BW's Annual design awards
June 24, 2005 4:46 PM Subscribe
I liked the rubbermaid paint buddy as I just finished painting in my house and have xtra paint. Very useful.
posted by Jimmypops at 4:56 PM on June 24, 2005
posted by Jimmypops at 4:56 PM on June 24, 2005
I dunno, Business Week seems like a conservative mag but it's hard to believe recreational drugs weren't somehow involved in this selection process:
Disruptive Design: a guitar that "uses much less wood from the rain forests"... this is a problem? we've been using way too much rain forest wood in our guitars?
Design Strategy: a watch, to be worn when driving apparently, which "changes from vertical to horizontal for easy reading when driving, plus a wristband that connotes motion" ... wouldn't you have to be pretty ripped to think this was a great idea, I mean once-a-year national business magazine award great?
Consumer Goods: an electric toilet that represents "A new paradigm for an old product."... hmm, one of many things I really like about plumbing: it keeps working even when the power's off. Presumably this $3000 commode is worthy of new paradigm status due to it's electric motor, hatbox-like appearance, and elevated sitting position. Hard to see the technical reason why it "can be installed anywhere in the bathroom" though...
posted by scheptech at 6:56 PM on June 24, 2005
Disruptive Design: a guitar that "uses much less wood from the rain forests"... this is a problem? we've been using way too much rain forest wood in our guitars?
Design Strategy: a watch, to be worn when driving apparently, which "changes from vertical to horizontal for easy reading when driving, plus a wristband that connotes motion" ... wouldn't you have to be pretty ripped to think this was a great idea, I mean once-a-year national business magazine award great?
Consumer Goods: an electric toilet that represents "A new paradigm for an old product."... hmm, one of many things I really like about plumbing: it keeps working even when the power's off. Presumably this $3000 commode is worthy of new paradigm status due to it's electric motor, hatbox-like appearance, and elevated sitting position. Hard to see the technical reason why it "can be installed anywhere in the bathroom" though...
posted by scheptech at 6:56 PM on June 24, 2005
Must... Buy... Cool.... New.. Things... I ....Never ....Knew ....I ...Needed!
posted by Balisong at 8:20 PM on June 24, 2005
posted by Balisong at 8:20 PM on June 24, 2005
Business Week has long been known as a liberal publication. And that's just not compared to Fortune and Forbes.
posted by sachinag at 9:05 PM on June 24, 2005
posted by sachinag at 9:05 PM on June 24, 2005
sachinag: I think they're liberal in the sense that they are pro free-market instead of pro-protection-from-the-free-market like pretty much everyone else.
posted by MillMan at 9:41 PM on June 24, 2005
posted by MillMan at 9:41 PM on June 24, 2005
Woah. Some amazing things. The brush that lets you take a swipe of any real object and use it as a photoshop style paint dropper to import the texture and color of an object to digital - just wow. *nerd-on*
posted by jopreacher at 11:18 PM on June 24, 2005
posted by jopreacher at 11:18 PM on June 24, 2005
Ironic that the website itself has terrible design. You can't smoothly go from page to page with a "next" button. There is no comprehensive list of all winners in single-page format. When you click on many of the linked subsections in the article, you lose the navigation bar that allows you to get to other parts. Really bad stuff.
posted by shivohum at 8:11 AM on June 25, 2005
posted by shivohum at 8:11 AM on June 25, 2005
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Great stuff and fascinating to explore!
posted by fenriq at 4:52 PM on June 24, 2005