DanielT
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A little video about that. I think a lot of what he says about modern design trends makes sense. I say that without being a professional designer, BUT you see the modern design trend on a daily basis, even as a layman.
does anyone here want this? i cant deal with this
Then there are small subtrends. Within the HiFi retro vintage design trend, for example.To satisfy old farts (yes, I'm one too and "fairly conservative" ) with a lot of money in the wallet, the market is not slow to fill the (small?) demand gap. An example, price around $40,000:i feel like this place is the worst in this regard simple because most of us are males from mostly wealthy countries who are of advanced age with fairly conservative tastes... and worse, tastes that do not change and cannot change because many of us are resistant to change...
we love our square boxes. companies strive to hit the mass market, mostly, so they will tend to create a product that wont offend and appeal to most
i can see this when some of us do not even want to accept black boxes that are not traditionally shaped.
i am reminded of this product
does anyone here want this? i cant deal with this
my other half has accepted my tastes are staid... and wont ever change
Speaking of design and apples. That combined with the craze for turntables plus a well-known HiFi brand, Linn. It will then be this, with this price tag:Apple thought very different with the iMac G4, but I wouldn't say that the design was entirely successful:
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Loved the ease with which the screen could be adjusted, but it was internally complex, making upgrades and maintenance more difficult than they needed to be, it must have been super-inefficient to ship due to bulky packaging needed, and the matching sphere-shaped speakers tended to roll off one's desk. It might have made some sense as a "forever" purchase, but aside from vintage computing enthusiasts, who actually regards computers in that manner?
In the case of audio electronics, what value do I gain from odd form factors? There may be visually pleasing elements to their design, but generally, I regard them as neither furniture nor art object.
Clear lie, today, on both counts. If pedestrian/bicyclist safety and aerodynamics really would be concern for car designers or their bosses, SUV's wouldn't even exist.'ve been told that the reason why 99% of all cars look the same is because of pedestrian safety. No outrageous features alowed to stick out and rip people to shreds when you hit them. Don't know whether that's just an old wives' tale.
Also aerodynamics.
Just the name of that on-line magazine makes me gag. "hiconsumption"Speaking of design and apples. That combined with the craze for turntables plus a well-known HiFi brand, Linn. It will then be this, with this price tag:
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Jony Ive's LoveFrom Just Made This Gorgeous $60,000 Turntable
In celebration of Linn's 50th anniversary.hiconsumption.com
High consumption. Consume mass quantities, freely! Be a Conehead.Just the name of that on-line magazine makes me gag. "hiconsumption"
This is why i drive a Humvee. I need lots of space and wanted to be prepared to handle potential apocalyptic conditions, but didn't want to be lumped in with SUV's. Those things are death machines.Clear lie, today, on both counts. If pedestrian/bicyclist safety and aerodynamics really would be concern for car designers or their bosses, SUV's wouldn't even exist.
If you get crashed by an SUV's this usually results in a completely destroyed pelvis and broken back, more often than not with deadly outcome because of inner bleedings. When hit by traditional cars, soft-lined front or not, you often got away with a pair of broken legs.
SUV's are the plague in all regards.
They did actually change the shape of cars for pedestrian safety.Clear lie, today, on both counts. If pedestrian/bicyclist safety and aerodynamics really would be concern for car designers or their bosses, SUV's wouldn't even exist.
If you get crashed by an SUV's this usually results in a completely destroyed pelvis and broken back, more often than not with deadly outcome because of inner bleedings. When hit by traditional cars, soft-lined front or not, you often got away with a pair of broken legs.
SUV's are the plague in all regards.
Ha, what a coincidence that you mention CD- transport. Right now I listen to CDs just as a change to streaming.I've been looking for a CD-transport for ages, rather buy new for obvious reasons and there's just nothing out there I would get pleasure from looking at or using. Function follows form nowadays.
Schitt have a new transport coming out with all-metal loading tray. But it looks like this (and you have to pay extra for black)
Other downside is the name: 'Urd'
How did I find out about it? I Urd it on the grapevine.
Correct, and it goes beyond this. You don't have popup headlights because you can't have the wedge shape that takes advantage of them, because of pedestrian safety regs; the hood not only has to be high, the front of the vehicle can't be pointy. This gives us cars with baleen grilles even for electrical vehicles without front radiators.They did actually change the shape of cars for pedestrian safety.
There are specific regulation on the distance the hood has to dent before it hits anything solid in the engine compartment, specifically for pedestrian safety. That required raising the hood of the car up, which made the beltline (bottom of the windows) need to be moved up to flow with the line of the hood and thus the trunk also had to be raised up to keep the overall flow. The larger side panels then lead to the need for larger wheels so they wouldn't look tiny by contrast.