well this is really the place for design arguments, but actually if you look
at most Apple hardware, you will see that the bits that look attractive also
have a purpose. And the attention to detail is very high. From what I can
see of these Intel sponsored designs, they are largely boxes with bits stuck
on.
Look for example at the curved identation under the MP2100, aligned with the
(open) cover. Looks gratuitous at first sight. Then observe how your
fingertip fits into into as you close the cover. You probably never
conciously notice this, but it contribute to the "feel good" feeling that
backs the 2100 so pleasing to use.
I haven't seen the new iMac yet, but I don't believe that there is much
about it that is gratuitous. If there is, then it would be the first time
that Jonathan Ive (who's early work at Apple includes the 2100) has slipped
up like this.
As for the Steve Jobs garden stuff - yeah, it makes me puke too. Ive must
have considerable powers of self control to put up with such patronising
bullshit. Although I guess that being VP of Industrial Design at Apple is a
reasonable tradeoff!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: aaron tester [mailto:desktop_at_lavalink.com.au]
> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 6:25 AM
> To: @meni.guns-media.com
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] New PC's
>
>
>
> i don't know - i think there are a few that are nice, but
> then i think that
> the new imac is a bit ugly compared to the old one sitting on
> my desk here.
>
> form follows function? a much overused mantra! i use macs and
> they are as
> every bit as 'designey' as these computers @ intel, if a little more
> successful (and a little more real). 'form follows function' works for
> things like hammers + power pylons, not computer hardwar -
> well, not the
> cases anyway.
>
> it's just a bit of marketing wank for SJ: the walk in the
> garden, look at
> the sunflower, let each element be true to itself... the great master
> instructing his disciple! yuk yuk yuk.
>
> aaron
>
>
>
>
> >Amazing - they are so mind-blowingly ugly. They look like teenager's
> >fantasies. Totally clueless. Never heard of basic ideas
> like "form follows
> >function". Hopeless, hopeless, hopeless.
>
>
> >> > http://developer.intel.com/technology/easeofuse/conceptpc.htm
>
>
>
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