Archive: July, 2010

Dieter Rams Talks Design

July 15th, 2010 · Zac · Design, Industrial Design, Inspiration No comments

NOTE: For those of you who can’t see the embedded video click here.

Dieter Rams, industrial designer who heavily influenced Apple’s product designs, talks about form vs. function and also “Less is More” in respect to contemporary industrial design. In many ways his industrial design process can easily be applied to graphic design. In the design world his “10 Commandments of Design” continue to influence most designers in some way or another.

I love when he talks about design in respect to usability and functionality. He goes on to say …

Design should not dominate things, should not dominate people. It should help people!

What he says here is stupidly simple yet so profound — design should help people! I have much respect for this man and his contribution to the design world.

Dieter Record Player

Dieter Chair

Dieter Shaver

I’m back — finally

July 2nd, 2010 · Zac · Updates, zacstout.com No comments

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I have finally, and I do mean FINALLY, got around to updating this blog. I do believe that “updating” is a very brief way of putting it though. As the few of you who have been checking in from time to time may have noticed, this blog has gone through many revisions of skins in order to make it play nice with all different types of browsers.  What initially started as a design refresh ended in a mess of re-skinning and more re-skinning.  Also, since I last posted (yes, last August was my last post) I have been through many different job trials and tribulations, post Spain, which have kept me fairly busy. Additionally, I recently completed a much needed design refresh on my portfolio site.

All unnecessary excuses aside, I would like to say that this blog will remain a very integral moving part within my digital brand. You will start seeing regular updates again regarding my personal projects and inspirations as well as a juicy mix of varying content.

Stay tuned.

-Zac