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Lenovo industrial design is fantastic - but yeah, shame about the operating system. I do use Windows 7 and 8 pretty regularly for my corporate day job, but mainly Dells.

*promote for the eternal flame war.

Great style, loved the industrial design of the vehicles, poignant setting.
But, what was the thing on the ground at the end? A really uncomfortable looking engagement ring?

1. Industrial design of this type is more about math and data, not about intuitive understanding.

So controlling things with your hands looks like a gimmick which would be useless for power-users. For power-users, their mouse and keyboard shortcuts become extensions of their mind.


2. I had no idea we can 3d print now using titanium, rather than just plastic

That part really does conjure up the Iron Man movies... the lone designer designing and printing in his garage without needing to wait for a titanium factory 10,000 miles away to create your prototype and ship it to you.

I was not saying that, but it well could be true. First, Apple's volumes are not as high as other phone and PC vendors. And they use alot of unique and high quality components for their industrial design. So their product costs are probably higher. >> ^coolhund:

Apple products are generally more expensive than the ones from others, while having at least the same quality. Mostly inferior, though.
Youre saying Foxconn charges Apple more? LOL!

Somebody has to pick the apples and work the fields. But I guess that's below most of these people. They paid a lot of money for their Studio Arts degree and need to figure out how to pay it off.
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2073703,00.html

Funny thing is, my degree is in Industrial Design - I found a sector that I wanted to work in and I pursued that sector for 2 years by taking jobs where the skills I learned translated over to where I wanted to be. In other words I built a tailored résumé to get into my chosen profession. I spent years busting my ass to get where I am - I worked late nights and I continually expanded my education through reading and real-world experience. I also moved to where ever the jobs were. If you're in Detroit I would suggest finding a family member somewhere else you can stay with for a while and getting the hell out. Just like the Irish did for the better part of the last century -except they left the entire country! (The emigration trend in Ireland finally went positive in 2000)

If you are dumb enough to list your PHD on your application to McDonald's the I have to question your intellect to get said PHD. Just because you have it doesn't mean you list it.

My guess is that in most cases the problem isn't that they can't find a job, the problem is that they can't find a job that will allow them to pay off their debts and maintain their accustomed lifestyle. For that I recommend: http://www.daveramsey.com

As a side note, my wife has $35,000 in student loans which we are paying off. But we manage our money wisely and make sure we keep expenses in line - including buying only a house we could afford.
I also make sure that if anything should ever happen where I should lose my job - I've got 3 other companies that I could go to work for. It's called a back-up plan and with this economy it's also called necessary. At the same time I do everything I can to make myself indispensable to my employer. Which being on the sift isn't helping.

I'm an fine artist working mainly in oil painting and silkscreening and gave a great interest in graphic design. I've worked freelance for years designing everything from logos to packaging design.

I used to run a small web design company which was lucrative in its day but I opted out when websites started to become less design and more about programming and data-basing. I am technical minded and could have done it, I just chose not to so I could focus on the design side of things

I worked for several years in the Newspaper industry designing ads for just about every company out there from WalMart and Canadian Tire to large oil and gas companies, local mom & pop stores and even government.

I now work full time as the designer for a large college in my area, where I design all sorts of marketing pieces, brochures, newsprint ads, magazines, posters, postcards, logo and concept designs as well as web content.

I like my job, I wish it paid a bit more as living costs in my area are high. I also wish I had more time for my personal creative work. I should be working for myself but I'm lousy at business.

This appears to be an industrial design student's project... so you're right that its an idea.

Typically people don't share this sort of thing online, unless they have a provisional patent, or doubt that the idea will go somewhere in their hands.




>> ^Enzoblue:

I wonder if they have a working model. The one in this clip is CG. I like the concept, but seems like a lot of electronics very near a lot of heat.

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I'm a big fan of Google products- so I'm very interested in the phone. The software sounds great- especially the built in navigation. The industrial design though, looks like a retro brick - and would be at home in the first Matrix movie. Also what's up with the gold thumb controller on the right-hand side? It reminds me of an Intellivision joypad.

