Freitag, Juni 19, 2009
Sad: Even Timeless Design Eventually Dies...
Until a week ago we had one of the ultimate design coffee grinders: a 20+ year old white Braun blade grinder. But then it's engine went up in smoke and it died. We'll miss the simple shape and the high pitched sound in our kitchen. But it'll stay with us, in the attic.
Donnerstag, Mai 21, 2009
Samstag, Mai 16, 2009
First mountain bike outing in ages
Living in a tiny village in the pre-alps definitely has some great advantages. Number one: I can finally get back to mountain biking. May is the perfect season for that: everything is blooming and the temperature is perfect for a workout on the bike.
The next thing I'll try is to join my old bike club, the great and famous "RMC Bütschwil", for a ride. That's going to be fun!
Freitag, April 17, 2009
Design Is About Removing Stuff
Today's screening of Objectified and the Q&A with Jonathan Ive and Marc Newson was as inspiring as it gets.
Listening to Jonny Ive's childlike voice explaining why designing a computer or - even more so - the iPhone is such a challenge captured the essence of Apple's design philosophy: when one uses an Apple product the design disappears. It's so good that you don't feel it. Actually you only think you don't feel it, because it only appears when needed. It stays out of your way to let you do whatever you are doing. In the end it's about removing stuff.
Montag, Februar 02, 2009
London Paralized
Quite hilarious how ill-prepared London is to the snow. A bit more than 10cm of white powder and everything stops to work. No buses today all day, trains and tube lines suspended and London Heathrow - one of the biggest airports in the world - has cancelled all the flights until 5pm today.
London Business School has a particularly funny piece of advice to all the people on campus today:
"For those of you on campus today [...] Please take care and try not to walk between buildings unless absolutely necessary to minimise the possibility of accidents in the snow."
The great thing about all this: the city is nice and quite as the streets are almost empty and the snow swallows the remaining sounds. This and all the white scenery - just beautiful!
Freitag, Januar 30, 2009
Mittwoch, Januar 21, 2009
Shimano Nails Electronic Shifting
A Wired Gadget Blog post is full of praise for Shimano's new electronic shifting. Seems to be amazing. I am no big fan of Shimano myself - it always felt like the Microsoft of the cycling industry. But hey, it seems that after more than 15 years of Mavic's Zap system they finally made electronic shifting that rocks.
But it's still not beautiful as Campagnolo! (Image from VeloNews)
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