Design & Products

You know what I love the most ?

Well, I guess not, but I'll let you in on it.

Design & Function.

Yep, a great product for me, is something superbly designed hat still keeps its functionality. Some products that meet these criterias :

- Bang & Olufsen
- Apple Computers and iPods
- The newly created Waterman Sérénité pen
- Nikon F5
- Leica M6

Of course, we pay a big premium for these products, but then again they sort of have a soul of their own. Of course, you can write the same text with a Bic ballpoint, but it really doesn't fell the same as Waterman's Sérénité. Go to a store and hold it for a while, you'll see what I mean, it really doesn't feel the same.

Same thing goes for an iPod, a Bang & Olufsen BeoCom 2 etc etc. Some people will always say, "Yeah, right, but it doesn't change a thing". Well, I don't have the same opinion, there's a distinctive "plus" in using a product specially crafted, I can't tell what it is, it's just a feeling.

Another product, a Nikon F5, it's just not the same, solid feeling. Again another one, a Leica M6, light and silent yet solid !

What happened to this world where no-one wants to buy these specially crafted products except a few people who value design and quality !

The world is going to the pits, we buy cheap and we change often. I'd rather buy something solid and well constructed and not have to change it for a very long time. I don't have the time to buy the same over and over again every 5 years. That's why I bought an iMac G4, it'll probably last more than 5 years. But in IT, things are evolving a lot faster than in other areas. Hopefully, I'll replace it only in 5 years, but a pen, it should last a lifetime, so why not buy something you really like !