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Designer Philippe Starck Says Working on 'Revolutionary' Product with Apple, Release in 8 Months
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we need more macbook pro/ iMac news/ info! no more iOS nonsense or other product info, its mac time , ccmon.
I think the Apple Television will ship with its very own 7" iPad/remote. Ties in nicely with the rumors of an iPad mini. AirPlay and apple remote are two of the best features of owning an apple TV and an iPad or iPhone. Bundle the solution and apple will draw people into buying a TV by giving them an iPad at the same time.
No. Chance.
Starck's style is exactly the opposite of Ive's. You almost never get two giant names from the same discipline working on a single product.
Not. Gonna. Happen.
You realize Apple doesn't redesign something for the sake of a redesign lately (Mac Pro). Once you get to a certain point, unless the needs change, you reach the apex of form and function. Then there's no reason to change.
Starck's style is exactly the opposite of Ive's. You almost never get two giant names from the same discipline working on a single product.
Not. Gonna. Happen.
You realize Apple doesn't redesign something for the sake of a redesign lately (Mac Pro). Once you get to a certain point, unless the needs change, you reach the apex of form and function. Then there's no reason to change.
I think that's fairly plausible. Everyone assumes the tv will be controlled by existing iOS devices and I'm sure it will. But there will be people who buy this tv who don't have an iOS device or the situation may arise where you are without your phone for a period of time. So the tv will need its own dedicated remote either way. And because it's apple I doubt they will settle for a basic remote.
Eeek! That thing is hidious. Lets hope Jony Ives has more input into the final design.
Many of Apples designs are changed on technology. There are always things to be changed on a product. The only way the pro would be redisgned is if apple decided to use different parts.
Wow. You already know the size and price. How about giving us all the specs? You sound like an ANALyst.
I'm not a big fan of all of Starck's designs. Apple has made greater designs the last years so I don't get it why they hired him.
Holo Projector?
Maybe apple is making a holo projector for communications much like the one in star wars?
I can see apple developing something that would turn your computer into a Virtual Reality 3D environment - now that would be revolutionary!
Maybe apple is making a holo projector for communications much like the one in star wars?
I can see apple developing something that would turn your computer into a Virtual Reality 3D environment - now that would be revolutionary!
I have a Starck designed product. It is a Microsoft mouse that I got as a present long before I switched to Apple. I still use it as I prefer it to the Mighty Mouse that came with my iMac.
A problem with the Starck mouse is noise. The buttons and particularly the scroll wheel are very loud when used. Loud is a word Apple might be using at the moment to describe Philippe Starck for talking about working on a future Apple product.
A problem with the Starck mouse is noise. The buttons and particularly the scroll wheel are very loud when used. Loud is a word Apple might be using at the moment to describe Philippe Starck for talking about working on a future Apple product.
i so want apple to reinvent tv, as a tv content consumer i can only expect apple to design a great product
I think this is the main problem with Starcks designs - they may be nice, but are not very practical - which is very unJobs.
What you can't take away from starck - He's made a very successful design company.
However in the UK there was a design reality show where the winner gets to go work for his company and well there are dozens of designers there so I don't know exactly what he has designed in the last 10 years himself - it's a design company. Some of his stuff is very nice and a lot is shocking. There is no cohesive design at all.
Also he came across as a complete arse.
However in the UK there was a design reality show where the winner gets to go work for his company and well there are dozens of designers there so I don't know exactly what he has designed in the last 10 years himself - it's a design company. Some of his stuff is very nice and a lot is shocking. There is no cohesive design at all.
Also he came across as a complete arse.
People who live alone all over the world are looking forward to an undersized, overpriced television that requires you to yell at it 
Odd
When in the history of Apple has an employee/contractor said anything publicly about a future product release? Publically mentioning that Apple uses Bic pens is a fireable offense. Either this guy is lying to self-promote or his last day of employment was today.
When in the history of Apple has an employee/contractor said anything publicly about a future product release? Publically mentioning that Apple uses Bic pens is a fireable offense. Either this guy is lying to self-promote or his last day of employment was today.