Category Archives: Industrial Design

The Bloomberg Makeover

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Portfolio.com asked 3 top design firms to redesign the interface for Bloombergs’ main terminals. thehappycorp, IDEO and Ziba Design all contributed their versions with varying degrees of success. The entries clearly show each firms design influence in their concepts. IDEO focused more on the hardware, but with thoughtful attention to the software interface. Thehappycorp entry, while I am not familiar with the company itself, shows influences based on the happycorp website. Ziba Designs concept, in my opinion, shows little effort and is the least effective from a realistic, viable option. The other 2 could possibly be implemented effectively. See the concepts and decide for yourself.

Patent Room…The Art of Industrial Design

Patent Room is a collection of early 20th Century industrial design discovered in the U.S. Patent Office archives. This museum of 1920s, 30s, 40s and 50s design is a sampling of the thousands of images I have found.” Lots of crazy and weird drawings of everything from toys, trains, cars to architecture and more. You’re bound to spend lots of time here.