Comments on: This is a Fan by Julien Carretero

By: jlen

jlen — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:36:06 +0000

Or spread him on your toast.

By: JohnH

JohnH — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:32:37 +0000

I could put my hamster in there, and charge the grid for the electricty he generates.

By: bodkin

bodkin — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:46:07 +0000

designgurunyc speaks the truth. haven’t you noticed that fans pretty much always come ready-made from shops fixed in cages, but without the messy and unecessary profusion of brightly coloured straps? they simply make a useful and simple object / product needlessly fussy and awkward. it kind of reminds me of that ‘design’ that featured here recently that sought to redesign the humble potato masher by making it needlessly overcomplicated. keep it simple guys

By: designgurunyc

designgurunyc — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:10:54 +0000

Oh please, enough already.
I have an idea. Let’s make a new design, let’s call it here is nothing. Let’s sell it as a “designer’s run’ of ,say, 21. Let’s charge a fortune for the privilege. Oh and let’s just pray that the press and the buyers don’t discover that there is nothing there.
The emperors new clothes are now (metaphorically) in tatters. Can we now please return to actual design, rather than being hung up on bad design attached to some pretentious title.
A title for a design does not give it merit. Please, Dezeen, take a stand and stop adding fuel to this inferno of really poor outdated conceptual design with no real content, and start editing what you show on this sight with a more discerning eye.

By: marius

marius — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:49:34 +0000

i’ve already seen this little film of the fan… quite nice