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Design Critique: Products for People


Encouraging usable designs for a better customer experience.

Aug 6, 2009

For the 4th anniversary episode of Design Critique, Michael Graves and Tony Hron from the Michael Graves Design Group join Timothy Keirnan to discuss product design:

* The wine glasses that [yellow tail] wines commissioned Michael Graves to make for their new wine[tails] mixed drinks. Pix will be at the show's blog page as soon as they are released.

* Tim's Hamilton Beach 6-Speed Hand Mixer, a part of the Michael Graves Design collection at Target stores. Pix are at the blog page now, DesignCritique.net.

* General design discussion.

* Designing for accessibility in a world that still does not value universal design as it should.

Tim closes the episode with some listener feedback and his own reflections on doing the show for the past four years.

The press release for the wine glasses is at
http://www.pitchengine.com/free-release.php?id=35057

Michael Graves' firms are at
http://www.michaelgraves.com/

Wikipedia entry about Mr. Graves, focusing more on his architecture:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Graves

Michael Graves designs at Target:
http://www.target.com/b/ref=sc_iw_r_1_0?node=1060502

The [yellow tail] website is
http://www.discoveryellowtail.com

The [yellow tail] twitter address is
http://twitter.com/yellowtail_usa

Listener Alan's review site for iPod Touch/iPhone apps for young children is
http://atouchoflearning.com/

When the final photos of the wine glasses we talked about are available, they will appear in the artwork for this episode.

Thanks for listening for the past four years, folks. Write a review of the show on iTunes if you'd like to help us celebrate.