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Maybe you know this already, but the work of Dieter Rams is getting more exposure and being noticed by non-product designers more and more every day. His work and teachings are things I spent my college years and even after with, learning more with every thing I read…
His words are not to be taken lightly , neither can he be confused with other famous names in the design world… He does not say or do the irrelevant, the unnecessary, or the fantastic. He’s a designer with a collective experience that surpasses groups of young designers put together.
Just now his work is being published in a way it deserves. Later this month the amazing publisher Gestalten books is releasing Less and More The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams. It looks awesome, and I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy.
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What bothered me after these principle spread over all online communities is the fact that I’ve had an idea of a poster in my head, even though it’s a personal project, I never got around to finalizing it. But I did post how I have those ten principles on the walls of my room and the office.
Bibliothèque An amazing design studio was commisioned by Vitsoe to do that poster for the ten principles, and it looks good, based on a very well-thought of grid, and photographs and color palette that really feel like dieter rams’ work. I liked it even though it made me hate my self for not doing my idea.
Anybody whose anybody that thinks he/she knows music knows at least a couple of albums, and that’s not hard at all with 1973’s Dark Side of the Moon being the third best-selling album of all-time and voted in the top five best albums on almost every Rock site and magazine… You also have 1979’s The Wall which was adapted into the 1982 film by Alan Parker Starring Bob Geldolf, and later in 1990 performed Live in Berlin in front of a staggering sell-out crowd of over 350,000 people, with people from fifty-two countries watching the two-hour event television broadcast.
After Pink Floyd dis-banded in 1985 he continued on leading an amazing career as a solo artist, releasing 3 excellent studio albums (each in its own way), 2 soundtrack albums, one opera (Ça Ira), and playing a number of world tours two of which were released on DVDs (The Wall Live in Berlin, In The Flesh)
I can’t do the man justice writing only a few paragraphs, but there is enough information online, and I’ll give you links and references you can go to learn more about the best songwriter that ever lived… These are my personal opinions and to me there’s no debating the fact that no other artist can ever come close to Roger’s musical and lyrical genius…
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What I want to point out in this post is a recent short documentary film Roger was a part of about the humanitarian effects of the separation wall in Palestine… The unjust, unaccepted, and blatant disregard to international laws. A disgusting slap in the face to a people who are now being publicly harassed and stripped away of their most human basic rights and needs… We all know the story, and that’s why we never forget, and we all “try” to “do” something…
My respect goes to all of those people who contributed in making that film, although I know it’s a simple reminder, and it could’ve been much stronger… But for now it’s reassuring to know a film like this can be made… with the help of an international public figure like Roger Waters…
“The reason for walls is always fear, whether the personal walls that we build around ourselves or walls like this that frightened governments build around themselves,” Waters says.
“It fills me with horror, the thought of living in a giant prison,” Waters says as he spray-paints “We don’t need no thought control” on the wall.
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The 15 minute film named Walled Horizons is divided into 2 parts on YouTube…
Storm Thorgerson’s Studio was responsible for most of Pink Floyd’s record sleeve designs, that and a lot of their other works are really good, you have to check out this link…
I’ve uploaded new content today so check it out… If you have any ideas for content for either one of the two pages feel free to share with me… If you liked any of the wallpapers they are free to download as your desktop wallpaper… and the images of the whenever, well, I really don’t know why I’m doing them… but anyone is free to contribute…
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First time visiting Jabal Al-Qala’a after living more than 18 years in amman… Felt like a tourist, in fact I had to actually act like one to get in at 4:15 because they close doors at 4:00 now… They knew we were joking and let us in for 2 hours a while…
The visit was worth it, if only for the pictures you get to take…
A few “design” books are considered a must read, or a must-flip through, if anything!
A few of those few are…. unquestionably; life changing experiences!
One of those is Kenya Hara’s Designing Design… I’m still going through it and I’ll post a review or something soon enough…
But for the time being, flipping through it I was reminded of this amazing showcase of pure design genius… The packaging concept by Japanese Design master Naoto Fukasawa…
So my friends at the Interruptions Team shouldn’t be wondering when will the flood of banana related material will end… It won’t stop until we start making enough noise…
Most respected blogs feature what might be called “image of the day/week”
So inspired by those respected blogs, whenever I feel like it i’ll open up the blog and post soemthing so silly, so stupid, so unbelievably unnecessary… something that no respected blog would ever post… only mine!
You know why, because I can!
I know it might seem irrelevant to anything now, but just wait… or don’t because really, nothing will ever come out of this…
I’ve had it, I got hooked and led myself to believe that I gained something from what i now know, was a very unhealthy relationship… I say i’m leaving and that’s that! just to get told that all my friends will miss me, a few friends of which I’m told would really miss me! I have no idea why those particular friends will miss me the most!
Then the best deal I get is a break! and I had absolutely no say in that! because I got that deal in an e-mail telling me; we’re on a two-week break, If you contact me in the coming 14 days I’ll take it you want me back…
It’s a bitch going theough breakup and not have the upper hand!
So long story short, I no longer have a facebook account!
