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2/19/01
Re: redesign of the original strat
http://www.core77.com/research/kulujitar.html
Hello to everyone there,
Being an industrial design student in Metu, Ankara-Turkey, and a deep fan of fender strat I felt the responsibility to say something about this Redesign of classical strat...
I'm an amateur jazz guitar player and I recently built a new body to my old strat. My aim was to make it less heavy in the means of visuality and to make it easier To carry..and the problem I faced in my final design was that the original ergonometric values were so changed that it was significantly harder to play . . .
So I think this less weighted redesign should weigh as much as the original Strat otherwise left hand is forced to carry the guitar although it should be free as much as possible...
Another missing ergonomic point in this project is the "right arm base" where your arm squeezes the guitar between your body...without that curved edge You could not play more than 30mins :) .--in the last picture it doesn't seem that the guitar correctly fits to the body of the player..--
Buuuuut it looks really really fine that gives the feeling of touching it..............is it enough for Design??? Hmmmm....
Thanks for reading....
Ciauuuuuu..
Seha can ozhan (sehacan@yahoo.com)
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2/17/01
Re: About the SCAD article
http://www.core77.com/reactor/savannah.html
I have a few things to address. The school was addressed incorrectly I believe. I am currently an industrial design student at Georgia Tech and a resident of Savannah for 12 years, and I have some knowledge of the curriculum at SCAD. SCAD is highly art based, much more so than my school, and can be verified by looking at the curriculum differences between SCAD's program and GT's program. SCAD, unfortunately, is not a truly non-profit school. I have personal knowledge of that fact.
I didn't like the slight bashing of Savannah. Savannah is an inexpensive town, and you can live somewhere besides downtown. All of Savannah is far from 'crumbling', and that was definitely a misnomer for the situation. Savannah has the largest historic district in the nation. The towering and shade-providing live oaks populate all of Savannah. Charleston is a different type of old city. Savannah was based on the idea of squares, which would be rally points for neighborhoods in case of invasion (which did occur). Those squares are the epitome of developmental flexibility as they now accommodate new homes and perfectly sized parking spots. Savannah is a treasure of the old South but is far from becoming a relic of the past. Go and visit, see for yourself.
Thank you,
Garrett Schemmel
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To the editor:
11/19/00
Re: Studying Ergonomics
Schools in the UK
Since the age of 5 all I have ever wanted to be was a 'designer.' I never
knew quite what to call my ambition, but there was nothing that I enjoyed
more than coming up with new ideas for products.
This ambition has remained with me, and last year came the time for me to
choose my path at university. The choice was obvious, and I applied to all
the best industrial design courses in the country. Here in the UK,
university applications are done through a scheme called UCAS. You choose
six courses that interest you, apply and await your offers. Offers are
where the universities will set you a target for A-Level results (our
equivalent of the SATs).
I was all set to do Industrial Design & Technlogy at Loughborough
University - the best course of its kind in the country. I had my offer and
needed the right results. This, devastatingly, did not happen, and I needed
to do some quick thinking. For people who do not achieve the results they
need, there is a system here called Clearing. Any universities that have
unfilled places on courses publish their vacancies, and if you think that
course would suit you, you telephone and ask if they would accept you.
Loughborough are the first, and only, university in Europe, which run an
undergraduate degree in Ergonomics. I had heard of this subject before,
from my work in Design & Technology, but thought of it as little more than
designing a pen that fits the hand.
There were vacancies on this course, and I decided to investigate further.
I am now here, several months on, a student of Loughborough University's
BSc in Ergonomics. It is a fascinating subjects which is nothing like I
imagined; perhaps it was a blessing in disguise that I did not make my
results.
Ergonomics is a fascinating subject. Ergonomists make the world in which
we live easier, and more pleasant to use. The degree is broadly split into
three areas. You study the psychology of humans - the way they think and
act. You study the anatomy and physiology of humans - understanding their
abilities and limits. You then amalgamate this knowledge in design of
products and systems that are as well designed for humans as possible.
I will always return to industrial design - it is something I enjoy more
than anything else. I intend to complete a postgraduate course, hopefully
at the Royal College of Art, but I am glad that I am studying Ergonomics.
For anyone not sure what they want to do, or would like a broader education
before specialising, this could be the course for you.
