kanye nososo kakhilimu. Zama imikhiqizo yasekhaya ehlakaniphile. Ebizwa ngeTrådfri, isistimu yokukhanyisa ehlakaniphile exhunywe kwi-inthanethi iyindlela yokuqala yenkampani ukungena emakethe ezisebenzelayo yasekhaya — okwamanje elawulwa yimikhiqizo ehlanganisa iPhilips Hue neNest. Ku…
Akunandaba ukuthi uyijikeleza kanjani, ama-headphone angaba wuhlupho uma kukhulunywa ngenhlangano yedeskithophu. Yize kunenqwaba yezinketho zokulondolozwa kwehedfoni ngaphandle lapho, kusesejwayelekile kakhulu ukuthi uzibeke noma yikuphi lapho kuvumelana khona kudeskithophu Kodwa kuthiwani uma amahedfoni kungenzeka abe ngumgogodla wedeskithophu yakho (ngemuva kwakho…
Amahedfoni. Ziyisidingo sanamuhla kubasebenzi abaningi banamuhla futhi, ezimweni eziningi, sebephenduke uphawu oluthi "ungangikhathazi njengamanje." Kepha njengoba zilula njengoba zinjalo, zingaba nohlobo lokucasula uma kukhulunywa ngokugcina ideski lakho lingaxakekile. Izindwangu zehedfoni zivame ukwenza ubuqili, kepha kanjani…
Ukusuka ekuguqulweni kwetafula legumbi lokudlela elishibhile lenkuni libe esiteshini sokugcina sokukhiqiza likhiqize kabusha izingxenye zamalambu zibe izinto zokukhanya ezikhanyayo, kunezinto ezimbalwa kakhulu ezingenakwenziwa ngomugqa womkhiqizo owandayo we-IKEA nengqondo yokudala. Ngaphandle komphakathi okhulayo we-IKEA Hackers, noma kunjalo, inkampani ayikaze iwakhuthaze ngokusemthethweni lawa ma-hacks-njengoba…
Uma kukhulunywa ngokuthola ukusetshenziswa okusha kwetheknoloji yakudala, kunezindlela ezingaphezu kweyodwa zokukhanda ikati. Kusukela ekuguquleni ithebhulethi endala ibe yisilawuli sasekhaya esihlakaniphile kuye ekwakheni iseva yokuzijabulisa yasekhaya ezinikele nge-laptop endala, amathuba okugcina amadivayisi akho avikelekile ezimisweni zoMthetho we-Moores abonakala…
Yisho ukuthi uzokwenzani ngama-headphone jacks, ama-dongles, nangesikhathi sangemva kukaSteve Jobs, akunakuphikwa ukuthi i-Apple isendaweni ethile ngaphambili (uma kungenjalo ngaphambili) kwepakethe uma kukhulunywa ngokuhlangana kwabo kwezakhiwo nezakhiwo imisebenzi yobunjiniyela. Ngenkathi ezinye zezinqumo zabo ezisanda kwenziwa zingaba…
Kusukela bafika bememeza endaweni yesehlakalo ngo-2010 nalokho okungukuklanywa kwesibani sokuqala kunazo zonke kusukela… kuze kube phakade (?) NgePlumen 0013, abasebenzi bakwaPlumen bagcine umugqa wabo omusha uhamba nezibuyekezo ezintsha zebhalbhu elithobekile lazo zonke izinhlobo bobunjwa nobukhulu obuhlukile. Ngeqoqo labo lakamuva, i…
Elinye lamathuluzi ayisisekelo wokuhweba ngezinhlobo zokudala emhlabeni wonke yizinti zethu zokubhala, amapensela aka, ushoki, amakhrayoni, omaka nokunye okunjalo. Angazi ngawe kepha uma ngifuna ukubeka eminye imigqa lapho ngiya khona kukumaka unomphela yi-ole ultra-finepoint Sharpie enhle. Ngiyayithanda indlela engiphoqa ngayo ukuthi ngizibophezele…
Njengomdali (futhi ngenxa yalokho, owine i-Academy Award for Special Effects) yesidalwa se-Xenomorph esivela ku-Alien movie franchise, uHarold R Giger (AKA HR Giger) wayengabhekele nje ukudala esinye sezilo zama-movie ezedume kunabo bonke , kepha futhi kubhebhethekisa izizukulwane zamaphupho amabi ezinqwaba zamabhayisikobho. Ngenkathi…
