Is Design Important?: 3 cups … Design Mysteries Series
Does design matter? Does the shape of a cup change the taste of the drink in it? Why do we drink the same beverage out of cups that are shaped differently and made of different… / leer más
Author: Bruce Hannah
Pop Up Bed?: Design Mysteries Series
So you grab the plastic box by the handle and roll it out of the store into your waiting car trunk or back seat or Subway ride home and then muscle it into your apartment,… / leer más
How do I open This Fucking Thing?: Design Mysteries Series
Are You Abused by Packaging? Isn’t it ironic that the tool needed to open the package is inside the package that you want to open? Is this a “chicken and egg” thing? Which came first… / leer más
Which way do I turn?: Design Mysteries Series
Or……Who Do I Turn to? Which way do I turn? Can’t go straight! Or backwards! Or turn right or left? So……… who do I turn to? Does anyone look at the traffic signs that are… / leer más
Is there such a thing as “Design Thinking?”: Design Mysteries Series
Of course there is such a thing as Design Thinking, designers have been doing it for millennia. There’s design thinking in flint-napped stones, in ancient pottery and baskets in Norse Boats and dugout canoes, rockets… / leer más
Does Design Hide Knowledge in Technology?: Design Mysteries Series
Is DESIGN the embodiment of knowledge in technology? I probably should try to explain, what I mean by this statement. A square meter cotton scarf masquerades as many useful tools if the user has the… / leer más
Office Chair: Morrison & Hannah, Knoll, 1974
Chair Making furniture was fun. We didn’t so much design it as make it. The obvious connection of table top to table leg led to the design of the office chair. This time we were… / leer más
At What Cost?: Design Mysteries Series
Is there a direct correlation between the cost of manufacturing and selling and the cost to the earth? Is it * inversely proportional?. COM + S > CTE Smucker’s Grape Jelly Squeeze Bottle As I… / leer más
Tables – Beds: Morrison & Hannah, Knoll, 1973
Beating an idea to death is an accusation I’ve heard more than once, well what are ideas for if not to be used. Andrew and I were on a roll and we were not about… / leer más
Creativity & Innovation: Design Mysteries Series
Can you teach creativity & innovation? Today I was reading an article about Eva Moskowitz and her New York City Success Academies in the New Yorker Magazine and realized that how we teach children may… / leer más
Sofa: Morrison & Hannah Suspension Seating, Knoll, 1971
Andrew shared a sailboat while he was working on Expo 67 in Montreal and was intrigued with the way the sail attached to the mast. A rope is sewn into the edge and it is… / leer más
Finding a Solution: Design Mysteries Series
We’re always searching………. Everyone is searching for something, the answer, a cure, a solution, the right word, even the perfect dress. Finding the solution is a search that designers go on almost everyday whether they… / leer más
