Comments on: VIP Styling http://www.psfk.com/2004/09/vip_styling.html Good Ideas Report Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:10:26 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: asharfin http://www.psfk.com/2004/09/vip_styling.html/comment-page-1#comment-5403 asharfin Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-5403 <p>I'm not saying that the VIP collection isn't fabulous. It is--especially the Daft Punk light table and Manolo's amusingly meta shoe horn--but it's not exactly a new idea. So many places invite celebrities to guest-design furniture or items. It works well with things like sneakers, but it gets to the point where it's boring, especially when the designs themselves are uninspired (paging Paul Smith's hanger).</p> <p>Far more interesting, IMHO, would be a site where normal people could design products and distribute the designs to friends via e-mail for promotion and purchase. After all, it's arguable that consumers are more interested in keeping up with their friends' tastes than with that of celebrities.</p> <p>Just a random thought thrown out there. Keep up the good work.</p> I’m not saying that the VIP collection isn’t fabulous. It is–especially the Daft Punk light table and Manolo’s amusingly meta shoe horn–but it’s not exactly a new idea. So many places invite celebrities to guest-design furniture or items. It works well with things like sneakers, but it gets to the point where it’s boring, especially when the designs themselves are uninspired (paging Paul Smith’s hanger).

Far more interesting, IMHO, would be a site where normal people could design products and distribute the designs to friends via e-mail for promotion and purchase. After all, it’s arguable that consumers are more interested in keeping up with their friends’ tastes than with that of celebrities.

Just a random thought thrown out there. Keep up the good work.

]]> By: we make money not art http://www.psfk.com/2004/09/vip_styling.html/comment-page-1#comment-5404 we make money not art Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-5404 <strong>Tabletop that can display, input data for meetings</strong> Hitachi has developed a touch-panel display that doubles as a tabletop. A projector built into the table shows images on the transparent acrylic top plate while an infrared camera embedded within recognizes the shape and movement of the shadow created... Tabletop that can display, input data for meetings

Hitachi has developed a touch-panel display that doubles as a tabletop. A projector built into the table shows images on the transparent acrylic top plate while an infrared camera embedded within recognizes the shape and movement of the shadow created…

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