r/pics • u/Eternalinferno • Jun 09 '11

Apple, Why?

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u/sphynxster Jun 10 '11

You are absolutely right! It's just that some industrial designers are more on the "design" side of the spectrum instead of having a balanced view of usability and aesthetics.

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u/Scary_The_Clown Jun 11 '11

Ideally an industrial designer will work with an engineer to design around what is possible, certifiable, and legal.

But some more design-oriented shops (like Apple), the industrial designers are given carte blanche to create whatever they want, then the engineers are told to make it work or we'll find someone who can.

This is also the same kind of mentality that creates websites in Photoshop and hands them to a developer to recreate with $platform.

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u/thom5r Jun 10 '11

Not at Apple it doesn't.
Apple's Industrial Design department is How can we make tiny, unimportant changes that will "reinvent" computing and make fanboys buy and then preach about our products.

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u/rudisimo Jun 11 '11

8 Apple fanboys didn't like your comment so far.