Why Skeumorphism should be a crutch and not a prosthesis
With the recent focus on Skeumorphism, I was motivated to share my own views on the matter. SM has been receiving a lot of bad press lately, fueled by the surprising shuffle in Apples corporate structure. Partly because of this, Apple - the gatekeeper of minimalist design - has become the face of this design [...]
Making Product Design Videos
Twenty four thousand words per second We all know the term ‘A picture says a thousand words’. But if this is the case, could a video dish out 24 000 words per second? Videos are multipliers of emotionsWhile this is a humorous thought, videos are incredibly valuable in the toolbox of a designer. If done [...]
Tesla Model S is shipping
Elon Musk, CEO. of Tesla Motors introducing the Model S. Welcome, Model S I am very excited to see the Model S finally shipping after nine years, marking the end of the line for the Roadster. I have always seen the Tesla Roadster as the electric twin brother of the Lotus, mostly because it is, [...]
Frogdesign’s New Feel UX User Interface
frog and Sharp’s vision was to create a sleek line of smartphones that would break out of the conventional Android model and offer a visually stunning, highly interactive experience. Color me unimpressed Enough with the placeholder phrases. A chance to redesign the Android UI deserves a bolder vision. A vision should not be within comfortable [...]
Internship at NONOBJECT
I have been fortunate enough to intern at NONOBJECT this summer, spending my days working on some very exciting projects. NONOBJECT is not like any other design consultancy, with their own design philosophy set in stone by Branko Lukic: Our focus is not just the perfect design solution but the charged space between the user [...]
Art Center College of Design 2011
I will be attending Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California this year as part of my Industrial Design masters degree, with a focus on Product Design. You can follow my adventures at designedinla.tumblr.com I will update this blog with my every day experiences from my stay in Pasadena.
Summer Design Office 2011
I have spent this summer working together with four Industrial Design students from NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) and HIAK (Akershus University College) at our Summer Design Office in Flekkefjord, Norway. Sommerdesignkontor is an initiative started by Bedriftsforbundet and Innovation Norway, and is a collaboration between Industrial Design students, local companies, and their [...]