“Objectified” – how did I miss this?
From the makers of “Helvetica” came “Objectified”, an interesting-looking documentary about product design. I particularly like this quote from the trailer: “My job (as a designer) is about what’s going to happen not what has happened”.
“Bokeh” play with pure CSS gradients
It never ceases to amaze me what people can do with pure CSS. My buddy James pointed me to these lovely CSS experiments made by Román Cortés. The newly released Firefox 3.6, with its much longed-for and refined CSS gradient syntax, opens up even more possibilities.
Gradients of course have been around for a while [...]
Dieter Rams at the Design Museum
Designery types have been flocking in larger numbers than usual to the Design Museum in London, which, until the 9th of March, has been turned into a shrine to Dieter Rams, the famed Braun designer. We joined them a week ago on a wet, windy January afternoon.
The exhibition showcases his minimalist turntables, radios, alarm clocks [...]