R. Brown
Loughborough University, UK.
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To the editor:
11/28/00
Re: The evolution of automotive design
http://www.core77.com/newcar.html
Re: hot (new?) cars
More about Trabant,
I had a relative that owned an original '57 Trabant (East Germany made car).
The car's body was made of compressed cardboard while the engine was a half litre
(2 stroke) motorcycle engine.
Trabant stands for minstrel in German but the noise generated by the 2 stroke engine was far from music to the ear!
After the unification of East and West Germany the Trabants were forbidden to run on German streets because of the sound and air pollution.
Cheers,
P
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To the editor:
11/22/00
Re: The evolution of automotive design
http://www.core77.com/newcar.html
Re: hot (new?) cars
So, we discover the creative force behind Marc Newson's offering to Ford is. . . copying post-war Eastern block Trabants? Is this the biggest hoax since Ettore Sottsass foisted Memphis on the world, or the prescient marc-of-genius?
J. W.
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To the editor:
11/16/00
Re: Design Deficit Devastates Election Results
US authorities lack design awareness
Perhaps The Netherlands are a bit "over-designed". That's sometimes a bit
oppressive, but it has also its good sides. I can't imaging that a Dutch civil
servant would make the redesign of such an important form as a ballot by
himself. He would commission a professional designer for such a job. After
many meetings with lots of people and committees (that's the tradition over
here) a new and well tested design would roll out.
The immediate problems caused by the design of the ballot of Palm Beach County
are hiding a the underlying problem: that is the lack of design awareness of
the authorities in the US. The election supervisor of Palm Beach County, who
did the redesign herself, should have realized that she isn't a designer, that
it wasn't her job to make the redesign and that the design and typography of a
form is a very delicate thing.
In the Sun Sentinel she said: "I'll never use facing pages like that (again).
I was trying to make the ballot more readable for our elderly voters in Palm
Beach County. I was trying to do a good thing." Now she knows how important
design is, but she still doesn't seem to realize she should hire a
professional designer.
Marc Vlemmings, editor of Items and free-lance journalist
16 nov. 2000, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
e-mail: vlemmings@wxs.nl
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To the editor:
Re: Design Deficit Devastates Election Results
11/14/00
Yo core:
Here's your ballot redesign:
Good luck on the recount,
Stink E. Panz
To the editor:
Re: Design Deficit Devastates Election
11/12/00
I'm sorry, but G. Moore seems to be
misinformed, the method of voting in Florida did not in fact change this
year, Florida has never used the big mettallic voting booths used in the
industrial northeast. The majority of states use a ballot form to
be punched more similar to Florida's than New York's.
In
fact, I ( having only ever voted in DC, VA or FL ) have never even used one
of the voting booths that your writer assumes are standard. The voters who felt
that the ballot was confusing were refering to the "butterfly" format of
the ballot ( which was also not new or unique ), not the actual method of
casting the ballot.
Incidentally, I haven't been this embarrassed by my local government since my mayor was
caught smoking crack.
Regards,
Florida voter ( single user )
To Florida Voter:
Thanks for exposing our poorly researched commentary and reminding us of all the bass-ackward areas of the country that still haven't been able to design a voting system worthy of this rapidly diminishing century.
core, jr.
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To the editor:
Re: Design Deficit Devastates Election
11/11/00
Good point on the impact of design on politics / law. For even more analysis, check out today's New York Times Op-Ed page with the Op-Art piece by Paula Scher ( Pentagram Design ). It points out the drawbacks of the Florida ballot, line by line, area by area; at times echoing your points.
Mr. Desgin Guru
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To core:
Re: Bombay Sapphire Martini glasses
10/25/00
Hey, core, what's up with all these poufy design bits? What the hell do I care about some designs for glasses I'll never drink out of? What's this other than a huge ad for Bombay? or some kind of Karim Rashid sighting? Give us something useful for all those images!
regards,
danzel
Brooklyn, NY
To danzel:
Hey man, we just like a good martini that's all. Don't think we would ever sell-out in that way, the column is not an advertisement, we were not paid at all. But, as we may be a bit of a gin-slut, just a little tribute after a nice party. Feel free, however to visit some of our paid advertisers so that we may be able to afford to keep giving you something useful!
cheers,
core, jr.
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