Njengoba kade yaba khona kusukela ngekhulu lokuqala AD, akukho lutho oluyizinguquko ngokushaywa yisikhunta - enye indlela yendlela yokugaya ingilazi eyafika ngemuva nje kokukhululeka. Kodwa-ke, umklami uFabio Vogel kungenzeka ukuthi ulethe esinye sezibuyekezo eziqabulayo kunqubo yokukhiqiza ingilazi esiyibonile isikhathi eside…
Kuzofanele ube yi-tad bit nutty ukuzama ukubamba ngekhanda zonke izilinganiso ezahlukahlukene ezicatshangelwa ukuklanywa kwezici zomuntu ezijwayelekile –– ezaziwa nge-anthropometry. Ngenkathi ugcina umhlahlandlela wenkomba uwusebenzisile –– njengokubalulekile Isilinganiso Samadoda Nesomfazi --– sokubethela lezo zilinganiso kwesokuqala…
Kukangaki ukhipha incwadi yakho yokudweba uyophuma ngomnyango futhi ufisa sengathi ungaphatha kalula ipensela elidala elijwayelekile - kungaba yinsimu yakho — izinhlobonhlobo # 2 noma i-Prismacolor eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka - ngaphandle kwephoyinti lokuhola likugwaze noma liphule ngenye indlela? Okwalabo abakhetha ukusebenzisa amathuluzi wokubhala wokhuni olungafaki isiqeshana…
Njengoba eseqoqe cishe ama- $ 275,000 ngenyanga edlule, umenzi wamafilimu uGary Hustwit usevele wadubula esedlulile enhlosweni yakhe yokubuyisa imali engu- $ 200,000 yokwenza ama-RAMS, okuyi-documentary yokuqala ephathelene neDieter Rams. Kulabo abafuna ukulanda ngedijithali lapho ifilimu ikhishwa noma noma iyiphi inombolo yemikhawulo yokwesekwa ehlobene ne-Dieter Rams, namhlanje owokugcina…
Uma ngabe ubungagcini ithrekhi, izolo bekuyiWorld Industrial Design Day (ehlukile kunosuku olusha olususelwa e-US National Industrial Design Day ngoMashi 5th) futhi iyiphi indlela engcono yokubungaza abaklami bezimboni kunokuhlekisa ngama-quirks abo? Ukuthi ividiyo yayihloselwe njengemoto yokwazisa ngamaphothifoliyo abo noma…
Njengoba esanda kuphothula iziqu ze-Industrial Design ekuqaleni konyaka, uLudwig Rensch oneminyaka engama-27 usevele ukhombisa ukuthi angabeka phansi isibhakela sensimbi futhi asikise ukucasula okukhona kokudala ngamakhono akhe amasha okuxazulula izinkinga. Kumsebenzi wakhe wokugcina, owawugxile ebudlelwaneni bethu nemishini yanamuhla nokuthi ingasetshenziswa kanjani kakhulu…
Uma ucabanga ukuthi ama-piano angaba kanjani yindawo ephambili yokuhlala ekhaya, kuyamangaza ukuthi asikaboni ukusebenzisana okuningi phakathi kwabakhiqizi bezinsimbi nabakhiqizi befenisha abenziwe ngezandla. Uma besingakwenza, mhlawumbe besizobona ama-piano amaningi kakhulu afana ne-KIYOLA 'Made In Japan' Series KF-10 asuka eRoland naseKarimoku Furniture. Kuklanywe nguKarimoku…
Uma ubukade unake isigayo samahlebezi e-Apple njengasekupheleni kwesikhathi, kungenzeka ukuthi uzwile ukuthi i-Apple (kuthiwa) isebenza ekufakeni i-trackpad yesikrini sokuthinta i-OLED ukufaka esikhundleni somugqa wokhiye phezulu kwekhibhodi entsha ye-MacBook nge i-monster trackpad engezansi - kulindeleke ukuthi ikhishwe ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kulo nyaka.
