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Designing Vehicles in Collaborative Mode. Local Motors sets up competitions between different providers in order to find solutions to engineering and design requirements. The customer votes, comments and selects the plan s/he wants and can also personalise the vehicle s/he chooses. Matching products as closely as possible to customer needs generally results in increased sales. And the best way to do that is to involve your customers in the process of developing the product. The case study by Norton and Dann (2011)* demonstrates how successful this ‘shared creation’ approach is for Local Motors. Since 2009 the Arizona-based automaker has encouraged its customers to build their own vehicles based on winning designs from competitions launched on the company’s website.

Choosing a design Local Motors runs several competitions simultaneously. Don't get'prosumers' involved too early The personalisation approach does carry a cost however: each car has a price tag of two million dollars. IKEA UPPLEVA. Rising table. The Humanization of Tech. The Invisible Side of Design. Mercedes Electric Concept Vehicle by Ali Khanzadi. Sustainable Mercedes Roadster Combine modern power with classic Mercedes styling reminiscent of the 1930s Silver Arrow and you’ve got this dynamic electric concept sports car, the latest from designer Ali Khanzadi.

The lightweight modern roadster’s body is formed using a composite of recycled plastic & carbon fiber & the chassis a composite of carbon fiber & aluminum. Lacking traditional brakes, it utilizes the same electricity & magnetic system in braking that is used to propel the vehicle. Designer: Ali Khanzadi. 64 secondes - Insolite: Une façade alphabétique à Amsterdam ... Ace Hotel Room 1021. Rethink Scholarship at Langara 2011 Call for Entries.

ILUVUXDESIGN. High Tech original. What Your Web Design Says About You (Infographic) Font and color choices in a website say certain things about the owner of the site. Though colors and symbols may have different meanings in other cultures, this only reaffirms the notion that design choices do affect the perception of the user, which in turn affects the message attempting to be conveyed. Here is an infographic that delves into the meanings of fonts and colors in the context of web design. Click to enlarge. Related Content About the Author. 15.000 Bleistifte und ein Messestand. 35 Entertaining 404 Error Pages. "404 Not Found. " These three little words can make any Internet explorer an unhappy camper. After all, who hopes to click on a broken link or stumble upon a moved or deleted page while cruising around the web? Luckily, some web designers have chosen to end the misery of encountering a 404 error page.

Instead of letting their site readers bump heads with a nasty dead-end error message, they've managed to squeeze a little entertainment out of it. Below you'll find some of the most entertaining 404 error pages on the web. Update (1/14): If you like these, check out our new list of entertaining 404 error pages, suggested by Mashable readers. More Web Design Resources from Mashable: - 12 Beginner Tutorials for Getting Started With Photoshop- Use Adobe Fonts in Your Own Web Designs- 10 Essential Free E-Books for Web Designers- 12 Beginner Tutorials for Getting Started with Adobe Illustrator- 6 New Mac Apps for Designers and Developers.

Dmig 5. Who Designed This?! The Funniest Construction Fails Of All Time (PHOTOS) Post Line Flat Extension Wire by Chen Ju Wei. No More Trippin Wires The thing with extension cords is that they look ugly and the wires are a prime accident zones for tripping. There is nothing Elegant about them! Unless you’re looking at the “Post Line”, this one’s a gorgeous concept that makes full use of the circuit-printing technology and electrostatic paste material. Use it from point A (gadget) to point B (wall socket) by sticking it flat to the floor, and if it becomes less sticky and grimy, simply wipe it clean and its sticky flat extension cord tape again! Designer: Chen Ju Wei. Multi-Tab.wmv. Cardboard Record Player. 11 Awesomely Creative Billboards (PHOTOS) The Astonishing Jack - Gizmodo - Etonnant le Jack, en effet ! Jack est un fauteuil conçu par le jeune designer Arthur Bodolec pour son projet de fin d’étude du Strate College Designers, dont le thème était, je vous le donne en mille… l’étonnement !

Arthur Bodolec a pensé le fauteuil d’une nouvelle manière : il n’est plus un objet mais un être vivant. Lorsqu’on ne s’en sert pas, il dort. Une fois qu’on s’appuie dessus, il s’anime, il s’adapte à la fonction qu’il doit occuper. Le designer a la volonté de développer toute une gamme d’objets de ce type qui pourrait, si elle rencontre du succès, complètement chambouler notre rapport à l’objet.

[vimeo] Sharky tea infuser - designboom. Jan 19, 2009 sharky by pablo matteoda from argentina designer's own words: INFUSION means to extract certain properties from an soluble ingredient such as tea leaves , herbs or fruit by soaking in liquid (water) until it gets saturated. So we can say that a infuser is the in charged of make this happen. This is a ludic point of view about the color given off from the phenomenon, wich makes more interesting the waiting of the whole process. presentation before & after red tea pablo matteoda.