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Hi! My name is Amanda Klassen. I design products and experiences. Currently I'm finishing my bachelor thesis in Industrial Design at the Emily Carr University in Vancouver, BC.
This blog has become the setting for random blurbs from my own personal experiences related to design or miscellaneous creative endeavors.
To view my homepage, please go here: amandaklassen.com
This blog has become the setting for random blurbs from my own personal experiences related to design or miscellaneous creative endeavors.
To view my homepage, please go here: amandaklassen.com
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Earphones are designed for isolation; now they can be used to unify. Beatseeq is a product enabling tangible music sharing on the go, connecting people all over public environments.
When close to other users, the earbuds will create a soft illumination of an RGB hue. This colour indicator helps identify your particular listening desires by genre. Simply bump phones to exchange and the Beatseeq music database will guide you. Enjoy the listening experience together while utilizing the mic embedded in the earphones for exciting new conversations.
More images and demo here: www.amandaklassen.com
Updating my portfolio outside. Workaholic?
369 graduating students (bachelors and master students) including me!
Majors: animation, ceramics, communication design, drawing, digital and interactive arts, film/video/integrated media, illustration, industrial design, interactive design, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture.
Opening Reception | May 5, 5-10pm
May 6 - 20, 2012, 10am-6pm daily
Emily Carr University of Art + Design
1399/1400 Johnston Street, Granville Island
Digging through my archives I stumbled upon some notes I took from a speech by Karim Rashid in Vancouver for 2010. One of the quotes that stuck with me ever since: “Design is not style,” as style focuses on reiterating the past and design does not in order to solve additional problems. He also discussed a valid argument about archetypes and when we should consider loosing them as technology advances (i.e., electric cars, digital cameras, bank cards).
Interesting facts from the speech: The valve from the upside-down Method dish soap container took 6 months to engineer. Bobble took 2 years to develop.
"If every thing is determined by the market, we will live in an impoverished, flattened world meeting only the lowest levels of culture, need and desire."
~ Anthony Dunne
Cruiser bike in the making! Detail, texture and shading to be added.
Itty bitty mini chair, made with a laser.
The work permit has arrived! Design intern for Telekom in Berlin, T-minus 2 months!
This round I featured Chiara Salini inform us about Sustainable Minds, a software which analyzes product life cycle data for sustainable design: on the ECIDA blog.
