Comments on: Design is both the insanely radical and the passionately incremental http://gigaom.com/2012/10/06/design-is-both-the-insanely-radical-and-the-passionately-incremental/ Sat, 25 May 2013 01:30:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Danox http://gigaom.com/2012/10/06/design-is-both-the-insanely-radical-and-the-passionately-incremental/#comment-1049812 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 18:41:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=570598#comment-1049812 Where is it? Sony doesn’t execute in software (never has) and hardware the magic is in both.

]]> By: Patrick Gottelier http://gigaom.com/2012/10/06/design-is-both-the-insanely-radical-and-the-passionately-incremental/#comment-1049588 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 15:41:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=570598#comment-1049588 Great article – many thanks – in answer to your central question:
‘I wonder if we designers have done a good enough job explaining what “design” really means?’
A resounding ‘no we haven’t!’
I have always believed in the value of simple strong messages and my answer to the question is
‘Design makes things better’
There can be myriad interpretations of what constitutes ‘better’ as demonstrated by the noise beginning to be generated by the article or is it generated by Apple’s continued successful commitment to designs fundamental value?

]]> By: Adam Owens http://gigaom.com/2012/10/06/design-is-both-the-insanely-radical-and-the-passionately-incremental/#comment-1049458 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 14:39:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=570598#comment-1049458 Great post.

“The devil is in the details and it’s not bullshit if someone is paying more attention to them than you.”

]]> By: cooldoods http://gigaom.com/2012/10/06/design-is-both-the-insanely-radical-and-the-passionately-incremental/#comment-1049157 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 12:58:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=570598#comment-1049157 Aluminum that’s easily scuffed. Camera lens covers that introduce purple haze in photos. I suppose fixing those things in the next iPhone will still be seen as passionate incrementalism.

]]> By: Ram Kanda http://gigaom.com/2012/10/06/design-is-both-the-insanely-radical-and-the-passionately-incremental/#comment-1048034 Sat, 06 Oct 2012 20:20:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=570598#comment-1048034 Great article. Thanks for that. It seems that with the democratization of the Internet, all changes in design have to be dramatic changes of shape that signify change to the layman, rather than beautiful refinements that lead to a great product getting better, as seen through the eyes of the driven perfectionist. I hope more designers will ignore the cudgel wielding masses and trust their expertise and greater aesthetic opinion. Democratization is a great thing, but the general coalescing of the Internet and the trust some put in the opinion that is gleaned from the great averaging means that horse sense or the opinion of the 18 year old couch CEO is valued over some “snooty” designer. We wouldn’t have the beautiful Patek Philip watches of today had our ancestors yawned at every beautiful refinement made in Swiss timepieces. We have experts for a reason and the masses don’t, by definition, appreciate all the hard work by people who are truly driven, passionate, and divinely talented. The devil is in the details and it’s not bullshit if someone is paying more attention to them than you.

]]> By: Sudski Tumac za Engleski Jezik Beograd http://gigaom.com/2012/10/06/design-is-both-the-insanely-radical-and-the-passionately-incremental/#comment-1048023 Sat, 06 Oct 2012 20:06:40 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=570598#comment-1048023 I agree and I think that often the work of designers is not appreciated enogh. It is not easy to constantly find solutions and keep up with innovation.

]]> By: Derpin http://gigaom.com/2012/10/06/design-is-both-the-insanely-radical-and-the-passionately-incremental/#comment-1047901 Sat, 06 Oct 2012 18:26:05 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=570598#comment-1047901 Ah yes, design that run off of oppression. Just saying…

http://gizmodo.com/5949406/foxconn-workers-on-strike-after-iphone-5-leads-to-physical-beatings

]]> By: Ken http://gigaom.com/2012/10/06/design-is-both-the-insanely-radical-and-the-passionately-incremental/#comment-1047846 Sat, 06 Oct 2012 17:56:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=570598#comment-1047846 You do realize that the iPhone 4/5 is borrowing the design from Sony right? Saying it’s innovative design or design advancement seems like not giving credit to the proper people.n

]]> By: ronald http://gigaom.com/2012/10/06/design-is-both-the-insanely-radical-and-the-passionately-incremental/#comment-1047685 Sat, 06 Oct 2012 16:54:36 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=570598#comment-1047685 May I suggest to listen to AllthingsD 2003/04 to what Steve had to say about the creative and engineering process. It seems to me some people don’t get what it takes to make a system.
http://allthingsd.com/20110826/steve-jobs-through-the-years-highlights-from-the-d-conference/

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