All articles tagged with #industrial design
Ridhima Saini created a detailed wooden scale model of the Sony Alpha 7R camera, emphasizing craftsmanship and warmth by using wood and minimal paint, transforming the typically cold, modern camera into a more personable and heirloom-like object.
Designer Samuel Ross has created the Formation 02 smart toilet for Kohler, featuring an attention-grabbing orange color and an asymmetric shape reminiscent of brutalist architecture. The toilet, set to debut at Milan design week, is designed to be a "functional sculpture" and will retail at roughly $25,000 per unit. Ross, known for his work in fashion, sees this collaboration as an opportunity to bring a new perspective to traditional sanitaryware, aiming to create a design that is more "extroverted" and sculptural. The toilet includes integrated tech such as a heated seat, nightlight, and touchscreen remote, and will be unveiled at Milan design week before finding its first permanent location at the Milanese art and design gallery Spazio Maiocchi.
Bart Andre, Apple's longest-serving senior industrial designer, is leaving the company, marking the near-complete turnover of a team once led by Jony Ive. His departure adds to the recent exodus of top designers from the company, with multiple longtime designers signaling their plans to leave in the near future. The industrial-design team has been replenished with new outside talent, but there are few longtime members remaining who worked under Ive and helped create hit products like the iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
Bart Andre, a longtime industrial designer at Apple, is set to retire this year after over 30 years with the company. He is one of the last remaining design team members who worked with Jony Ive to establish Apple's design aesthetic. His departure follows a series of exits from the design team, including that of Evans Hankey in 2022. Apple has restructured the design team under operations chief Jeff Williams, leading to some discontent among team members.
Enleum has announced its new flagship amplifier, the AMP-54R, which is a direct successor to the Bakoon AMP-51R. The AMP-54R features the latest circuits and proprietary software-controlled bias system, JET Bias, which enables next-level performance, stability, efficiency, and sound quality. The amplifier also boasts breakthroughs in industrial design, improving aesthetics, precision, rigidity, and overall build quality. The preliminary MSRP for the AMP-54R without the optional add-on modules is approximately $20,000, €25,000, and £25,000.