Category: Design

  • Apple HomePod video – Spike Jonze

    Apple HomePod video – Spike Jonze

    Yes, it’s a commercial flogging tech — but the combination of Spike Jonze, FKA Twigs and Anderson .Paak creates a moment of joy Several unexpected things happen in this Apple ad for its HomePod speaker: sullen singer FKA Twigs smiles, Siri actually understands what the vocalist says, and its soundtrack is terribly good. The Cupertino […]

  • Funky Typo-Grafix by Ian ‘Swifty’ Swift and Paul Bradshaw – book

    Funky Typo-Grafix by Ian ‘Swifty’ Swift and Paul Bradshaw – book

    A stylish tome celebrating the work of the graphic designer behind jazz mag Straight No Chaser and record labels Talkin’ Loud and Mo’ Wax Websites Ian Swift Paul Bradshaw Publisher Gamma Proforma With the advent of desktop publishing 20-odd years ago, a deluge of new magazines surfaced. Anyone with an Apple Macintosh could knock out […]

  • Vifa Copenhagen wireless speakers

    Vifa Copenhagen wireless speakers

    Introducing the Vifa Copenhagen wireless speakers, an unsung Danish firm’s attempt at creating devices that fuse style and substance Recommended price €899/£743/$1236 (approx.)   Websites Vifa design-people The Vifa Copenhagen is the kind of boombox a Scandinavian designer would covet. More accurately, it’s a wireless speaker that will reproduce the MP3s on your smartphone, tablet […]

  • 108 Years of Herman Miller in 108 Seconds video – design

    108 Years of Herman Miller in 108 Seconds video – design

    Short animation spanning 108 years of a firm that has had a hand in some of the 20th century’s most iconic furniture Websites Herman Miller Herman Miller WHY Part of a Bigger Plan US furniture firm Herman Miller commissioned Dutch animators Part of a Bigger Plan to make a short movie to mark the launch […]

  • Dieter Rams designer profile – product design

    Dieter Rams designer profile – product design

    Exploring the work of product designer Dieter Rams who has influenced tech trailblazer Apple Website Vitsœ The world may drool over the clean, sleek creations of Jonathan Ive, senior vice president of industrial design at Apple, but Dieter Rams was espousing the virtues of good design decades before Ive was even born. From 1955 until […]

  • Andy Gilmore artist profile – geometric illustrations

    Andy Gilmore artist profile – geometric illustrations

    Profiling the work of New York designer Andy Gilmore who creates geometric illustrations for the likes of Wired magazine and The New York Times Website Andy Gilmore For a while, this designer from Rochester, New York, has been creating ripples in the art world. Many of his complex, geometric images resemble etches produced by Spirograph […]

  • Bauhaus definition – design and architecture

    Bauhaus definition – design and architecture

    A look at Bauhaus, a cultural movement that’s had a lasting effect on modern urban life Bauhaus Archive – Museum Of Design, Klingelhöferstraße 14, D – 10785 Berlin, Germany Telephone +49 (0) 30 – 25 40 02 0 Website Bauhaus Archive – Museum Of Design To suss out what makes cities tick, a schooling in […]