The Cosmonaut

This sounds sooo damn familiar to me:

(found at Monster-Munch)

From the great Mauro Entralgo:

ENGLISH TRANSLATION:

There are industrial designers who look at an object and they modify it to improve its features in a specific circumstance. They designed the folding chairs, the anglepoise lamp and the unfolding package for the butter.

There are other designers who look at an object and they modify it with the purpose of worsen its features for any circumstance. They designed the three leg stools, the square-shaped glasses and the sinks with no place for leaving the soap.

Yet another funny post on my blog (I am laughing a lot these days, I guess that’s good):

(thanks, Dani Calderón)

This is what happens when you take client feedback too seriously:

A propos of the old discussion on thinkers vs. doers, here’s one possible solution:

(seen on Danilocorci’s flickr)

I know, I know… only stupid jokes recently. I’ll post something serious soon, really.

Remember that photoshopped image of the iranian missiles? The one where one of the four was faked (as if it made any difference). Yeah, this one:

Well, Cowicide decided he had a fever and the only prescription was… More Cowbell!!

(original location here)

When product design iterative methodologies (garage-style) and the business of sex toys converge you get early prototypes like this one:

There are free units for the betatesters. Wanna join their program?

;D

Remember the creepy-amazing BigDog robot made by Boston Dynamics? The one which resembled a half-goat-half-fly creature from hell (and amazingly never fell down). Yeah, you remember it.

Ok, here’s the beta version of the prototype by the guys at SeedWell:

(have a laugh or two ;)