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homeConnect in the house at IFA 2011

September 16th, 2011

Engadget got it.

“You use your mobile device for pretty much everything these days, right? So why not the kitchen?” the tech blog wrote in their coverage of the LUNAR-designed tablet-based homeConnect experience featured in Siemens’ booth at the IFA show in Berlin. (more…)

You get what you pay for

May 26th, 2011

“You get what you pay for.” We hear it all the time stated as fact, but does that make it true? Or is it just a cliché, a trite oversimplification? Maybe… But let’s look deeper. (more…)

LUNAR SF has moved!

May 11th, 2011

After more than 10 years at 541 Eighth Street, LUNAR has packed up and moved up! Up the street, that is. We are now settled into our new digs in Potrero Hill, so don’t forget to make note of our new address:

2012 16th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

Check out the footage of our move.
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Back to School

May 4th, 2011

You don’t know what you don’t know before you know it.
For that reason, I’m a real fan of ongoing education throughout one’s career. I’ve learned most of my craft by doing, but realize that every now and then you need to stop “chopping the wood and spend time sharpening the saw”. (more…)

The Windowfarms Project

March 7th, 2011

When I was living in Brooklyn, I had a neighbor with a crazy idea – to grow her own food in her apartment year round. I could see the vertical water bottles she used in her early attempt in her courtyard facing window whenever I took out the garbage. I thought to myself “Britta is crazy. That’s just not going to work.”

Shortly later, I realized that you should never underestimate Britta. (more…)

An ode to simple product design

March 3rd, 2011

As a product engineer, I often find myself delighted by the little things–an ingenious locking mechanism, a cleverly designed component, a silky smooth hinge – which is why the simplest of designs are sometimes the most fascinating. One everyday object that I find to be particularly (and deliciously) nifty is the McFlurry spoon.

An ode to simple product design.
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A 2D Designer in a 3D World

February 28th, 2011

As an Interaction Designer with a background in various forms of 2D media design, I increasingly find myself surrounded by the emerging discipline of 3D, or more specifically, stereoscopic user interface design. (more…)

Let there be light at ICFF 2011

February 23rd, 2011

LUNAR designer, Junggi Sung, will be exhibiting his Ember lighting concept at this year’s International Contemporary Furniture Fair, a four day global design summit in NYC. (more…)

A pitcher’s approach to product design

February 14th, 2011

Love is in the air and for me it has little to do with Valentine’s Day. My heart is going pitter-patter for the season that lies ahead.

A pitcher's approach to product design
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Buy me

February 1st, 2011

Commercials have always fascinated me. It occurred to me a few years ago that televisions only exist for the purpose of selling us stuff. Broadcast companies are able to spend millions on 22 minutes of our favorite sitcom because advertisers are willing to pay them millions to show eight minutes of advertisements during the show. Some of the most memorable stories, characters, and moments of my life were made possible by Coca-Cola, Kellogg’s, and Ford. And it works! Americans watch, on average, four hours of television every day (or about an hour of commercials every day). Buy me
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In search of the perfect car. A female designer’s perspective.

January 26th, 2011

It should have been a very exciting time. I am in the market for a brand new car and as it is the first time in my entire consumer life I can afford investing in a vehicle fresh from the factory, expectations were high.

In search of the perfect car. A female designer's perspective.
Joyride, designed by Per Brolund

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GOOD DESIGN awards good design

January 11th, 2011

For 60 years the Chicago Athenaeum’s GOOD DESIGN program has been recognizing the best and most innovative industrial, product, and graphic designs produced around the world.
This year LUNAR was proud to take home three GOOD DESIGN awards for our work on the PASCO Scientific SPARK Scientific Learning System, the Intel Reader and the SanDisk Check Point Abra. GOOD DESIGN awards good design
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LUNAR wishes you a happy holiday season

December 18th, 2010

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The 13 year old blogger

December 17th, 2010

How does a 13 year old blogger reach fifty thousand daily viewers?

I recently read in the New Yorker about Tavi Gevinson, a teenage fashion blogger from the suburbs of Chicago. I am sure a lot of people are very familiar with her by now, as she has the fashion world at her feet. The 13 year old blogger

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What’s in a ring?

December 1st, 2010

Design is meant to surprise, delight, inspire, and provoke. It allows us to manifest a point of view and impact how people experience the world. To keep the poetic minds of our designers engaged we find it useful—necessary, in fact—to tease out the elemental powers of creative expression through conceptual exploration. (more…)