Four Noteworthy Links: June 29, 2009
It's the Fourth of July this weekend and our bookmarks are bursting with links to share, so this week we offer a double-dose of four links. Today we have four images/ artifacts. Look for your regularly scheduled trends on Thursday.
1. Design for Disability
Twan Verdonck's toys for the mentally-challenged are now part of MoMA's permanent collection.
On the ethical design front: Brain Pickings has posted a collection of smart designs for the differently-abled. Bravo!
2. Betcha can't stop with just one click
How long will you click on it?
Check out this award-winning Pringles ad. Probably the wittiest banner ad we've ever seen ((maybe the only one)).
3. Chinese Painting Villages
This is surreal.
“Chinese Painting Villages”, such as Dafen or Wushipu in Shenzhen, ...employ about 10,000 artists and produce more than 60% of the world’s oil paintings.
4. Design History Lesson: Keyboard Layouts
Why are keyboards so poorly designed and yet so difficult to fix?
USAToday writes about the updated Escape and Delete keys on Lenovo laptops. It doesn't sound like a big deal, but there is actually quite a bit of baggage when it comes to keyboard layouts. An interesting lesson on how bad design prevails and why innovation can be so challenging.
Tagged with: Advertising, China, Design, Design Ethics, Disability, Four Design Links, Keyboards, Product Design.
