The Planning Lab » Future http://www.theplanninglab.com Selected thoughts on branding and communications for creative planners and strategic creative types. BETA. Sun, 03 Jul 2011 11:16:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 How will the future of Apple products look like? http://www.theplanninglab.com/2008/01/how-will-the-future-of-apple-products-look-like/ http://www.theplanninglab.com/2008/01/how-will-the-future-of-apple-products-look-like/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:48:37 +0000 Leon http://theplanninglab.com/?p=369 Ramsive

Dieter Ram’s 50s and 60s designs for Braun hold the clues for how future Apple products will look like, according to this Gizmodo article.

“The similarities between products from Braun and Apple are sometimes uncanny, others more subtle, but there’s always a common root that provides the new Apple objects not only with a beautiful simplicity but also with a close familiarity.”

Gizmodo

Thanks Simon for the tip!

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Virgin Galactic will start building its spaceport in New Mexico next year. It’s designed by Foster + Partners, a high-profile UK architecture firm.

Gizmodo

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Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg from Wall Street Journal interview Steve Jobs and Bill Gates at the D5 conference. It’s really worth watching!

Link

]]> http://www.theplanninglab.com/2007/05/nice-interview-with-steve-jobs-and-bill-gates/feed/ 0 The future that never was http://www.theplanninglab.com/2007/02/the-future-that-never-was/ http://www.theplanninglab.com/2007/02/the-future-that-never-was/#comments Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:19:31 +0000 Leon http://theplanninglab.com/?p=524 Desolationrowcolor

Paleo-Future is, according to a Flickr group, “a term that refers to outdated future-visions. Any evidence of a past interpretation of what is to come.” The blog Paleo-Future is totally dedicated to this phenomena. Great stuff.

My personal favorite so far is the abandoned Taiwanese housing/resort project (depicted above).

Since this is a blog about planning, the question is: where will the trend and future analysts of today end up tomorrow? On Mars perhaps?

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