2021-03-08
Where the quirky, 3D Fire Phone flopped, the Echo became a hit. As of 2019, 100 million Alexa-powered devices had been sold. https://f-st.co/geCRy7m https://twitter.com/...
Fast Company
Interviews with more than a dozen designers, many of whom worked with Jeff Bezos, about his failed attempt to make Amazon a “cool” brand like Apple and Nike
“Amazon will never be a design-led company. It's evident in the quality of the products they ship. And although the design is still thriving there, I don't believe it's fundamental to the core DNA of the company.” https://f-st.co/geCRy7m
Fast Company
Interviews with more than a dozen designers, many of whom worked with Jeff Bezos, about his failed attempt to make Amazon a “cool” brand like Apple and Nike
In 1999, Joanne Chan and David Turner were tapped to redesign Amazon's logo. “[Bezos] was just beaming, really just beaming—delighted— expressing how much he loved it,” Chan says. “He banged his hand on the table and said, ‘This is it.’” https://f-st.co/geCRy7m https://twitter.com/...
Fast Company
Interviews with more than a dozen designers, many of whom worked with Jeff Bezos, about his failed attempt to make Amazon a “cool” brand like Apple and Nike
Bezos's obsession with customers didn't always lend itself to a fruitful design process. Amazon's true design legacy is its retail infrastructure. https://f-st.co/geCRy7m https://twitter.com/...
Fast Company
Interviews with more than a dozen designers, many of whom worked with Jeff Bezos, about his failed attempt to make Amazon a “cool” brand like Apple and Nike
THREAD: We talked to more than a dozen designers about Jeff Bezos's design philosophy. It mirrors his broader approach to business, mixing outsize ambition with an obsessive focus on customer experience. https://f-st.co/geCRy7m
Fast Company
Interviews with more than a dozen designers, many of whom worked with Jeff Bezos, about his failed attempt to make Amazon a “cool” brand like Apple and Nike
In 2004, when Amazon began development on the Kindle, it had never made hardware before—and the Kindle project offered Bezos an opportunity to learn how. “He was just incredibly [detail-oriented].” https://f-st.co/geCRy7m https://twitter.com/...
Fast Company
Interviews with more than a dozen designers, many of whom worked with Jeff Bezos, about his failed attempt to make Amazon a “cool” brand like Apple and Nike
2021-03-07
Where the quirky, 3D Fire Phone flopped, the Echo became a hit. As of 2019, 100 million Alexa-powered devices had been sold. https://f-st.co/geCRy7m https://twitter.com/...
Fast Company
Interviews with more than a dozen designers, many of whom worked with Jeff Bezos, about his failed attempt to make Amazon a “cool” brand like Apple and Nike
Amazon can squeeze a lot into a box. — Jared Ficklin was part of a secret team at a prominent design firm tapped … Tweets: @harrymccracken , @fastcodesign , @fastcodesign , @fast...
“Amazon will never be a design-led company. It's evident in the quality of the products they ship. And although the design is still thriving there, I don't believe it's fundamental to the core DNA of the company.” https://f-st.co/geCRy7m
Fast Company
Interviews with more than a dozen designers, many of whom worked with Jeff Bezos, about his failed attempt to make Amazon a “cool” brand like Apple and Nike
Amazon can squeeze a lot into a box. — Jared Ficklin was part of a secret team at a prominent design firm tapped … Tweets: @harrymccracken , @fastcodesign , @fastcodesign , @fast...
In 1999, Joanne Chan and David Turner were tapped to redesign Amazon's logo. “[Bezos] was just beaming, really just beaming—delighted— expressing how much he loved it,” Chan says. “He banged his hand on the table and said, ‘This is it.’” https://f-st.co/geCRy7m https://twitter.com/...
Fast Company
Interviews with more than a dozen designers, many of whom worked with Jeff Bezos, about his failed attempt to make Amazon a “cool” brand like Apple and Nike
Amazon can squeeze a lot into a box. — Jared Ficklin was part of a secret team at a prominent design firm tapped … Tweets: @harrymccracken , @fastcodesign , @fastcodesign , @fast...
Bezos's obsession with customers didn't always lend itself to a fruitful design process. Amazon's true design legacy is its retail infrastructure. https://f-st.co/geCRy7m https://twitter.com/...
Fast Company
Interviews with more than a dozen designers, many of whom worked with Jeff Bezos, about his failed attempt to make Amazon a “cool” brand like Apple and Nike
Amazon can squeeze a lot into a box. — Jared Ficklin was part of a secret team at a prominent design firm tapped … Tweets: @harrymccracken , @fastcodesign , @fastcodesign , @fast...
THREAD: We talked to more than a dozen designers about Jeff Bezos's design philosophy. It mirrors his broader approach to business, mixing outsize ambition with an obsessive focus on customer experience. https://f-st.co/geCRy7m
Fast Company
Interviews with more than a dozen designers, many of whom worked with Jeff Bezos, about his failed attempt to make Amazon a “cool” brand like Apple and Nike
Amazon can squeeze a lot into a box. — Jared Ficklin was part of a secret team at a prominent design firm tapped … Tweets: @harrymccracken , @fastcodesign , @fastcodesign , @fast...
In 2004, when Amazon began development on the Kindle, it had never made hardware before—and the Kindle project offered Bezos an opportunity to learn how. “He was just incredibly [detail-oriented].” https://f-st.co/geCRy7m https://twitter.com/...
Fast Company
Interviews with more than a dozen designers, many of whom worked with Jeff Bezos, about his failed attempt to make Amazon a “cool” brand like Apple and Nike
Amazon can squeeze a lot into a box. — Jared Ficklin was part of a secret team at a prominent design firm tapped … Tweets: @harrymccracken , @fastcodesign , @fastcodesign , @fast...
2019-12-03
It's an entertaining but unlikely way to get developers excited about using its AI services. https://www.fastcompany.com/ ...
Fast Company
Amazon unveils DeepComposer, a keyboard meant for devs that uses AI to compose music based on genre-specific models, a short initial tune, and other parameters
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