23.2.12

Erik Johansson: Impossible photography | Video on TED.com


Erik Johansson: Impossible photography | Video on TED.com
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Clayton Sotos


Clayton Sotos


Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?
- George Bernard Shaw




29th Jan 2012

Beauty is worse than wine, it intoxicates both the holder and beholder.
- Aldous Huxley

28th Jan 2012

Wouldn’t this be the perfect opportunity?
Wouldn’t this be the perfect opportunity?



Capturing Bursts of Life

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15.2.12

she - Paula Patton

Pictures & Photos of Paula Patton - IMDb

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12.2.12

Objectified - Wikipedia

Objectified - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

bjectified

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Objectified
Directed by Gary Hustwit
Produced by Gary Hustwit
Swiss Dots
Veer
Editing by Shelby Siegel
Laura Weinberg
Release date(s) March 14, 2009
Running time 75 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Objectified is a feature-length documentary film examining the role of everyday non-living objects, and the people who design them, in our daily lives. The film is directed by Gary Hustwit. Objectified premiered at the South By Southwest Festival on March 14, 2009.

According to Swiss Dots Production, the film is the second part in a 3-film series Design Trilogy[1] the first being Helvetica about the famous typeface and the third and last film being the documentary Urbanized.

[edit] Appearing characters

  • Paola Antonelli as herself - Design Curator, Museum of Modern Art (New York)
  • Chris Bangle as himself - Former Design Director, BMW Group (Munich)
  • Andrew Blauvelt as himself - Design Curator, Walker Art Center
  • Erwan Bouroullec as himself - Designer (Paris)
  • Ronan Bouroullec as himself - Designer (Paris)
  • Anthony Dunne as himself - Designer (London)
  • Agnete Enga as herself - Senior Industrial Designer, Smart Design
  • Dan Formosa as himself - Design & Research, Smart Design (New York)
  • Naoto Fukasawa as himself - Designer (Tokyo)
  • Jonathan Ive as himself - Senior VP Industrial Design, Apple (Cupertino)
  • Hella Jongerius as herself - Designer (Rotterdam)
  • Marc Newson as himself - Designer (Paris)
  • Fiona Raby as herself - Designer (London)
  • Dieter Rams as himself - Former Design Director, Braun Kronberg (Germany)
  • Karim Rashid as himself - Designer (New York)
  • Alice Rawsthorn as herself - Design Editor, International Herald Tribune
  • Amber Shonts as herself
  • Davin Stowell as himself - CEO & Founder, Smart Design
  • Jane Fulton Suri as herself - IDEO
  • Rob Walker as himself - New York Times Magazine

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Objectified trailer". Retrieved 2009-11-13.

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11.2.12

Jonathan Ive - Wikipedia

Jonathan Ive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jonathan Ive

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"Jony" redirects here. It is not to be confused with Joni, Johny, or Jonie.
Sir Jonathan Ive
KBE

Jonathan Ive, summer 2010
Born February 1967 (age 45)
Chingford, London, England, United Kingdom
Nationality British
Occupation Senior Vice President of Industrial Design, Apple Inc.

Sir Jonathan Paul "Jony" Ive, KBE (born February 1967) is a British designer and the senior vice president of industrial design at Apple Inc. He is the leading designer and conceptual mind behind the iMac, titanium and aluminum PowerBook G4, PowerMac G4, PowerMac G5, G4 Cube, iBook, Mac Pro, MacBook, unibody MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iPod, iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad.

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Jonathan Ive was born in Chingford, London. He was brought up by his teacher father and attended the Chingford Foundation School and went on to attend Walton High School in Stafford, then studied industrial design at Northumbria University (Newcastle Polytechnic at the time). Once enrolled in Walton, it became clear that he attained many technical and drawing skills through his father. Ive met his wife, Heather Pegg, while in secondary school. She is a year younger than Ive. They married in 1987, have twin sons and now live in San Francisco.

Ive has said that he knew he was interested in “drawing and making stuff” since around age 14. The idea of design was long in his mind, but he was unsure about exactly what he would design. His interests were very broad — from furniture and jewellery to boats and cars. He was never sure about where his interest would lead. It wasn’t until he met with various design experts that he was able to see some standard ground in wanting to further his study in product design.[1]

Ive was not always adept with computers and originally found them frustrating. Technology to him was difficult to grasp, or may not have been for him. Once he discovered Apple’s Mac computers though he felt more at ease. He realized they helped his confusion, and brought a newer and greater outlook to the technology of computers. For him this was a significant discovery because he was hoping to enhance his design skills using computers.[2]