>> ^griefer_queafer:
how about street... like for gang vids and street art and a whole hos of other things. but then sifters would just be too tempted to start siftin' bum fights.
Congrats!


Public space is indeed often submitted..was thinking of making it a group playlist, but it may be something for a channel too..electronic music, design (as a counterpart of engineering, for fashion/architecture/industrial design etc.), pranks..

Industrial design at it's finest.
It really is amazing at how we cringe when our "norm" changes.

My name came from a 'teen nickname "Smiley" which quickly transmorgrified from "Schmiwy" to "Schmawy" and it stuck, so it's not my birth name but feels like my name nonetheless. Like a lot of people here, this is my first real interaction on the web, and I feel a lot like Kreegrath and Alien_concept that the idea of talking about myself feels unnatural, since I don't do it in real life so why do it here?

Sooo...

I was born in the UK, emigrated to New England in 1973. I'm pretty much a textbook definition of 'Yankee', but my parents were somewhat private people, so my upbringing was in a sense very British. I have always had a deep love of the United States, but have always felt somewhat at odds with it. There is a contingent of citizens here that cannot defend their consciousness from the media. For more information on that topic contact Choggie. Or Quantummushroom for that matter.

My interests lie in anything creative. I spend time doing oil paintings, trying to write songs, designing and building small wooden boats, restoring old 19^thC. houses, and working full time as an industrial designer. Creativity has by definition to me meant "maximizing expression within constraints". That's why I like the Sift so much, because the meat of the project is inherently someone else's work and otherwise grounds for bannination. So I express myself with what I can, and it's proven to be rewarding and fun. I mean, every artist restricts themselves with media, subject matter, style, ect., right?

This is a VERY special place on the internet If you hadn't noticed, and I have sworn to defend it by tooth and nail. If you do anything to jeopardize The Sift you can expect me, and ten others like me, to come after you. We will defend this bastion of decencey on the internet to our last keystroke. I have real relationships with the people here. I cannot abide by those who would say something in thread that they would not say in 'meatspace' or 'in real life'. I maintain that this isn't virtual at all. That's why this place is different. But I don't have to tell that to anyone here.

I'm a bit older than many, and younger than some on The Sift. I've been here from day one, counting lurking. The only other place that felt like this was MeFi. We've got DagMaggot to thank for that cultural infustion, I think. I get very upset when valued members start to feel this is no place for them, and will do whatever I can to make sure they don't leave. I have been harassing senior members lately when they start to feel disenfranchised by The Sift. We owe so much to their efforts, and as much as I feel we can carry the torch of decency for them, I get pretty broken up when they leave.

In conclusion, I have 2 ¹/₂ main principles that guide me in everything I do. The first is Love, the second is Hard Work. What one won't fix the other will, and if you use both look out! The third lesser principle is 'shoot for art', but it's far less important.

In the interest of full disclosure let it be known that I drink, smoke, own and shoot guns, ride motorcyles, climb mountains and sail seas, sew, use a straight razor, think being gay is awesome if you're into it, like paying taxes, and vote.

And I love you all.

Upvote for the audacity of comparing an industrial design idea's potential impact on civilization with that of the wheel in the first minute.

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Congrats, to one of only two Sifters I've ever met in meat space.

I think that you are going to nab a great job at Ikea doing CAD/CAM industrial design of their kitchen implements. Not only will you do sifters, you'll move on to graters, and ocassionally whisks. And you can tell them it all started here.

Steve Gluskoter, Dell's Director of industrial design and usability, discusses the innovative design and unique features found on Dell's flagship mobile entertainment PC, the XPS M2010.

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By the way, I'm typing on a Dell laptop right now, and I can't stress this strongly enough. **NEVER BUY A DELL LAPTOP** (Just thought I'd put that out there, yeah f-you Dell and your overheating, motherboard de-soldering, proprietary battery pin breaking f-wads)