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NewDealDesign Wins Japan’s Illustrious G-Mark Design Awards
12.02.10
NewDealDesign was awarded Japan’s 2010 Good Design Gold Award for their work on the Dell Latitude 2100 and two CES 2011 Innovations Honoree Awards for their work on the Dell Latitude 2100 and the Sling Media Slingbox 700U.
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The Darwinian Business of Designing Machines, Part 2
11.12.10
When designers create machines, they need to make sure that the visceral parts of the product have an internal logic – that the hardware, software, user-interface, and so on work together seamlessly and efficiently. But designers also strive for an external logic –- a machine language that tells a story of the makeup of the object, the right use of material, process, form, and detail. The goal is to create the right harmony between the object’s inner logic and its external one. This inner-outer machine language drives both the guts and the enclosure around them. Such clarity and purity is…
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The Darwinian Business of Designing Machines, Part 1
11.10.10
Industrial designers spend their days creating the DNA of machines. Just like with animals, the best survive, the worst die out. Here’s what it takes to create a winner.
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Gadi Chosen as a ‘Master of Design’ by Fast Company Magazine
10.10.10
Gadi Amit was chosen by Fast Company Magazine as one of the 2010 Masters of Design in their annual October design issue. Fast Company is committed to bringing the ideas and personalities of some of the greatest designers working today to the public forefront. With his selection, Gadi joins an illustrious group of recipients including Phillip Stark and Yves Behar.
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Inspiration Junkie
10.04.10
Bottling inspiration doesn’t work. When stifled turn to art. Document and save sources. Keep things unpredictable. Creativity begets creativity.
Zen, Design and a Cup of Tea : Vol. 001
08.02.10
If you are a little bit curious about Zen and design, the way of tea, as anything in Japan is a long journey… so stay tuned!
No Such Thing As Bad Publicity
07.22.10
They say there is no such thing as bad publicity. Well then, I guess that means this is good.
The Art of Simplexity
07.08.10
It’s that time of year! Thursday nights at the Academy of Sciences are a little more crowded, movie nights in Dolores Park start their summer-run, and you ask yourself if maybe there is truth to the classic, “the coldest winter is a summer in San Francisco”. But I digress…
It’s Pixar season!
