Are we leaving the “look busy to look good” era of automotive design?
I’m a fan of cars. Cars got me into design in the first place and they are an endless source of discussion between my father and I. I become unreasonably attached the cars that I own and try very hard to never sell them. Cars have forever gone through cycles of aesthetic complexity and I would be lying if…
Will a Phoenix Rise Again?
by ben lewis and Sushil Rao Published in New Observations #143 | May 13th, 2023 This system wants us dead. It wants us hungry, angry, lonely and tired—depleted and defeated, confused and conforming—to maximize its effect and profit. It is able to do so by valuing greed and dominance over that of love and compassion, keeping us in a…
3D Printing to empower niche manufacturing
I am an unlikely advocate for 3D printing because, well, I hated it for a very long time. It seemed (maybe still seems) like a way for quasi creative people to endlessly re-create ugly cheap tchotchkes with extensive waste from printing supports and 1:1 print failure ratios, all while your spare bedroom or office stinks to high heaven of…
(sun)BEAM
Re-imagining Sunbeam kitchen appliances for young millennial professionals Our masters thesis team was tasked with finding out what would get young millennial professionals interested in purchasing kitchen appliances. Jarden had noticed a fall off in small appliance purchasing in people under the age of 32 and wondered what needed to change to get these folks with recent access to…
Are we leaving the “look busy to look good” era of automotive design?
I’m a fan of cars. Cars got me into design in the first place and they are an endless source of discussion between my father and I. I become unreasonably attached the cars that I own and try very hard to never sell them. Cars have forever gone through cycles of aesthetic complexity and I would be lying if…
Will a Phoenix Rise Again?
by ben lewis and Sushil Rao Published in New Observations #143 | May 13th, 2023 This system wants us dead. It wants us hungry, angry, lonely and tired—depleted and defeated, confused and conforming—to maximize its effect and profit. It is able to do so by valuing greed and dominance over that of love and compassion, keeping us in a…
3D Printing to empower niche manufacturing
I am an unlikely advocate for 3D printing because, well, I hated it for a very long time. It seemed (maybe still seems) like a way for quasi creative people to endlessly re-create ugly cheap tchotchkes with extensive waste from printing supports and 1:1 print failure ratios, all while your spare bedroom or office stinks to high heaven of…
(sun)BEAM
Re-imagining Sunbeam kitchen appliances for young millennial professionals Our masters thesis team was tasked with finding out what would get young millennial professionals interested in purchasing kitchen appliances. Jarden had noticed a fall off in small appliance purchasing in people under the age of 32 and wondered what needed to change to get these folks with recent access to…