I don't remember if this was linked in our previous K-01 rumors discussion, but here is a nice complete article about the designer: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/magazine/marc-newson.html?_r=2&ref=magazine&pagewanted=all
While we are at it, I think it is worth remembering other designers who had a hand in some distinctive cameras of yesteryear: Walter Teague http://www.browniecamera.nl/walter_dorwin_teague.htm Raymond Loewy, who designed a lot of iconic stuff http://www.oobject.com/category/12-classic-raymond-loewy-designs/ also designed the Anscoflex (and Anscoflex II) http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Ansco_Anscoflex Also interesting is this newspaper ad which falsely states "streamlined design by Raymond Loewy" http://timirving.blogspot.com/2010/05/purma-cameras-raymond-loewy.html when instead its shape was designed by the brilliant poster artist Tom Purves: http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?txtkeys1=purvis,+tom And we shouldn't forget one who has been called the "first superstar of camera design", Yoshihisa Maitani, who was responsible for the designs of arguably three of the most important japanese camera designs: Olympus OM-1, the Olympus Pen-F, and the Olympus XA http://www.adorama.com/alc/blogarticle/11596 Newton, the designer consulted on the K-01, is a good friend of Apple design chief, Jonathan Ive, and no one can argue against his role in the success of Apple products (although it would have been Steve Jobs giving the thumbs up or thumbs down to his design ideas). I think there may be good reason to feel some eager anticipation with what this designer has wrought in cooperation with Pentax. Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
