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  Marc

  5 years ago

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  "How Much Would You Pay for a One-of-a-Kind Desk..."
  
  I got outbid by someone with $1.4 million. Maybe next time.

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  gabriel

  5 years ago

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  In defense of Jonathan Ive... He was a couple of years ahead of me on the Design For Industry course at Northumbria University (UK). At that time his work ethic was already astounding the staff and, If I remember correctly, he won every student design contest he ever entered, and his work was also exhibited at the London Design Museum before he even graduated. High-tech design is most certainly not my thing, and I never knew Mr Ive (Sir now) personally at any level... But credit were credit is due - he couldn't be were he is now without inherently massive talent, and the drive to motivate both himself, and those around him, to great things.

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  cj

  5 years ago

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  Let's hope they don't get sued by samsung ;P

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  andrew

  5 years ago

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  Are they promoting the weight as a positive aspect of the design?
  

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  john g

  5 years ago

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  Well when I reference Dieter Rams, I am speaking completely on the design side of things due to the engineering and design being done separately on this project.

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  Blah

  5 years ago

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  To john g:
  
  I find it amusing that you laud the engineering aspect of this "design-art" object, and then you mention Dieter Rams' approach to "minimal design".
  
  

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  Blah

  5 years ago

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  To slippyfish:
  
  Thank you (haha) for acknowledging that Jony Ives needs the assistance of others for his "accomplishments".
  
  

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  john g

  5 years ago

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  Like I said earlier, you havnt seen it in person and most likely have no idea what goes in to engineering a desk that weighs 450lbs. Not only that, but its for charity! why are you hating so much! This is a very much so Dieter Rams approach of minimal design, its executed nearly perfectly, and Id really love to see you design AND manufacture something more impressive.

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  slippyfish

  5 years ago

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  You can take all the credit you want when your title reads VP of Design. Everybody else works for you.

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  Blah

  5 years ago

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  This should have been included in my first comment:
  
  Look! it's Apple Mouse flattened with legs! Real O.G. Jony.

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  Blah

  5 years ago

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  To Mark:
  
  Is there a small, tiny, minuscule, 0.00000001% chance that I simply may not be a fan of injustice, big or small, and of people taking/accepting more credit than they deserve? Or, in your little world, it's either idolism or bitterness?
  
  
  Apple iPad co-designers:
  
  Akana; Jody
  Andre; Bartley K.
  Coster; Daniel J.
  Cranfill; Elizabeth Caroline
  De Iuliis; Daniele
  Hankey; M. Evans
  Howarth; Richard P.
  Inose; Mikio
  Ive; Jonathan P.
  Kerr; Duncan Robert
  Lemay; Stephen O.
  Nishibori; Shin
  Rohrbach; Matthew Dean
  Russell-Clarke; Peter
  Stringer; Christopher J.
  Whang; Eugene Antony
  Zorkendorfer; Rico
  
  
  Apple Mouse co-designers:
  
  Andre; Bartley K.
  Coster; Daniel J.
  De Iuliis; Daniele
  Hankey; Evans
  Howarth; Richard P.
  Ive; Jonathan P.
  Kerr; Duncan Robert
  Nishibori; Shin
  Rohrbach; Matthew Dean
  Russell-Clarke; Peter
  Satzger; Douglas B.
  Stringer; Christopher J.
  Whang; Eugene Antony
  Zorkendorfer; Rico
  
  
  
  etc.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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  viswamurthy

  5 years ago

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  Perfectly perfectly said Rafael Morgan.......i was coming to tell that what you said

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  Mark

  5 years ago

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  >BlahOctober 10, 2013 2:13 PM
  "Jony Ive is not even a genuine designer, he's a co-designer. He can't do anything himself"
  
  When you thought some core77 commenters couldn't be more bitter. Jealousy is a hell of a drug.

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  john g

  5 years ago

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  Have any of you seen this in person? Do you have any idea what engineering goes in to making a 450lbs desk? Do you have any idea of the man hours it takes to make it as smooth and perfect of a surface as it is? Because if you have said no to any of the previous questions then you have absolutely no right to hate on it. It is design taken to its purest, and executed as good or better than anyone else In the world can do. You can stand on the farthest edge of the desk without the joints flexing a thousandth of an inch. It is a wonderful item that should fetch a large well deserved amount of money.

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  Ken J

  5 years ago

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  The surface treatment is what sets this item off. If a student suggested it, it may come off as nice, but not practical as we often look at those projects with a pinch of skepticism. These guys have a legitimate plan for fabricating this and a track record to prove it. It makes quite a bit of difference. I would expect the finished product to look like the concept. I guess it's all about the expectations.
  
  That being said, Ive tends to dwell on the CNC'd aluminum a little too much IMHO. Neither of these two seem to really stress their boundaries at all.

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  Bepster

  5 years ago

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  whoa, what's up with the negativity?
  
  I like it in it's refined simplicity but pretty stunning surface treatment. I think it looks great.
  
  I'd pay quite a bit actually but most likely not nearly enough.
  
  

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  Blah

  5 years ago

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  Jony Ive is not even a genuine designer, he's a co-designer. He can't do anything himself, he needs to work off other people's work. And, then he allows the design industry, the naive, etc. to give him all the credit.

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  Rafael Morgan

  5 years ago

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  Ask yourselves: What would you think of this table if it was a students work?
  
  Is it really that good, like a work coming from two rockstar designers should be?
  
  In my opinion, it's not even close...It looks like someone designed it in five minutes while learning to use a 3D modeling software.
  
  When fame and name are more important than the work itself, then things become meaningless.
  
  The work should speak for itself, and this work simply doesn't.

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