Ngenkathi ithimba lokwakhiwa kwezimboni lakwa-Apple laziwa ngokujuluka yonke imininingwane yokugcina yomkhiqizo omusha ebhodini labo eliyimfihlo kakhulu, iqembu elingeyona imfihlo kakhulu labenza ngezifiso i-aftermarket hardware esikhungweni seColorWare eWinona, eMinnesota bebelokhu bebuyisa isikhathi ukugcina izici zedizayini ye-Apple yezimboni ezikhona ngo-2016. Isungulwe ku…
Ikhono lokugcina ngokushesha ifomu bese ulakha kabusha libe yimilo yakudala engadwetshwa noma eyenziwe imodeli ingenye yamakhono abaluleke kakhulu umklami noma unjiniyela angaba nawo. Ngeshwa, ukufunda ukucabanga ngale ndlela akuveli ngokwemvelo kwabaningi - ikakhulukazi uma kubandakanya incwadi yokudweba kanye…
Yasungulwa ngo-1932 ngunjiniyela wezimoto waseBrithani uGeorge Carwardine, isibani sedeski i-Anglepoise Original 1227 singenye yemiklamo yomkhiqizo oyisidlakela emlandweni wokuklanywa kwezimboni. Isibani, esikwazi ukuhlala esimweni esilungisiwe ngemuva kokuhanjiswa ezinhlangothini eziningi, sazalwa ngokuhlola kukaCarwardine ezinhlotsheni ezintsha…
Ama-Rockers. Izimbangela. Amapayipi wokuqondisa. Akunandaba ukuthi uwasebenzisa kanjani, akukho lutho olumemeza njengokufana nezinkinobho zomzimba. Ngeshwa, ukufaka izilawuli ezisebenza nge-analog engxenyeni yehadiwe kaningi kunokuba nzima kakhulu kunokuba kuzwakala. Ngokombono wedizayini yezimboni, izinkinobho zombili zingaba yisibusiso nomthwalo. Ngenkathi usayizi,…
Ngaphandle kokudalula i-iPhone SE yabo entsha ebilindelekile ne-iPad Pro encane ku-Keynote yabo ngenyanga edlule, isimemezelo esihlaba umxhwele kakhulu esivela ku-Apple size ngo-Liam, irobhothi lezimboni elenzelwe ukudabula ama-iPhones alahliwe. Kumenyezelwe ukungenela kwesiteji yiPhini Likamongameli Wenkampani Wezemvelo, Inqubomgomo Nezenhlalakahle, uLisa Jackson, uLiam…
Ngemuva kokukhathazeka ngokwedlulele ngesimo sedizayini eyayimzungezile ekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-1980 - noma lokho akubiza ngokuthi “ukudideka okungenakudlulela kwamafomu, imibala nemisindo” - umklami wezimboni uDieter Rams wazisungulela lokho manje okwaziwa ngokuthi yi-Ten Principles of Good Design . Kuze kube manje, le migomo inikeze isisekelo…
Ngokusho komklami wezimboni ohlonishwayo nomculi orekhodayo uKarim Rashid, izinsuku ezi-3.5 zempilo yakho zichithwa ngentambo. Ngokubambisana nabakhiqizi bezimboni uRichard Smiedt noPhil King, umklami ulungiselela ukwethula lokho acabanga ukuthi kuyisixazululo esifanelekile sokushaja amadivayisi nokuphathwa kwezintambo ngendlela ye-'Bump '. Iqukethe i…
Exvacator. Isidubuli. I-Mycrotocle. Isithuthuthu. Ukuxoxa. Isikebhe. Lapho udlala i-Scrabble, noma namagama nabangani ngaleyo ndaba, isenzo sokungaxhumanisi ama-anagrams siyingxenye yobumnandi. Kepha kuthiwani uma lezi zinhlayiya ezisonteka ubuchopho bezikhona njengezinto zomhlaba wangempela? I-JVG, isitudiyo se-CGI esizinze eMadrid, muva nje sizibuze lowo mbuzo njengengxenye yokwakhiwa nokunikeza ukuhlola…
Yize kunamakhulu - uma kungenjalo, izinkulungwane - zezinguquko ezibalulekile nezintsha zenzeka ngaphansi kwesihlalo eminyakeni engamashumi ayisihlanu edlule, isithunzi esivelele sePorsche 911 sisahlale sinye. Akunandaba, i-911 emise okwe-teardrop isahleli phezulu ohlwini lwama-aficionados ezimoto nama-noobs ngokufanayo ngokungaphelelwa isikhathi kwayo…
Abangewona abaklami banombono oyiphutha wokuthi ukwakheka kulula. Noma yimuphi umklami uzokutshela ukuthi okuphambene nopholi kuyiqiniso. Umklamo ukhuphuka uyokulwa ne-master ninja nebutho lakhe lamahlombe ezinyawo; lapho ungaphezudlwana nje kwebhendi lomculi wempi omubi ongafundiswanga kahle oqeqeshelwa ukudla okungenamsoco.
