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Industrial Design Winners Announced
prostoalex writes "Every year Industrial Design Excellence Awards try to pick the products, whose usability, interface and design qualities are unmatched by rivals. 130 winners are announced in 12 distinct categories. Of special interest are Computer Equipment (congratulations, Samsung, Apple, Logitech and HP) and Consumer Products (Apple, Nokia and others)." (Earlier this month, we posted about Apple's selection of winners; there are quite a few others worth looking at, though.)
To me its not necesarly the look of an object like an Apple or Ipod that makes it good industrial design its the whole purpose
the look and the feel and how well it works and how easy it is to manufacture. How easy it is to tool and how easy it is to modify if need be, and how well everything supports its intended purpose. It is inside and out and part of the process of manufacturing that should be considered the whole way through
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A great example of what you're talking about is found in "Cradle to Cradle" by William McDonough and Michael Braungart. I heard a CBC radio broadcast last week in my car that had Michael Braungart on it and it was fascinating. He wants to see products go from being made to returning to raw components efficiently. I might add, this guy isn't a typical Enviro-nut TM. He's actually quite intelligent and pretty far from the fringe, from what I could tell when I heard him on the CBC. The book Cradle to Cradle was also reviewed on Slashdot, with a critical 10/10 rating.
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