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April 10, 2006
Fujitsu Flexible Design
The Japanese are getting tired of an American company (cough - Apple) constantly doing them one over when it comes to industrial design. If you remember, it was barely 10 years ago when almost all Japanese electronics made American electronics look like archaic blocky dinosaurs.
Now that the tables have turned, a number of Japanese manufacturers have gotten together to try and reinvent Japanese industrial design. 10 years ago, Japanese electronics looked very distinct, but with the rise of Apple and Korean rivals Samsung and LG and soon the Chinese, what are future incarnations of Japanese-ware to look like?
There's currently an exhibition called Japan Design that explores that question. The above image is designed by Fujitsu in its vision of a future computer/home media center; designed by Makoto Sawaguchi and Tomohiro Takizawa.
I have to say, its quite slick but the mesh speaker grill screams early 90's to me. Somehow the design feels forced; a struggle to be clean and slick like Apple while retaining the intricacies of iconic Japanese electronic design - very industrial and anime like.
more examples after the jump
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Comments
hii im mike....im in collage studing product design....my project is on cell phones and i love this design....its very impresive.
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