Uma kukhulunywa ngokunqanda imfashini yangakusasa nezinye izinto okufanele ube nazo zesizini, iningi lingahle ligxile emigwaqweni yezindiza yaseNew York naseParis phakathi neFashion Week. Noma okungenani okukodwa kokuhweba okuningana kwendlela yokuphila okuvela unyaka wonke. Akubuzwa, bambalwa abangahle balindele ukuthola…
Njengomthuthi wamandla wemvelo osebenziseka ngezindlela eziningi kakhulu futhi okwenzeka ukuba kube yinto egculisayo kunayo yonke endaweni yonke, i-hydrogen isetshenzisiwe ukunika amandla yonke into kusuka ezimotweni ezisendleleni eya kwi-NASA space shuttles - kepha futhi ingaba ngukhiye ekufinyeleleni impilo yebhethri ethe xaxa yamalaptop ethu namadivayisi eselula…
Umuntu angahle angahlanganisi imidwebo eyisisekelo nemfundo yobunjiniyela neNerf Blasters, kepha ngonyaka odlule kubonakale ukukhishwa okuthile kweBlaster okudlala imisebenzi emibili njengethuluzi lokufunda elihambisanayo lemigomo eyisisekelo yobunjiniyela. Emuva ngoJanuwari walo nyaka, lo mkhiqizo wamemezela i-Nerf N-Strike Modulus ECS-10 Blaster yabo - umklamo okhuthaza izingane…
Njengoba kunamarandi angaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama- $ 650 ekuthengisweni kwezitolo zaseNyakatho Melika kuphela, imboni yezokungcebeleka yangaphandle ibe ngesinye sezigaba zomkhiqizo ezikhula ngokushesha eminyakeni embalwa eyedlule - yize ibikhona kusukela ezinsukwini zokuqala ze-American Frontier nemikhiqizo ehlanganisa iPendleton neRed Wing . Kuhloswe ukusiza abafundi babo bokuklama…
Yize kungamamodeli ambalwa nje wezigidi zama-iPhone 6 Plus athengisiwe (kubikwa) ahlushwa yimiphumela ye-Bendgate, kungaba nengqondo eqenjini lokwakhiwa kwezimboni lakwa-Apple ukugwema elinye isekisi le-PR eligxile ebuqothweni bemiklamo yabo nge-iPhone ezayo I-6S Plus (igama lemodeli elithathiwe). Kusanda kulayishwa…
Enomsebenzi wokufaka kabusha umkhiqizo okhona wesifundo sePhakheji Design yesemester ende, isitshudeni sokwakha izimboni uJessica Stoll uphendukele ekwakheni umuzwa omusha womsebenzisi kokunye kokudla okuvelele kakhulu esizukulwaneni sethu: Isidlo Sevelu Enkulu ye-Mac. Idizayinelwe indlela yokuphila on-the-go, iphakethe elisha lidlala umsebenzi ophindwe kabili njengesikhwama sokuphatha kanye…
Phakathi kwe-Evolution Door kusuka ku-Klemens Torggler kuya ku-Fletcher Capstan Table kusuka ku-Fletcher Burwell-Taylor, imidwebo yefenisha yekinetic ibilokhu ithola kancane kancane indlela yokubonga ngenxa yezimpawu zabo eziguqukayo zokushintsha isimo okuwumphumela wobunjiniyela obuyisicefe. Muva nje, umculi we-kinetic ozinze eNew York u-Ian Stell udale okungenzeka ukuthi…
Kukhulunyiwe (futhi kwafakazelwa) kaninginingi ukuthi labo abanesizinda sokuklanywa banganikeza impendulo ewusizo kakhulu ngezindlela ezingaphandle kwesitudiyo sendabuko - noma ngabe kusesimweni somhlangano webhizinisi noma ngisho nasekilasini lesikole esiphakeme. Kwabaningi, lokhu kwehla ngokubeka okugxilwe ngumsebenzisi okuyiqiniso, okuqhutshwa yisibonelo ...
