L6 Message

CMON guys. Fill your website details at: http://goo.gl/IAwUU
100 words at: http://goo.gl/VmG7J
if you have not had your mug shot done you need to be in today or you will have no face shot at the show! All this needs to be done NOW!

L6 family and friends need to register for tickets!

L6 link for family and friends to register for show night. They must register and print ticket to gain entry.:) http://salfordshowsfriendsandfamily.eventbrite.com/
also as a reminder your industry contacts should go here to register: http://salfordshows2012.eventbrite.com/
Can i please remind you to pass this on to any industry people you wish to invite.

L6 reminders!

L6. Link to 100 word description doc is http://goo.gl/87p0s and name, email etc (now entered a column for your websites etc) link is http://goo.gl/TSZPJ . Hope the mugshots are going well:)

Mugshots happening fast, first ones are looking smashing!

L6 Important Message

L6 Reminder. Andrew Wardle is in today taking photographs of you. So do your hair and see you soon. Also i understand Nigel is meeting with you all at 10.30. See you later!

L6 Important message

L6. Important meeting with Nigel Howe on Monday morning at 1030. Also make sure your looking pretty as Andy Wardle (photographer) is in taking photos of you. These photos are great for your portfolios etc. This is a critical time as we build up to the Media City show. It is important you are around. If you cant make it email Nigel urgently

Jonathan Ive Talks Design

Jonathan Ive Talks Design:


It's a shame Jonathan Ive doesn't grant more interviews, but it's easy to see why: There exists a YouTube clip of Ive being interviewed by a British tabloid-style TV show some years ago, and rather than being given an opportunity to engage in a potentially-edifying discussion about design, the cloddish host ambushes him with questions about a media-manufactured controversy over iPod battery issues. And in more recent years, sensationalit articles speculating on Ive's salary or discussing his choice of car have cropped up.

We here at Core77 don't care what kind of car Ive drives, how much money he makes or what his workout regimen is. We're not interested in Ive's celebrity. We'd be thrilled to see a Jonathan Ive interivew where he talks about aluminum or co-molding for 30 minutes. We're interested in his design talents and philosophies, his knowledge of materials, and what those things can inspire and impart to the upcoming generation of designers. So we were excited to see Shane Richmond, The Telegraph's Head of Technology, intercept Ive on the occasion of his being Knighted and interview him in an engaging discussion about design, released just this morning.

We think of Jonathan Ive as a successful designer because we have seen his successes, but it's not productive to merely drool over his on-the-market creations. To understand his design thinking and how those successes are achieved is much more edifying. It's fascinating, for instance, to think about how many iterations of the iDevices Ive and the design team slaved over that would never make the cut:

"For a large percentage of a program, it often is not clear whether we are actually going to be able to solve the problems. For a significant percentage of the time we don't know whether we are going to have to give up on an idea or not. And that's been the case whether it's the iPod, the iPhone or the iPad."

And there have been times when we've been working on a program and when we are at a very mature stage and we do have solutions and you have that sinking feeling because you're trying to articulate the values to yourself and to others just a little bit too loudly. And you have that sinking feeling that the fact that you are having to articulate the value and persuade other people is probably indicative of the fact that actually it's not good enough. On a number of occasions we've actually all been honest with ourselves and said 'you know, this isn't good enough, we need to stop'. And that's very difficult.

Those are the kinds of design lessons we'd like to read more about, and luckily, this morning we can. Check out the two-page interview here.
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Jam Style Swatch

Jam Style Swatch:
This modern timepiece concept designed for the Swatch brand uses a familiar functionality to latch on to your wrist. In the same way you’d secure a belt to your waist with a jam-style buckle, simply slide the band through the face and pull to tighten. The functional design makes it possible to get the exact right fit each time. Easy as pie and it looks cool too!
Designer: Ilia Vostrov


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Important L6 message

L6. Important meeting with Nigel Howe on Monday morning at 1030. Also make sure your looking pretty as Andy Wardle (photographer) is in taking photos of you. These photos are great for your portfolios etc. This is a critical time as we build up to the Media City show. It is important you are around. If you cant make it email Nigel urgently

Interactive 'wallpaper' screens are the future of TV

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21428655.300-interactive-wallpaper-screens-are-the-future-of-tv.html

Bright Slide

Bright Slide:
The super modern-looking Slide Lamp is constructed from a single piece of machine-hallowed hardwood mounted on a cast aluminum base. The unorthodox construction also makes for very unique functionality- simply raise or lower the intuitive side lever to turn it on or off, or adjust the brightness!
Designer: Jason Jahnke




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iPhone Case That Makes Sense

iPhone Case That Makes Sense:
All said and done, the Ö Case makes better sense as an iPhone Case than any others that I have seen. Two things that make this concept win its brownie points: A screen-cleaning slider that cleans those oily finger marks off the screen and a special nook to wind and store your earphones. Simple design, creative solution and a sleek outcome!
Designer: Löytö Esineiden





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The Visible Lifesaver

The Visible Lifesaver:
Life Light is perfectly visible in low light and night, making it an efficient and practical lifesaver and emergency buoy by the sea. The upside is that it relies on renewable energy sources to keep the LEDs working at night. It even features an LED water battery. So far the flipside are none, except that it’s still a concept. What do you say?
Life Light is a 2012 iF Design Talents winner.
Designers: Tso Chu-Hao, Hsiang Hao-Tien & Chuang Tsung-Hua






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