Darren, Once upon a time long ago, I met an undergraduate studying industrial design at another local university. I asked what he was working on and he said race cars. So having some technical background, I asked about what he was doing - aerodynamics, engines, suspensions, ... He waved me off with 'Oh no, nothing like that. I'm designing how they should look.' That's when I decided industrial design was a crock of shit. Over the intervening 40 years, I have softened that opinion a little bit, but I still think these people are pompous asses who are more into self promotion than adding value to a product. Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
