#Design

Z-Bar LED Desk Lamp

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A cou­ple of weeks back I men­tioned the RIMA lamp by Dreipuls. I was kind of bummed as it looks more fash­ioned towards those with laptops/notebooks. Then I saw the Z-Bar Desk Lamp by Kon­cept Technologies.

Z-Bar Desk Lamp fea­tures the award-winning three-bar design for ulti­mate reach and flex­i­bil­ity. The super-adjustable LED head can spin in its socket, sweep side to side, and rotate around the end of the arm to point in any direc­tion. The touch­strip is located near the LED head for easy access. Slide your fin­ger along the strip to dim grad­u­ally, or touch the strip any­where to jump directly to any bright­ness, includ­ing off. Com­pat­i­ble with optional occu­pancy sensor.

Such a beauty. I also noticed that the Z-bar is also clamp-able. Which is good if you can only afford so much desk space for a lamp. Other than hav­ing a styl­ish, com­pact design, it is also “green”—about 50,000 hours life span on its LED bulbs.

Prob­a­bly the only neg­a­tive is the start­ing price of $130. Not bad as this is a poten­tial keeper. More prod­uct pho­tos below…

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Pitchfork Music Festival iPhone App

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Nice Design on this iPhone App for Pitch­fork Music Fes­ti­val 2011.

Though I wish there was a link to-the-top on the Info page. But over­all, sim­ple, read­able and to the point. More screens below.

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An Ode to UX Designers

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One can go to the web and try to find a def­i­n­i­tion for User-Experience Design. They’ll find results such as this:

User expe­ri­ence (UX) is about how a per­son feels about using a prod­uct, sys­tem or ser­vice. User expe­ri­ence high­lights the expe­ri­en­tial, affec­tive, mean­ing­ful and valu­able aspects of human-computer inter­ac­tion and prod­uct own­er­ship, but it also includes a person’s per­cep­tions of the prac­ti­cal aspects such as util­ity, ease of use and effi­ciency of the sys­tem. User expe­ri­ence is sub­jec­tive in nature, because it is about an individual’s feel­ings and thoughts about the sys­tem. User expe­ri­ence is dynamic, because it changes over time as the cir­cum­stances change.

But some­times, ani­ma­tions can do more. Here’s a cou­ple by lyle on Vimeo.

ILUVUXDESIGN Part 1.

ILUVUXDESIGN Part 1.

Source via ILUVUXDESIGN.

Why Most Ideas Get Shot Down

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Michael Iva’s man­i­festo, “100 Ways to Kill a Con­cept: Why Most Ideas Get Shot Down”.

So, you’ve got an idea. A big idea. But will your idea take flight? Not if you let your con­cept be killed by all the usual excuses you hear from your man­agers, your bosses, your spouses—excuses moti­vated by fear or pos­ses­sive­ness. In this wide-ranging man­i­festo, Iva offers you ways to per­suade some­one to embrace your idea, to not be swayed by neg­a­tive responses, and to uti­lize your creativity.

Here’s a list of cir­cum­stances that usu­ally fol­lows up once a con­cept is conceived:

  1. The boss won’t go for that.
  2. The lawyers won’t go for that.
  3. The accoun­tants won’t go for that.
  4. The client won’t go for that.
  5. The sales­peo­ple won’t go for that.
  6. The investors won’t go for that.
  7. So and so won’t like it.
  8. It’s not us.
  9. It won’t fit into our system.
  10. We’re not ready for that yet.
  11. I don’t think it will work.
  12. I don’t understand.
  13. Do you understand?
  14. Will any­one understand?
  15. What will they think of next?
  16. It’s polit­i­cally incorrect.
  17. It’s too complicated.
  18. It’s too late for that now.
  19. It’s too expensive.
  20. We’ll lose money.

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