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Thursday, January 02, 2003
Design Inspiration: How today's products get the look of tomorrow - Greg Lindsey
There's a renaissance in design these days, and it's all because of technology. Finally, it's become possible and inexpensive to make objects more lightweight and sleek, and flat instead of boxy. With new developments in engineering, some of the obstacles have been taken out of a designer's way. Now the artist has more freedom to translate his or her inner vision into reality. When architect Hani Rashid, co-founder of the firm Asymptote, began to conceptualize an ultimate workspace, he and his team didn't waste time studying coffee machines, copiers or org charts to figure out how an office should work. "We were inspired by the idea that work environments are really like biological organisms." They instead strove to create a more stimulating, fluid and organic environment — utilizing computer programs comparing offices to PC networks, human cells, and insect swarms. "We were inspired by the idea that work environments are really like biological organisms," Rashid says.
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