Ngifuna ukwethula kothile. Ake sibize lo muntu ngokuthi uGary. UGary usebenza ubusuku nezimpelasonto egalaji kuphrojekthi esekwe kubuchwepheshe ofanayo obusebenzayo. UGary unguMenzi. Kubone ngamehlo engqondo lokhu, umi uzungeza indawo epholisa amanzi ukhononda ngokuthi iphathi yeholide yangonyaka odlule ibingcono kanjani ngoba bebe…
Akuyona imfihlo ukuthi amathuluzi we-CAD aphakathi kwezingcezu eziyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu zesoftware yokufunda futhi - mhlawumbe okubaluleke kakhulu - ukusebenzisa ngempumelelo ngenhloso. Akumangazi ukuthi ukufunda la mathuluzi kube yinto enesihluku kwabaningi engavivinya ngisho nesineke kakhulu sabafundi ibase emikhawulweni yabo. Muva nje, ividiyo…
Uma kukhulunywa ngekhempu, wonke umuntu unamazinga akhe enduduzo angahluka kusukela kuzidingo zamathambo angenalutho kuye kuzo zonke izinhlobo ze-glamping. Kepha uma kukhona into eyodwa wonke umuntu angavumelana ngayo, iqiniso lokuthi ukukhempa kukwenza ulambe - futhi yebo, izinja ezishisayo zomlilo zijabulela kangcono phakathi…
Kungakhathalekile ukuthi ukulesiphi isigaba somsebenzi wakho, ukuba nemibhalo yakamuva nomsebenzi ofanele womsebenzi wakho kungabaluleka kakhulu njengalo msebenzi uqobo lwawo - noma ngabe usebenzisa ubufakazi bamakhono akho ukukhuphuka ekusesheni okusha komsebenzi noma umane nje ufuna ukugcina irekhodi elihlanzekile lokuthi uke…
Yize sazi uhlobo lweDyson njengegunya lokuhlanza umshini - futhi muva nje, abalandeli abasebenzisa i-Bladeless Fan Technologies - inkampani ibilokhu ithuthukisa buthule isipiliyoni sokukhanyisa, futhi. Iholwa nguJake Dyson, indodana yomsunguli wenkampani uJames, ulayini omusha wenkampani we-CSYS uyakwazi…
Njengoba siqhubeka nokungena enkathini lapho imikhiqizo ingakhiqizwa ngokucindezela inkinobho, umbuzo othi "Ngabe ukwengeza okhiqizwayo kuzokonakalisa noma kunike amandla isizukulwane esilandelayo sabaklami nonjiniyela?" ilokhu ikhuphuka njalo. Ngenkathi ukwazi ukuguqula imodeli ye-CAD ibe yinto ebonakalayo yabo bonke…
Phakathi kosomabhizinisi abahlukahlukene bokwakhiwa kwemikhiqizo kanye neziqalo zehadiwe eziqhubeka nokuthola impumelelo ngaphandle kokuklanywa ngokusemthethweni kwezimboni noma ukuqeqeshwa kwemishini yobunjiniyela - kanye nezindleko ezandayo zemfundo yasekolishi, umugqa phakathi kokudinga ukuba nemfundo esemthethweni yokuthuthukisa umkhiqizo noma cha ukuyishaya uwedwa uya ngokuya ukwanda…
Uma kukhulunywa ngokusebenza ngezinto ezisimeme, uqalo luphakathi kwezinto ezisetshenziswa kakhulu ngesizathu esizwakalayo: yize empeleni kungutshani, yisitshalo esikhula ngokushesha emhlabeni. Ngokwengeziwe, uhlelo oluyinkimbinkimbi lomhlabathi lwesitshalo sezimpande nama-rhizomes luhlala lungaguquki futhi isifanekiso siyakwazi ukuzivuselela ngokushesha ngezinga…