You can reach me here at the blog, or send directly to my gmail at hadi[dot]alaeddin[at]gmail[dot]com
Also, other than my behance portfolio I now have an actual website, well sort of,
A competition was recently held by JoBedu [facebook Event Page]… In the description they stated that: “The competition seeks to answer a question as old as time: What do Arab women really want?! Here are 9 of the designs Mothanna and I manage to get done in time…
Please head over the event page on facebook and let me what you think…
The last of dieter rams’ ten principles on good design was: “good design is as little design as possible” If you feel you understand this,
you’re one of the few…
So, Hello…
You need to know that I’m a simple guy who likes simple and simple-looking things, what most people don’t know is that simple is not always as simple as they might presume…
In a lot of cases simple doesn’t even look simple enough, let alone the fact that simple, or good simple, is never understood by simple-minded people…
This group will contain some works by my friends and myself, anyone is free to post almost anything related to design stripped naked of all it’s unnecessary accessories…
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After that i begged asked everyone to join and be active for a change, because commenting is easy on last night’s dinner party, or what degree of bronze a friend’s tan is, or even how good a girl looks on that pixellated, under lit, excuse of a photo she took of herself in the bathroom mirror! But when it comes to serious comments, or inquiries at least, you’ll find that most annoyingly opinionated people in the real world, don’t have the same skills on blogs and groups…
What happened was that a very few people joined, fewer commented (one or to), and no one contributed…
Then comes a very good friend of mine, and says this:
I agree somehow on what you’ve written, but dont you think you might have patronized non-design oriented people by branding them as ” simple-minded people”? plus werent everything created in couples? extremes might be appreciated! maybe it’s not the era! 80s for example. further, didnt you over complicate the description trying to over simplify it? am not attacking, dont get me wrong, just merely contributing, hence the request!
In my opinion; his reaction is justified, the point he raised about over complicating simplicity is one of the major points discussed in minimalism, minimal design specifically. And now there another thing that i can talk about:
How simple is simple really!? and do you have to a pretentious maniac (same pronunciation different language) to sound credible enough for other idiots to get you!?
I mean, when do you draw the line?
Where is the grey area between retarded speech, and convoluted and misused language?
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Now it turned into the start of an actual debate between “designers” and “non-designers” if i can call them that! Instead of me now caring about the group i started wondering why the hell people aren’t that interested in almost anything interesting? and
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So now you are familiar with this particular scenario, let’s see if after all this rambling you can form an opinion and post it on the comments box down there? Do those annoyingly opinionated only voice out their concerns in public? is it an image thing? what?… I’m rambling I know, but it’s been such a mindfucking experience trying to come up with answers…
In 2003 something really cool happened… A good, solid, impressive showcase of arabic rock band potential… They didn’t blend in, and they weren’t welcomed into the mainstream as much as Jad Chouiri, Dana Dandan, and that girl sucking on a lollypop naked in a pool of cereal… Good thing they didn’t blend in huh!
Too bad they didn’t stick out like a sore thumb either, cuz i have no idea where they are and what they’re doing or if they’ll ever release a second album…
blend first got together in 1997 under the name “leviathan” when vocalist jad souaid and guitarist miran gurunian met as students at the american university of beirut. in 1999, jad aouad joined on drums and haytham chalhoub on bass. the band performed the standard canon of rock covers from led zeppelin and pink floyd to pearl jam and radiohead, wherever they could
in early 2002, blend performed at strange fruit in beirut. there they were approached by a representative from EMI who had been in the audience
on october 2002, blend signed its contract with EMI becoming the first “anglo” style rock band ever signed to a major international record label in the middle east, where artists are predominantly solo “pop” singers, do not write their own songs or play their own instruments and rarely perform live in front of large audiences
act one, their first album, comprises 11 tracks written by the band. it tackles sociopolitical issues that are equally relevant to the new generation in lebanon, as they are elsewhere in the middle east and in the west (again this is a first. such topics are not generally encountered in middle eastern lyrics)
the album was recorded and produced in lebanon by philip tohme during a period of 8 months in 2003 and mastered by chris blair at abbey road studios, london. the lead off single is naturally “belong” and its music video was produced and directed by amine dora, whose previous works have been awarded at zinebi festival (spain), unimovie festival (italy) and the european film festival (lebanon) with a first prize. the album also includes collaborations with natacha atlas on “communicate” and the lebanese rapper rayess_bek on “belong revisited”
act one was launched in the middle east on saturday december 27, 2003 at 7 p.m.
Not releasing a second album till now might be because they want their sophomore album to exceed all expectations, or maybe it’s just them being lazy… But for what it’s worth, I listned to it again today, after losing it for a couple of years now, and i still love it as much as i did back when it came out, maybe even more..,
I have a few people in mind that have to get out a pen and take notes while watching the next video; The song is really really good, and the video is extremely well-done… And also, after you watch it try to go download the album, every single song on the album rocks, in its own unique way…
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October 27, 2009 · 2 Comments
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A competition was recently held by JoBedu [facebook Event Page]… In the description they stated that: “The competition seeks to answer a question as old as time: What do Arab women really want?! Here are 9 of the designs Mothanna and I manage to get done in time…
Please head over the event page on facebook and let me what you think…
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4326168&id=685985660&ref=mf#/event.php?eid=279514345626&index=1
Bear in mind that none of these are intended to offend anyone or be taken too seriously… Enjoy, and please let us know what you think…
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