If the iPhone is the platinum standard, Android is the gold standard, WebOS is the bronze standard, and Symbian and BlackBerry tie for tin. Windows Phone 7 is clay — a clay pigeon, in fact. via infoworld.com Haha, good one!
Category Archives: design
A thing of beauty: Renault DeZir Concept
A very original sculpture from Renault. It is wonderfully bulbous, yet a balanced shape of convex and concave surfaces. The design blurs the distinction between sheet metal and grille, with the cheese grater-like piercings above the headlights and in the chrome side inlet. The stance is lithe, agile, and predatory but not domineering. The chrome …
On the Street: ’51 Woody Country Squire
Not only a cherry, authentic woody, but the guy has a wood surfboard on the rack. A traveling time capsule, driving down the 101.
On the Street: 65 VW Notchback
They sure don’t make ‘em like they used to. When I was a kid, the family for a brief time owned a 1971 VW Squareback, essentially a 2-door wagon version of this exact car. I remember liking it, despite its semi-jalopy status (if I recall correctly, the paint was, uh, less than perfect). It …
Adobe application icons, or Periodic Table of the Elements?
via veerle.duoh.com Why, yes. Yes it is. Actually, the linked article is a fairly interesting peek into the design process and logic used to create and evolve Adobe’s new CS5 icons and hero splash screen designs. But it’s also a great opportunity to laugh at the resemblance they collectively bear to the actual Periodic Table.
Mini Countryman
I like the white one with the black rims. Soundtrack is good too.
