Comments on: Ultra Lead by Georges Moanack

By: David

David — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 11:23:45 +0000

My one concern is that the European socket outlet in this design could not be remotely compliant with European standards. It would have to be recessed to be grounded, which would look a bit ugly but for the product to actually work it would need to be.

Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuko for more info.

By: Prof Z, genius D

Prof Z, genius D — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:00:24 +0000

i imagine a connection to dvp EU design solutions between Eindhoven+RCA+Ecal+ENSCI +Milano Poly and Domus

By: Beanoo

Beanoo — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:35:32 +0000

Rather clunky in a nice way ..

By: MAX

MAX — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:17:30 +0000

at least we can use it!

By: Partick Bateman

Partick Bateman — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:21:16 +0000

does the job it is supposed to and looks good.

do we need much more than that from design?

By: tanya telford - T

tanya telford - T — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:53:22 +0000

i think this looks like quite a good, slightly playful, better, more organised etc version of some adapters already on the market, which in my experience have not always proved that that they are built to last etc (could just be me). I’m trying to figure out from the photos if this option would be more light weight to travel with, can’t really tell.
Or, is it that this system has been designed to enable more convenient use of products from all around the world, together? If that’s more of the point I think it looks and sounds like a good, convenient system.

By: M

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:49:20 +0000

The fold up plug last week was a million times better.

By: Nick Robinson

Nick Robinson — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:09:19 +0000

Took me quite a while to work out that it is “just” an adapter too. Nice to see some design being applied to this product area though.

By: L

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:01:59 +0000

i will agree with Jamalam about the small print….either make it easy understandable, ‘i see it and i get it straight away’ or just explain it, not in a small print, but a proper text next to the object. i am a designer myself and i had to stand in front of it, observe it and then realize what the designer needed to say. What about someone that has nothing to do with design?

is it good? Well really don’t know until things such this will get into the users arena and get tested. undoubtedly people travel a lot more than they used to…. lets make our assumptions

as for the directors of the particular school, i think the transition from Ron Arad to Tord Boontje might have affected in a way the students and the teaching, i say maybe????

As for how they call it G, maybe it would be easier to call it adapter but then whoever have attended a design school is well aware of the pressure we get for the poetics of an object. Whether good or bad, is something that we’ve been brainwashed to do.

By: G

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:56:08 +0000

Nothing wrong with designing adapters at all, L. In fact more people should be designing every day stuff, and I really like these. My ever so slightly ironic comment was more to with the fact they call it “electrical management system” when in fact it is an adapter…..