Another Printer...?

This is amazing.

Hello Little Printer, available 2012 from BERG on Vimeo.

In this age of all things digital, it's very difficult to produce something that uses paper in a non wasteful way. In fact the cons outweigh the positives in using paper so much that it looks to be obsolete in 20 years. But this little printer is very neat, concise and innovative. It picks and prints out snippets of tweets, images, news, (and pretty much anything thing else you want on there) out on a piece of paper- the size of a receipt. Not only does it bring the digital age back down to a more traditional approach, it is relevant and in my opinion, convenient for the consumer. If you've only got five minutes, print out the information and you have it on a bit of paper- want to come back to it? pin it onto your fridge, keep it on your desk.

So it may not be perfect, and there may be a huge road ahead for improvements and developments, but I like where it is going.

Cool Hunting

    a guide to high design and innovation by Dave Evans

This book really inspires any product designers out there to really think about practical and aestetic solutions to problems encountered in the process of creating a product. Many of the examples seem so efficient and simple it makes you wonder why it wasn't developed in the first place.

It consists of 'cool' products found on the internet, simply displaying an image with the title and the website address. The idea that the product speaks for itself is very evident and if the viewer does want more information, the can follow the address given on the page.

I think the title of the book is very fitting for the collection of products inside- all very very cool.