[edit] Career

After finishing university, Ive went on to become a co-founder of London design agency Tangerine. Subsequently, he was commissioned in 1992 by Apple’s then Chief of Industrial Design Robert Brunner as a Tangerine consult, then full time employment.[3] He then gained his current position at Apple in 1997 as the senior vice president of industrial design after the return of Steve Jobs and has subsequently headed the industrial-design team responsible for most of the company's significant hardware products.[4] Ive's first design assignment was the iMac; it helped pave the way to many other designs such as the iPod and eventually the iPhone.[5] Jobs made design a chief focus of the firm's product strategy, and Ive proceeded to establish the firm’s leading position with a series of functionally clean, aesthetically pleasing, and remarkably popular products.[6]

The work and principles of Dieter Rams, the chief designer at Braun from 1961 until 1995, have influenced Ive's work. In Gary Hustwit's documentary film Objectified (2009), Rams states that Apple is one of only a handful of companies existing today that design products according to Rams's ten principles of "good design."[7][8]

Ive has his own laboratory with his appointed design team. They work to music that a close friend of his, DJ John Digweed, provides.[1] The majority of Apple employees are not allowed in the laboratory. According to the Steve Jobs biography, it says that Ive's design studio has foam cutting and printing machines inside it. Also the windows are tinted.

[edit] Praise

A fifth generation iPod, one of Ive's most recognized industrial designs.

The Sunday Times named Ive one of Britain's most influential expatriates on 27 November 2005: "Ive may not be the richest or the most senior figure on the list, but he has certainly been one of the most influential as the man who designed the iPod."

A recent Macworld magazine poll listed Ive's joining Apple in 1992 as the sixth most significant event in Apple's history, while Dan Moren, a writer at MacUser magazine (a subsidiary of Macworld), suggested in March 2006 that, when the time came for Steve Jobs to step down as the CEO of Apple, Ive would be an excellent candidate for the position, justifying the statement by saying that Ive "embodies what Apple is perhaps most famous for: design."[9] However, Jobs was succeeded as the CEO by Tim Cook, the company's former COO.[10]

On 11 January 2008, The Daily Telegraph rated Ive the most influential Briton in America.[11]

[edit] Honours and awards

In 1999, Ive was named by the MIT Technology Review TR100 one of the top 100 innovators in the world under age 35.[12]

In 2003, Ive was the winner of the Design Museum's Designer of the Year Award, which was the first given.[3]

In 2004, he was named the "Most Influential Person on British Culture" by the BBC.[13]

In 2007, GQ UK named him "Product Designer of the Year."[14]

In 2007, Ive received the 2007 National Design Award in the product-design category for his work on the iPhone.[15]

In 2008, he was named the #1 "Most Influential Briton in America" by the Daily Telegraph.[16]

In 2008, Creativity Online named him to their "Creativity 50" list[17]

In 2008, Ive was awarded the MDA Personal Achievement Award for the design of the iPhone.[18]

In 2009, Ive received an honorary doctorate from the Rhode Island School of Design[19]

In 2009, he was named Honorary Doctor of the Royal College of Art.[20]

In 2009, Fast Company put him at #1 on their list of "100 Most Creative People in Business[21]

In 2009, the Daily Telegraph named him #2 "Most Influential Briton in Technology[22]

In 2009, Forbes named him #2 "Most Powerful People in Technology[23]

In 2009, he was named "Inventor of the Decade" by the UK Guardian[24]

In 2010, Bloomberg BusinessWeek listed him among the "World's Most Influential Designers"[25]

In 2010, CNN Money named him "Smartest Designer" in their "Smartest People in Tech" story[26]

In 2010, Ive was listed at #18 on "The Vanity Fair 100" list[27]

In 2010, Eureka! (part of the London Times) named Ive #5 on their list of "Britain's Most Important Scientists"[28]

In 2010, Fortune named Ive the "world's smartest designer" for his work on Apple products.[29]

In 2011, the Daily Mail in London profiled him, hailing him as a "design genius."[30]

Ive holds almost 600 design patents.[31][32]

Ive was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2006 New Year Honours for services to the design industry. In June 2005, British monarch Queen Elizabeth II was revealed as being an iPod owner.[33] Ive was elevated to Knight Commander of the same Order (KBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to design and enterprise. He described the honour as "absolutely thrilling" and said he was "both humbled and sincerely grateful".[34][35]

