Tag: product design
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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 […]
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Grain Audio PWS – portable Bluetooth speaker
This walnut-wrapped Bluetooth speaker is an elegant alternative to its plasticky peers Price $249.00+shipping (approx. £150.00) Website Grain Audio Jawbone should be credited for popularizing a whole new tech category: portable Bluetooth speakers. In fact, Jawbone has been so humongously successful, its Jambox speakers now have hundreds of competitors. One such rival is the […]
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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 […]
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Jawbone Jambox – wireless Bluetooth speaker
Headset-manufacturer Jawbone releases the Jambox, a cute wireless speaker that doubles as a speakerphone Info Price: approx. $199.00 (£160.00) Websites Aliph Fuseproject Aliph, a company better known for its Bluetooth headsets, has expanded into the audio world. Its Jawbone Jambox is a compact speaker designed by Yves Béhar, founder of the acclaimed San Francisco-based […]
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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 […]