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iWatch concept by Tolga Tuncer

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 06:55 AM PST

While we’re waiting to see Apple’s breakout into watch design (probably some sort of iPod Nano with a strap) Tolga Tuncer gives us a glimpse of his idea of what an Apple iWatch concept would look like.

iWatch concept

An iWatch concept

Wearable gadgets have been mainstream since the pocket-watch so nobody is going to balk at the idea of an Apple iWatch. What they might balk at is the design. Watch designs are very personal, much more so than laptop design or a mobile phone. A watch really says something about YOU.

Apple is rumoured to be developing a wrist watch of some description, which would most likely synch up with an iPhone or iPad to give you updates on you're wrist, allow you to control other devices and pull data from the cloud. That leaves a lot of speculation about the design which will probably leverage Apple’s existing manufacturing processes and therefore, as I quip at the top of this page, probably look like an iPod nano with a strap.

But Tolga Tuncer has other ideas. To keep the watch thin it doesn’t have a touch-screen. The battery level is displayed via a series of illuminated LEDs on the lower bezel, and the volume controls are two circular buttons set into the final link of the strap.

While the watch is claimed to come with all the connectivity we would expect of an Apple designed wrist product, and the strap and bezel are reminiscent of the PowerBook Unibody , the face of the watch doesn’t look very Apple-like at all.

The watch uses an OLED screen for displaying, by default, a traditional analogue watch face with digital time and date read-out. In fact, it looks like an over-designed watch-face that you could see in any high-street jewellers.

So while the hardware design of this concept brings inspiration to those of us who can’t wait for Apple to dominate another product sector, lets hope Apple continues to bring innovative software design to the marketplace.

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Candy Dish S&OP

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 10:44 AM PST

There are certain stock images associated with Valentine's Day: flowers, hand holding, heart-shaped everything, especially candies. Every sweet manufacturer seems to have its own Valentine twist on its product. Candy: it's such an unassuming piece of sugary happiness, and one thing we've added to our headquarters office front desk is a whole dish full of it. There's a pretty big selection of candies in the dish, from mini chocolate bars to hard fruit-flavored candies, soft chews, mints, et al. The office has consumers in the form of employees and visitors to the office who enjoy all the different types of candy available, with the chocolate being, perhaps not surprisingly, the favorite among them. It occurs to me that there's a mini S&OP process arising that keeps the candy dish bringing joy to the office. First there's the tracking of which candies and candy types disappear the fastest, how much of which type to order so as not to take up too much valuable stocking space or to hold onto any type of candy too long. There's the process of changing out the candy types every few days to keep the dish interesting to our consumers while ensuring the new and untried types are going to actually be eaten and not lie ignored in the bowl.… Read the rest

Dolphin Concept Car wins Michellin competition

Posted: 09 Feb 2013 01:38 PM PST

Designers Liu Shun, Gao Zhiqiang, and Chen Zhilei have created the third winner of the Michellin design challenge of 2013 and have created a concept car design with a sleek streamlined form for a family car.

Dolphin Concept Car

The shape is just part of the many facets of the design that contribute to the overall concept of a low energy family car. The concept tag line is ‘Half! Lightweight with passion”. Other features of the vehicle include:

Entire body of glass,
Carbon fibre frame,
Lightweight design to reduce energy consumption

The drive-chain includes a maglev DC motor with dual stators which apparently brings power at a lighter weight cost than conventional engines.

This family car of the future, as its name suggests, takes its inspiration from aquatic mammals, which is so very evident from its streamlined and sculpted shape. Moreover, the lightweight construction would be sure to make it agile with taught handling.