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Waugh, Rob (20 March 2011). "How did a British polytechnic graduate become the design genius behind £200billion Apple?". London: Dailymail. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Jonathan Ive". Design Museum. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Jonathan Ive". Mahalo.com. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  4. ^ Metz, Rachel (29 August 2011). "Meet Jonathan Ive, The Designer Behind Apple's Gorgeous Products". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  5. ^ Ohannessian, Kevin (18 May 2009). "100 Most Creative People in Business: #1 - Jonathan Ive". Fast Company. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  6. ^ "Global Players: Jonathan Ive | Thomas White International". Thomaswhite.com. 2011-10-11.
  7. ^ "Design evolution". Braun GmbH. 2009. Retrieved 2011-05-24. "Designer: Dieter Rams and Dietrich Lubs"
  8. ^ "The Future Of Apple Is In 1960s Braun: 1960s Braun Products Hold the Secrets to Apple's Future". gizmodo.com. Gawker Media. 2008-01-14. Retrieved 2010-06-30.
  9. ^ "Life After Steve?". MacUser. 24 March 2006. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  10. ^ Burrows, Peter; Satariano, Adam (25 August 2011). "Can Jobs' Deputies Extend Apple's Success?". Bloomberg. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  11. ^ 3:37 pm GMT 10 Jan 2008 (10 January 2008). "The top ten most influential Britons in America". Daily Telegraph (UK). Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  12. ^ "1999 Young Innovators Under 35: Jonathan Ive, 32". Technology Review. 1999. Retrieved August 14, 2011.
  13. ^ "iPod designer leads culture list". BBC News. 12 February 2004. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  14. ^ "Jonathan Ive wins GQ's Product Designer of the Year". GQ. September 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  15. ^ Trescott, Jacqueline (19 July 2007). "National Design Awards Presented At White House". The Washington Post. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  16. ^ "The top ten most influential Britons in America". London: Daily Telegraph. 8 January 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  17. ^ "Creativity-Online". Creativity-Online. 19 February 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  18. ^ Foresman, Chris (2 July 2008). "Jonathan Ive takes home MDA award for iconic iPhone design". Arstechnica.com. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  19. ^ "Jony Ive gets honorary doctor of fine arts degree from RISD". 9to5mac. 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2010.[dead link]
  20. ^ "List of Honorary Doctors of the Royal College of Art". Rca.ac.uk. 18 August 2007. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  21. ^ "100 Most Creative People in Business". Fast Company. 18 May 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  22. ^ "The 50 most influential Britons in technology". London: Daily Telegraph. 24 September 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  23. ^ Rose, Kevin (2009). "The 7 Most Powerful People in Technology". Forbes. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  24. ^ Garratt, Sheryl (28 November 2009). "Jonathan Ive: Inventor of the decade". London: UK Guardian. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  25. ^ "World's Most Influential Designers". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  26. ^ "The Smartest People in Tech". CNN Money. 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  27. ^ "The Vanity Fair 100". Vanity Fair. October 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  28. ^ Hough, Andrew (7 October 2010). "Britain's most important scientists". London: Eureka!. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  29. ^ "The smartest people in tech – Smartest designer: Jonathan Ive". Fortune. 9 July 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  30. ^ Waugh, Rob (20 March 2011). "How did a British polytechnic graduate become the design genius behind £200billion Apple?". London: Daily Mail. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  31. ^ "Jonathan Ive's list of design patents". Ipexl.com. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  32. ^ "Making Jony Ive a Knight sends UK Gov signal - 2012 is the year of tech".
  33. ^ "Queen Elizabeth gets 'royal iPod'". Ilounge.com. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  34. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60009. p. 24. 31 December 2011.
  35. ^ "Apple's Jonathan Ive gets knighthood in honours list". BBC News. 31 December 2011.

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Marc Newson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Marc Newson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Marc Newson

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Marc Newson
CBE

Marc Newson at the Financial Times Business of Luxury Gala Reception, June 2011
Born October 20, 1963 (age 48)[1]
Sydney, Australia
Residence London, UK
Nationality Australian
Occupation Industrial Designer
Known for Lockheed Lounge chair
Spouse Charlotte Stockdale
Children 2

Marc Andrew Newson CBE (born 1963) was born in Sydney, Australia. Now based in London, he is a successful industrial designer who works in aircraft design, product design, furniture design, jewellery, and clothing. He incorporates a design style known as biomorphism to his various designs. This style uses smooth flowing lines, translucency, transparency and tends to have an absence of sharp edges.

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Embryo Chair

In 1984 Newson graduated at the Sydney College of the Arts in jewellery and sculpture. In 1986 he was awarded a grant from the Australian Crafts Council and staged a first exhibition featuring the Lockheed Lounge. The following year he moved to Tokyo, where he lived and worked until he moved to Paris in 1991 where he set up a studio.[2]

In 1997 he moved to London, where he and his partner Benjamin de Haan set up Marc Newson Ltd and still has a house in Paris. He is currently adjunct professor in design at Sydney College of the Arts (where he first studied sculpture and jewellery) and is the creative director for Qantas.[3] He co-founded and owns the Ikepod watch company.[4]

He describes his 1988 Embryo Chair as "one of the first pieces where I hit upon a discernible style."[5] In 2005, he was selected as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people of the year.

