Note: I would like to see some of my more graphic design oriented friends tackle this topic in a more in depth manner*, but I have been pondering how aesthetics move in cycles.
When the iPhone first came out, I was blown away by how pretty it is. All those beautiful rounded edges. How it's so damn minimal. Just the one button on the front. It was so sleek and clean. It was truly something to behold. So what happened? Everyone ripped off that look**.
Now the Droid is coming out friday***, and the design of this phone (while similar to the iPhone) is kind of a throw back. I have seen all kinds of people talk about how the Droid isn't "sexy". I have no idea when we decided inanimate objects that are suppose to be utilitarian became "sexy", but it seems that it happened. Well maybe it's my clear (and rampant fanboydom) but I can't help but enjoy how the Droid looks. I love it's through back to more rigid and boxy shape. It doesn't look like every other phone, with their smooth and clean lines. It's rigid and terse. It looks like technology use to look like.
Is that a good thing or a bad thing? My bet is that people will start ripping off this look and my pendulum will swing back the other way.
*I'm looking at you David and Patrick
**No blame here. If I was running a company, I would have done the same.
***I promise to stop talking about this damn phone soon.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
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It looks like an ATARI, which means awesome.
Oh the amount of time I have spent with both versions of the Atari 2600...oh those were the days.
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