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...combination means that form no longer has to follow function for a product to be profitable. Carmakers like Toyota can afford to gamble on a quirky-looking car like the new Echo, jam it with extras and sell it for less than $10,500. Sony miraculously rescued its personal-computer business by introducing the ultraslim Vaio, a silver-and-purple machine that, when you come right down to it, does little more than any other laptop; it just looks and feels a lot better...
Inevitably, not all the design efforts out there reflect the sensibility of an artist, and even many that do are downright, well, dysfunctional, like the Lexon radio on the cover of this magazine, which despite appearances is not waterproof. "Functionality has become more dimensional," says Susan Yelavich, assistant director of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, which last week opened its first National Design Triennial. "Function now embraces psychology and emotion." Or, as Karim Rashid puts it, "The more time we spend in front of computer screens, the more the look of our coffee cup takes on added importance...
...hits since July) are looking for advice on how to become entrepreneurs themselves. "It just shows what a desire there is out there to start up your own business and make money," she observes. Her advice to other would-be mompreneurs: "Look for a product that serves a function that is truly unique, something that is a must-have instead of a nice-to-have." And when gauging whether the product is marketable, she says, "don't just ask your friends...
...vote was not split on Faculty-student lines. But when so few students are involved in the decision-making process, petitions are one of the only ways for the administration to learn about the widespread impact of their decisions on students' daily lives. The format of petitions serves this function well--the number of signatures effectively separates major and shared concerns from casual griping...
...been dying to test one ever since I saw a photo. Your typical Cybiko looks like a walkie-talkie with a teensy typewriter keyboard cloned onto it, only cooler, since it comes in four translucent colors (if you count clear and black as colors, that is). Its primary function is wireless chat--you peck out messages on the keyboard and beam them to any other Cybiko users who happen to be around. While the device's range is 300 ft., each has a kind of repeater built in, so that a message can be relayed over great distances...