This talk was not as inspiring in terms of design philosophy as the last videos have been. Having said that Yves gives an interesting insight in to his products and the way in which he imbues his products with certain philosophies or ideologies. He has an ideology about products that they should be stripped back to their essential form first, and then they can be made beautiful. His XO computer is an example of his ideology in design as well as his stripping back of products to their important components.
Yves products started as both conceptually and logistically challenging and thus it is inspiring to see him bring them to success. Its influence on my growth as an industrial designer is simply a sense of inspiration. Yves has an incredible skill at taking products to the next level; he does not merely seek to make a product more functional, simpler or better looking, rather he achieves all those things. To me that is a brilliant level to aspire to.
My opinions about design have changed in that I have learnt that it is probably better to design the best product you can according to your own ideologies, and then add your aesthetic twist or your own style once you have the rest perfected.
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