RE: K-01 and the problem of "design"

2012-02-02 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Whatever. It's ugly. I can put up with ugly if the ugliness makes it more usable, but I can't see that to be the case here. It's just ugly. Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: steve harley

Re: K-01 and the problem of "design"

2012-02-02 Thread P. J. Alling
On 2/2/2012 1:56 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Feb 2, 2012, at 10:42 AM, steve harley wrote: i read the press release and watch the linked video interview alas the hype about visual aspects of the design and the reputation of

Re: K-01 and the problem of "design"

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Feb 2, 2012, at 1:56 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > On Feb 2, 2012, at 10:42 AM, steve harley wrote: > >> i read the press release and watch the linked video interview >> >> >> >> alas the hype about visual aspects of the

Re: K-01 and the problem of "design"

2012-02-02 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > .. He said something very interesting in the video, a detail that has been > overlooked in every comment I've read so far, but when you get down to it > almost the only thing that matters:  "It should out perform the K-5". +1 I find it a mo

Re: K-01 and the problem of "design"

2012-02-02 Thread William Robb
On 02/02/2012 12:56 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Really, are you going to look at the camera? Or look at the pictures you take with the camera? With this one, neither. They could put a sensor and a view screen onto a paper shredder and have a perfectly functional camera, but it wouldn't work

Re: K-01 and the problem of "design"

2012-02-02 Thread steve harley
on 2012-02-02 11:56 Larry Colen wrote He said something very interesting in the video, a detail that has been overlooked in every comment I've read so far, but when you get down to it almost the only thing that matters: "It should out perform the K-5". yeah, i noticed that; the other video i

Re: K-01 and the problem of "design"

2012-02-02 Thread Larry Colen
On Feb 2, 2012, at 10:42 AM, steve harley wrote: > i read the press release and watch the linked video interview > > > > alas the hype about visual aspects of the design and the reputation of the > designer is front and c