Superstudio

My lecturer told me about a 70's Italian design group called Superstudio - they mainly focus on cities of the future, creating collages, illustrations & films. I really like the feel of their drawings - I'm thinking that I should have a go at drawing my future city...

Industrial Facility

I really like the simple aesthetics of Industrial Facility- clean lines with a limited colour scheme. I think it might be too simple for the style of my product. I want to have some nice details on it with possibly contrasting colours to make it more interesting.

The Observer

Just a quick (fictional) example of people who take recording to the extreme - "The Observer", from the sci-fi television series Fringe.

On Top Form

On Monday, the class did a little exercise to help us understand our personal styles & product semantics a bit better. We each put on a wall a selection of objects that have influenced us during the project. I put up images of work from Troika, Dunne & Raby, Alice Wang, Stasi devices, Braun & Deiter Rams.
After a little deliberation, the class decided that the main identifiers of the products in question were:
Boxy, modular, simple, basic, bland..., clinical, highlight colours, sheet metal, cold, laboratory, pseudo-scientific, 1950's, modernism, form follows function, honest.

& the main characteristics were:
Masculine, modern, serious, expensive, technology, science, rational.

We then had to try to mix two of the words together to sum up my personal stlye.

So far I've got 50's Pseudo Tech - still working on it...