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One of the things that’s interesting about design [is that] there’s a danger, particularly in...

Mon, 06 May 2013 18:40:46 -0700

One of the things that’s interesting about design [is that] there’s a danger, particularly in this industry, to focus on product attributes that are easy to talk about. You go back 10 years, and people wanted to talk about product attributes that you could measure with a number. So they would talk about hard drive size, because it was incontrovertible that 10 was a bigger number than 5, and maybe in the case of hard drives that’s a good thing. Or you could talk about price because there’s a number there.

But there are a lot of product attributes that don’t have those sorts of measures. Product attributes that are more emotive and less tangible. But they’re really important. There’s a lot of stuff that’s really important that you can’t distill down to a number. And I think one of the things with design is that when you look at an object you make many many decisions about it, not consciously, and I think one of the jobs of a designer is that you’re very sensitive to trying to understand what goes on between seeing something and filling out your perception of it. You know we all can look at the same object, but we will all perceive it in a very unique way. It means something different to each of us. Part of the job of a designer is to try to understand what happens between physically seeing something and interpreting it.

I think that sort of striving for simplicity is not a style. It’s an approach and a philosophy. I think it’s about authenticity and being honest. Not just taking something crappy and styling the outside in an arbitrary disconnected way.

Dat Jonny Ive

In March I spent about three weeks in the little beach town of...

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:00:00 -0700

In March I spent about three weeks in the little beach town of La Barra just outside of Punta del Este, Uruguay. My first trip to the Southern Hemisphere was excellent. Asados, beaches, boat rides, and relaxing in the sun.

"Let me let you in on a little secret: if you are hearing about something old, it is almost certainly..."

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:54:18 -0700

“Let me let you in on a little secret: if you are hearing about something old, it is almost certainly good. Why? Because nobody wants to talk about shitty old stuff, but lots of people still talk about shitty new stuff, because they are still trying to figure out if it is shitty or not. The past wasn’t better, we just forgot about all the shitty shit.”

- http://frankchimero.com/blog/2013/03/lets-talk-about-timeless-design/

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Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:31:19 -0800

"The most important thing to Apple is to make the best products in the world that enrich customers’..."

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:25:26 -0800

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The most important thing to Apple is to make the best products in the world that enrich customers’ lives. That’s our high order bit. That means that we aren’t interested in revenue for revenue’s sake. We can put the Apple brand on a lot of things and sell a lot more stuff, but that’s not what we’re here for. We want to make only the best products.

And so what does that mean for market share? I think we’ve had a great track record here on iPod, doing different products at different price points, and getting a reasonable share for doing that. I wouldn’t view those things as mutually exclusive as some might. But the high order bit is making a great product that enriches customers’ lives and so that’s what we’re focused on.

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- Tim Cook on Apple’s earnings.

I’m starting to feel that the medical / biometric field is Apple’s next big move. TVs are inevitable, but not the big idea they’re looking for.

18thme: The designers at GitHub ordered a few 18th.me paintings...

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 21:55:05 -0800

18thme:

The designers at GitHub ordered a few 18th.me paintings for their HQ. We hope Kyle, Cameron, and Jon’s faces are forever the talk of the office.

May have comissioned a painting of myself.

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Mon, 03 Dec 2012 21:47:31 -0800

theniftyfifties: Members of the Bristol Tattoo Club, Great...

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:26:24 -0800

theniftyfifties:

Members of the Bristol Tattoo Club, Great Britain, 1950.

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Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:30:24 -0800

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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:08:01 -0700

Everything. Yes.

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:21:47 -0700

Everything. Yes.

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Wed, 06 Jun 2012 17:18:03 -0700

Know that feel

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:39:45 -0700

Know that feel

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Tue, 05 Jun 2012 11:09:28 -0700

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Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:29:57 -0800

"Imagine going into an espresso bar, as I did in Tokyo, ordering a single shot, and being told that..."

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:15:00 -0800

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Imagine going into an espresso bar, as I did in Tokyo, ordering a single shot, and being told that it’s not on offer. The counter at No. 8 Bear Pond may feature the shiniest, spiffiest, newest La Marzocco, as well as a Rube Goldberg–esque water-filtration system, but the menu, which lists lattes and Americanos, makes no mention of espresso or cappuccino.

“My boss won’t let me make espressos,” says the barista. “I need a year more, maybe two, before he’s ready to let customers drink my shots undiluted by milk. And I’ll need another whole year of practice after that if I want to be able to froth milk for cappuccinos.”

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- Made Better in Japan

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Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:20:12 -0800

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Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:01:23 -0800

I require this in my life

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:44:42 -0800

I require this in my life

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Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:13:40 -0800