Comments on: Turn a How-not-to into a How-to http://www.hermanmiller.com/discover/turn-a-how-not-to-into-a-how-to/ Discover Fri, 08 Feb 2013 08:46:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ore.e Ref. http://www.hermanmiller.com/discover/turn-a-how-not-to-into-a-how-to/comment-page-1/#comment-1228 Ore.e Ref. Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:38:03 +0000 http://www.hermanmiller.com/discover/?p=11677#comment-1228 Hi. Thanks for starting a talk around the subject! The reason we didn't start a "How to renovate...fix...tune...etc" a chair is that there are already enough tutorials for such out there. The only thing missing in making such practices more normative is will power of designers to move the focus of design from products to methodologies. We suspect that in the future design will be a pedagogical practice. Here is proof that we dont need any more chairs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7s9MJMIPAM Hi. Thanks for starting a talk around the subject! The reason we didn’t start a “How to renovate…fix…tune…etc” a chair is that there are already enough tutorials for such out there. The only thing missing in making such practices more normative is will power of designers to move the focus of design from products to methodologies. We suspect that in the future design will be a pedagogical practice. Here is proof that we dont need any more chairs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7s9MJMIPAM

]]> By: Gary http://www.hermanmiller.com/discover/turn-a-how-not-to-into-a-how-to/comment-page-1/#comment-1187 Gary Mon, 15 Aug 2011 01:49:21 +0000 http://www.hermanmiller.com/discover/?p=11677#comment-1187 How about how not to design (or make) cell phones instead (or laptops or ipads for that matter). A chair, made of wood, will rot into the ground and eventually dissapear from memory. Not all chairs are made of wood, but there isn't a single cell phone that will rot away into nothing. How about how not to design (or make) cell phones instead (or laptops or ipads for that matter). A chair, made of wood, will rot into the ground and eventually dissapear from memory. Not all chairs are made of wood, but there isn’t a single cell phone that will rot away into nothing.

]]> By: San Diego Office Furniture http://www.hermanmiller.com/discover/turn-a-how-not-to-into-a-how-to/comment-page-1/#comment-1185 San Diego Office Furniture Sun, 14 Aug 2011 21:32:04 +0000 http://www.hermanmiller.com/discover/?p=11677#comment-1185 I'm wondering if the slideshow was meant to be tongue in cheek gimmick. I started chuckling by the 3rd slide showing the guy deep in thought...ruminating on how many chairs he has and how he doesn't need any more chairs. I will say, they certainly know how to get people to click through. Knowing how to write a headline that makes people curious is what I learned from the "tutorial". I do like your ideas for "how to" stuff. I think a tutorial on how to refurbish an older chair to make it more ergonomic would be neat. Daisy http://www.sandiegocubicles.com/blog I’m wondering if the slideshow was meant to be tongue in cheek gimmick. I started chuckling by the 3rd slide showing the guy deep in thought…ruminating on how many chairs he has and how he doesn’t need any more chairs. I will say, they certainly know how to get people to click through. Knowing how to write a headline that makes people curious is what I learned from the “tutorial”.

I do like your ideas for “how to” stuff. I think a tutorial on how to refurbish an older chair to make it more ergonomic would be neat.

Daisy
http://www.sandiegocubicles.com/blog

]]> By: Alex3816 http://www.hermanmiller.com/discover/turn-a-how-not-to-into-a-how-to/comment-page-1/#comment-1180 Alex3816 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 07:29:09 +0000 http://www.hermanmiller.com/discover/?p=11677#comment-1180 We have been told that as consumers we are responsible for what is found in the stores. "There isn't enough markets for organic foods" etc. So consumers are made to be responsible for bad design and the usage of unsustainable materials by the industry. This idea turns the tables around. Instead of blaming consumers they are blaming designers. But they are not blaming us so that we would feel guilty. Instead it makes us smile. :) We have been told that as consumers we are responsible for what is found in the stores. “There isn’t enough markets for organic foods” etc. So consumers are made to be responsible for bad design and the usage of unsustainable materials by the industry. This idea turns the tables around. Instead of blaming consumers they are blaming designers. But they are not blaming us so that we would feel guilty. Instead it makes us smile. :)

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