Design Essentials: small objects of desire - for iPod/iPhone
By The Open University
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Description
When the Apple designers first came to Steve Jobs with the iPod he picked it up, fiddled with it and then dropped it into a fish tank. "Those are air bubbles," he snapped. "That means there's space in there. Make it smaller." A successful designer needs a critical awareness of the design all around us and the factors that produce it. They also need to be able to look at an item and analyse - what it is, what does it do, why is like that, how is it made? In this new iTunes collection members of the OU design faculty choose interesting examples of everyday design and debate what does, or doesn't, work. They discuss the elements that contribute to a successful design and the factors that designers need to think about, right down to how much you can save by getting rid of the air in an iPhone. Theo Zamenopoulos considers what makes a great chair. Georgy Holden asks, is good design going down the plughole? Jeff Johnson praises the mechanical pencil. And Robin Roy wonders what is it that made the iPhone so successful, and what’s the price of air got to do with it? This material forms part of The Open University course T217 Design Essentials.
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| 1 | CleanVideoiPhones and the price of air | An instant design classic the iPhone was more than just a mobile and transformed Robin Roy's life. Just what is it that made it so successful, and what’s it got to do with the price of air? | 21 8 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- iPhones and the price of air | Transcript -- An instant design classic the iPhone was more than just a mobile and transformed Robin Roy's life. Just what is it that made it so successful, and what’s it got to do with the price of air? | 21 8 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 3 | CleanVideoToo hot to handle? | Industrial design in a domestic kitchen, what could possibly go wrong? Georgy Holden's kiln gets the team wondering. | 21 8 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Too hot to handle? | Transcript -- Industrial design in a domestic kitchen, what could possibly go wrong? Georgy Holden's kiln gets the team wondering. | 21 8 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 5 | CleanVideoWhy there's still lead in the pencil | A brilliant communication device, it does what it's meant to do, it doesn't break, and it's cheap to replace if you lose it. Jeff Johnson praises the mechanical pencil. | 21 8 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Why there's still lead in the pencil | Transcript -- A brilliant communication device, it does what it's meant to do, it doesn't break, and it's cheap to replace if you lose it. Jeff Johnson praises the mechanical pencil. | 21 8 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 7 | CleanVideoOld water in new bottles? | Why re-invent the bottle? Theo Zamenopoulos and the team explore the advantages and disadvantages of a new design for an old object. | 21 8 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Old water in new bottles? | Transcript -- Why re-invent the bottle? Theo Zamenopoulos and the team explore the advantages and disadvantages of a new design for an old object. | 21 8 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 9 | CleanVideoAre you sitting comfortably? | What makes a good chair? Theo Zamenopoulos considers the factors that produce good design while sitting in his favourite place. | 21 8 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Are you sitting comfortably? | Transcript -- What makes a good chair? Theo Zamenopoulos considers the factors that produce good design while sitting in his favourite place. | 21 8 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 11 | CleanVideoIs good design going down the plughole? | Is good design going down the plug-hole? Meet the Open University Design faculty as they debate what does, or doesn't, make a well-designed sink strainer. Theo Zamenopoulos, Georgy Holden, Robin Roy, and Jeff Johnson outline their design interests. | 21 8 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Is good design going down the plughole? | Transcript -- Is good design going down the plug-hole? Meet the Open University Design faculty as they debate what does, or doesn't, make a well-designed sink strainer. Theo Zamenopoulos, Georgy Holden, Robin Roy, and Jeff Johnson outline their design i | 21 8 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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