His work has become amongst the highest selling in auctions. One of his three Lockheed Lounge chairs sold for $968,000 at Sotheby's in 2006,[6] and £1,100,000 at a 2009 auction at Phillips de Pury & Company.[7] At the 2006 Design Miami fair he produced 12 Chop Top tables, all of which sold out in 20 minutes at an estimated $170,000.[5]

Every year he races one of his four vintage sports cars - an Aston Martin, a Lamborghini, a Ferrari and a Cisitalia, in the Italian Mille Miglia and was quoted as saying: "I'm not a motor head, I don't like the new versions of any of those cars."[8]

Newson was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to design.[9][10]

[edit] Works

Objects he has designed include:

[edit] Transportation

[edit] Consumer goods

Lockheed Lounge chair
  • Lockheed Lounge (designed in 1986 shortly after he graduated from school and one of the items that established Newson as a designer)
  • Chop Top table
  • New range for Smeg (appliances) in 2009-2010
  • Furniture for Cappellini
  • Ikepod watches
  • A collection of fittings and a sink for Ideal Standard in 2003
  • A Magnum Presentation Set for Dom Perignon in 2006[13][14] and 2010 Black Box
  • The Dish Doctor for Magis in 1997
  • The Scope series of bags for Samsonite
  • The Atmos 561 and 566 Clocks for Jaeger LeCoultre
  • Cookware for Tefal
  • Items for Alessi
  • Clothes for the clothing company G-Star Raw
  • Timepieces for freelance companies
  • Kelvin 40 concept plane as a personal project
  • Pentax K-01 mirrorless interchangeable lens camera (2012)

[edit] Restaurants and events

Newson designed the Lever House Restaurant & Bar in New York in 2002 and the Canteen, also in New York, in 1999. In 2005 he designed the interiors of the Hotel Puerta America in Madrid.

He was selected as the artistic director for the 2011 Sydney New Year's Eve fire work display.[15]

[edit] Books

Marc Newson. Design tra organicità e fantascienza by Cinzia Ferrara, Milano, Lupetti, 2005. ISBN 888391127X

[edit] Personal Life

Newson was born in Sydney, Australia on 20 October 1963 to Paul Newson, an electrician and Carol. Carol was 19 years old when she was pregnant with Marc. She married Paul during the pregnancy, however Paul left the family soon after Marc was born. Carol moved back into her parent's house to raise Marc. Marc's father figure came in the form of his grandfather, Andrew Rolfe, and his uncle, Stephen. Newson is of Greek origins on his mother's side.[16] His grandfather, Andrew Wolfe, is a Greek immigrant, who came to Australia in 1923 as a 16-year-old.[1]

Newson married Charlotte Stockdale, a fashion stylist, in 2008[17] and has two children.[1]

One of Newson's best friends is Jonathan Ive of Apple Inc., whom he met in Japan.[1] In a 2012 New York Times article, Ive described Newson's work.

I think Marc is fairly peerless now. Marc’s forms are often imitated, but what other designers seldom imitate is his preoccupation with materials and processes. You have to start with an understanding of the material. Often your innovation is just coming up with a new way to use material.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Brown, Chip (26 January 2012). "Is There Anything Marc Newson Hasn’t Designed?". New York Times. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  2. ^ Design Boom 9 April 2003 Interview
  3. ^ Design Build Network 8 February 2011
  4. ^ Luxury Insider August 2010
  5. ^ a b Rawsthorn, Alice. "Smooth Move". The New York Times Magazine: pp. 50–57.
  6. ^ Business Week15 December 2006
  7. ^ Bloomberg 21 December 2009
  8. ^ The Sydney Magazine 4 August 2009
  9. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60009. p. 24. 31 December 2011.
  10. ^ New Year Honours 2012 The Daily Telegraph
  11. ^ Design Awards
  12. ^ Leaf Review p. 52 No. 10 2011
  13. ^ Style and Spirits
  14. ^ Arthur, Jessica (June 19, 2008). "Style and Spirits". JCReport.com. Retrieved 2007-06-26.[dead link]
  15. ^ Sydney Morning Herald 1 March 2011
  16. ^ Greenwood, Helen (2006-02-02). "Up there for thinking". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2007-04-11.
  17. ^ Wallpaper
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