Isikhathi esingaphezu kweminyaka eyishumi manje, iMODO ibilokhu iphikisana nokulindelwe kaningi ngamaphakethe wabo wokugcwalisa okugcwele, konke okukodwa kwe-3D, ukugqwayiza nokunikezela okusetshenziswe yiwo wonke umuntu kusuka ku-Pstrong kuya kwi-Microsoft kuzinhlelo zokusebenza ezisukela kuzikhindi zezithombe ukunikezwa kokuklanywa komkhiqizo nokuningi. Ukudalulwa: Thina kwaSolidSmack sinendawo ethambile ye…
Le yingxenye II (bona ingxenye I lapha) yochungechunge oluzonikeza ukubukeka kwangaphakathi kokuthi mina nabangane bami sizama kanjani ukuguqula umbono ube ngumkhiqizo wangempela. Kuyinjongo yami ukwenza lokhu kube yisethulo esinembile sokuthi kunjani ukudala umkhiqizo ngokuphelele kusukela ekuqaleni, ngaphandle…
Njengoba yethulwe cishe unyaka owodwa owedlule, i-Google's NYC-based 30 Weeks: A Founders Programme for Designers incubator ibingasho lutho nje ngendaba yempumelelo okungenzeka ukuthi ngisho namafemu ezakhiwo asungule amanothi. Ngokubambisana nezikole ezakhiwe nge-NYC nezikhungo ezikhona okubandakanya i-Hyper Island, SVA, Parsons, Pratt, The Cooper Union…
Isetshenziswa yiwo wonke umuntu kusuka kubaculi bomqondo kuya kubakhi bezimboni nakubakhi bezakhiwo kuya konjiniyela bemishini, i-Luxion's KeyShot ibe yiphakethe lokunikezela izinkulungwane zabalingisi be-3D ngesizathu esihle - kuyasebenza nje. Ngenkathi ukukhishwa kweKeyShot 5 ngonyaka odlule kwasilethela inqwaba yezinsimbi ezintsha namakhwela esizodlala nawo kusuka…
Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, ngashiya umsebenzi wami wosuku ukuze ngizinikeze inkululeko yokuhlola izifiso zami futhi ngiphishekele imibono ethile ebangisayo, egxilile - kepha ngokuphelele engapheli. Indlela engcono kakhulu engingayichaza ngayo ukuthi ngathi kunentambo eboshwe okhalweni lwami engidonsela phambili, futhi…
Esikhathini esingengakanani esidlule, ukuphothula iziqu e-Ivy League School bekungezinye zezindlela ezinhle kakhulu zokuqinisekisa umsebenzi okhokhela kakhulu futhi ohloniphekile. Manje, ucwaningo olusha lukhombisile ukuthi yize umlando usifundisile, imisebenzi emisha ekhokhela kakhulu ifuna amakhono angawaniki nhlobo ezikoleni ze-Ivy League -…
Njengoba ukuhamba ngebhayisikili kuqhubeka nokwanda njengendlela yokuhamba ejwayelekile emhlabeni jikelele, futhi ngokwemvelo besibona inani elikhulayo lemiklamo yokufinyelela ehlose ukwenza ukugibela ibhayisikili ukuya emsebenzini noma ukuhlangana nabangane endaweni yokucima ukoma kube nakho okwengeziwe . Phakathi kwezinye izinkampani okuhloswe ngazo ukwenza ibhayisikili…