Davetrials Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 ive been looking all dayim trying to find reasons why the i pod was designed the way it was.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 http://stage.itp.nyu.edu/~rus200/blog/arch...design_ana.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPodhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_IveSome of those should help. Haven't read them though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-Stop Junkie Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 ive been looking all dayim trying to find reasons why the i pod was designed the way it was..*Where* have you been looking? God knows the Apple-ites arn't backwards in posting stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted January 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 (edited) well ive found loads of stuff about the i pod but nothing about why they desinged it the way they didwhat influenced them and so on. Edited January 17, 2008 by Davetrials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 im guessing simplicity, appealing aesthetics, ergonomics, ease of use etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 This is one factor which I was pondering last week.http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=144871 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future orange 660 Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 (edited) lol at people on a tech forum telling people to oet put moreits a good observation thoughalthough the size of the clickwheel they can change. im sure the body is as small as they can get it, if that makes sense.quite interesting though how many things are supposed to be designed around the concept Edited January 17, 2008 by future orange 660 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR_Trials Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 http://www.gadgetreview.com/2006/03/apple’...hidden-gem.htmlisn't it amazing how much effort goes into the design Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted January 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 thanks for your help but its still not what im looking for.Ive watched every single keynote speech and he mentions nothing about the inspiration to make it the shape it isdarn it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future orange 660 Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 it mentioned simplicity with emphasis on user interface. apple products have a distinctive design style across the range. clean lines, radii, simplicity. as for the stainless bit. functionality of being protective and polished for aesthetics as personal scratching. just say inspiration was parallel products. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted January 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 thats only 2 words though, i need 1200 lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergonomics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted January 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 thats not even close to what im after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future orange 660 Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 just write about it.no real need to copy and paste a block of text from somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 thats not even close to what im after.....ive been looking all dayim trying to find reasons why the i pod was designed the way it was.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 thats not even close to what im after.Then your probably way off course on what your about to write. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew62 Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 (edited) The guy who designed the aesthetics/layout of it... Jason something, a british guy did an interview for a TV show that was called something like ''Product of the Year'' or ''Design of the year'' and that was probably 2003/2004/2005. Its not a great idea to write on a subject you have very little knowledge in, trials-forum seems an unusual place to come to. You're being very vague when you say 'inspriation for why they designed it the way they did' you could elaborate on that, do you mean aesthetics, ergonomics, anthropometrics..... perhaps then you might get some more helpful responses.Better yet...... why don't you just contact Apple ,then you'll have first hand primary research as opposed to bullshit web pages. Edited January 18, 2008 by Matthew62 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future orange 660 Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 johnthon ives is the man you meansomeone has already mentioned his name or a link.he is the british design engineer at apple,working on projects from old imacs right through to the iphone, an beyond it seems now. anyway he clearly just wants a block of text to copy and paste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLeacock™ Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 That any good dave ? Might be might not be ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted January 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 Well ive been told to writr about this so i dont have a choiceim trying to find out the reason they shaped it the way they did, there 1st intial prototypes, what made them erm shape it like it is. if that makes any sense, and tom your right i have no idea what im writing about. at all, ive no idea how to write a f**king essay properly lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future orange 660 Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 there have been 7 links which could be used. all good. the last one explains more. just read them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 I guess the only reason it's the shape it is is because they wanted to fit a hard drive inside the smallest enclosure they could, and hard drives are rectangular, so a small rectangular enclosure was the easiest way to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future orange 660 Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 (edited) yeh. did u read that last one?i though it was pretty good.mentions layering of components to make it thinneralot or marketing stuf though how it uses off the shelf components. fair play.. kind of reinvented the apple brand tooand about the shape.. thats why the nano is smaller and differently shaped as it uses a flash drive rather than hard drive in larger models Edited January 19, 2008 by future orange 660 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted January 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 yer ive got some info from the last Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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