Design Debate

By chance on Pinterest (oh I love Pinterest !) I came across the photographs of Vivian Maier . It seems I am a little slow on this one, I did not know of this lady's great work, and it really is mesmerising. Just in case you are as clueless as I was, here's a bit about Vivian Maier.  It was at first her photographs that drew me in, but it is her story that really puts them in perspective. Vivian's work might never have seen the light of day if it wasn't for one man, John Maloof. She was an American woman with French roots living in New York, and then Chicago, working as a nanny. Born in 1926, her life has been pieced together through the people she worked for and boxes of paper she had collected. That is how we know about her. The woman who was much loved by the children she had nannied, described as a free spirit but intensely private, a kind of eccentric Mary Poppins, fell on hard times in her latter years. She had been homeless, but three of the ...

What a great bit of product design. I had to use an inhaler a little when I was younger, whatever it was sorted itself out. I don't remember it being an issue but they were clunky and certainly not cool. Designer Tim Zarki spent a weekend and re-thought this piece of medical equipment. His offering is unrecognisable. 3D printed with a colour gradient, speckled and with a kind of active-equipment-hang-rope. Beautifully bold and a badge of pride rather than one of shame for a suffering kid in the playground, great! He created the design with #breathebettercs, see more at Knstrct .