But the devolution of design isn't usually a single abrupt act.
And we can see why: all-in-one PCs don't have the modular, expandable design of a tower, and also aren't mobile like a laptop (not that gaming notebooks are portable, per se, but you get what we mean).
Brunner, chief executive of Design Within Reach, can't resist showing off renderings of a new media-storage cabinet.
They saw that the industries of Technology, Entertainment and Design -- the T, E and D of TED -- were converging and that an event covering all three could be uniquely interesting.
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They would work in fields like computer gaming, graphic design and architecture (provided, of course, they didn't design anything too big).
The final design of the car isn't as iconoclastic as Gehry's Guggenheim museum in Bilbao, but Mitchell's team have made a clean break from all other aspects of car design, focussing on the relationship between people within cities and cars.
"Han Feng has a kind of all-around success in design that others don't, and that makes her one of the most influential people out there, " says friend and fashion icon Yue-Sai Kan of Shanghai.
Not that any of that matters, of course, if the user doesn't have a good sense of design.
Even so, Cupertino's lawyers aren't going down without a fight, and still have a number of navigation and design claims that Samsung hasn't addressed.
Mr. Mann, who is known for his dramatic looks that tend toward contemporary and eclectic, said he doesn't think the fanciful design of One57's model represents a risk.
Adware is ubiquitous on the Internet, but it isn't yet clear how far this latest piece of crime-by-design--so new it hasn't yet been given a cool name--has spread.
The PMP-2 loses all that unnecessary bodywork and stuff in favour of a minimal platform-with-wheels design that doesn't inspire much confidence to look at, though it apparently balances alright with a bit of practice (see video).
Rather, it's because, until recently, instrument makers haven't invested much time perfecting the design of this orchestral interloper.
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The VX doesn't offer a unibody design like some of its brethren, but HTC still tries to keep the visual interruptions to a minimum.
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Unfortunately the sheer size of the Xperia T means that the design language Sony had used on their previous high-end Android device, the Xperia S (reviewed here on Forbes), has been lost.
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Lindbergh's name was yet to be uttered by a single delegate, and because of an engineering conclave at a midwestern factory where he'd been advising on the design of a new fighter plane, he wasn't present or expected to be.
Most didn't get off the ground because of design issues, fabrication problems or a lack of funding.
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However, for that kind of Web site-design task, you don't want a narrow focus, you want a broad focus.
In fact, according to NBA sources, he collaborated with t he Nets and Adidas on the design of the team jerseys.
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In addition to thinking about the public's unceasing appetite for digital devices, Mr. Kane now must design chairs that won't crumple under the weight of an increasingly heavy population.
For Delta, which eliminated international first class years ago, the new herringbone layout yields 48 business-class seats on the Boeing 747, 17 fewer in the same amount of space as the older design, which didn't have horizontal flat beds and direct aisle access for every passenger.
It's meant to appeal to wide audiences, even if people don't know the significance of a pattern or design.
Despite all the design efforts, many of these so-called pillows didn't pass muster.
After all, if their agency was an unclassifiable multitasking synthesis of digital art, film and graphic design, couldn't their fashion line be just as ambitious?
While many analysts agree that Samsung isn't as innovative as Apple in terms of design and software capability, it has been able to match other electronics companies' products at a cheaper price.
This is something you can't achieve with stylish design, it's part of the boat's fabric.
That wasn't just the golden age of golf-course design, it was also the golden age of golf-ball names.
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It won't get any awards for industrial design, but all of the PVPs on the market pretty much look the same.
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Granted, there were interference problems in the classic design when a track received tons of feedback and new commenters couldn't squeeze in.
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Without the broadsheet style, the newspaper looks very different than its print sister and it doesn't offer all of a physical paper's design aesthetics.
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