innovative form

It is nice to see someone trying something besides that typical Breville-style ipod interpretation of simple form with radii. I am not sure that this homage to Oakley-organic exoskeletal approach is really working for this product.

bambu

I picked up this set of kids cutlery today at the granite hall general store. For a place that still sells penny candy they have a surprising quantity of interesting new "green" products. After doing a little experimentation and having the boys use them, my conclusion is that they do not work very well. The fork can not puncture anything and the spoon is too shallow. They do look great and the hang tag is sweet.

ipod

I am sure that it is well known that the team at Apple knows their design history but I think that this is a good example of how it can be refined and made contemporary. Also, Dieter Rams' 10 principles for good design are always worth a quick review.

• Good design is innovative.
• Good design makes a product useful.
• Good design is aesthetic.
• Good design helps us to understand a product.
• Good design is unobtrusive.
• Good design is honest.
• Good design is durable.
• Good design is consequent to the last detail.
• Good design is concerned with the environment.
• Good design is as little design as possible.

you probably know this but...05

I just finished "Profiles in Audacity" and really enjoyed it. Although the writing is a little sappy and preachy at times and you have to get past thinking about how the author choose the chapters it is a very interesting collection of brief biographies.

Pine Cone Cottage

This weekend Ian and Edison swam from the end of the dock to the floating raft off shore about 10 times but the best part was watching their faces when their feet touched the very mucky grey silt bottom just outside the sandy area and when they tried to swim through the lilypads to catch a duck.

You probably know this but...04

If you are going to eat bologna this is the best way to go. You can get it at Wegman's.

pattern

Wayne, I think that this is a good example of the trend that you and I were talking about a while back. You can order them from unicahome.com