Vitra & Flos Sample Sale 2013. Vitra and Flos are partnering for Vitra’s annual sample sale in the Meatpacking District. For two days you will have the opportunity to purchase showroom models and lightly used products for up to 80% off retail value.
[ best deal ]
Be the first one through the door on Saturday to buy a La Chaise by Charles & Ray Eames, designed in 1948, for $ 1,000. (Original retail value $ 10,625)
saturday & sunday 21 > 22 september 2013 | 11a > 5p
vitra | 29 ninth avenue | new york | 212 463 5750
On 10 September, Apple for the first time announces two new iPhones, the 5S and 5C.
[ price ]
The iPhone 5C takes the place of a discounted iPhone 5 in Apple’s lineup and is nearly the same. The 5C comes in two sizes: 16GB at $99 and 32GB at $199 on-contract pricing and $549 off-contract. The iPhone 5S, meanwhile, ranges in price from $199 to $399, depending on your memory choice, and starts at $649 for an unlocked version.
[ specs ]
The 5C has an A6 chip and compares to the iPhone 5 and is made of plastic rather than glass and aluminum. I have an iPhone and a Galaxy S and have no problem with plastic.
The 5S has a 64-bit processor and can accommodate more sophisticated future apps. There’s an improved camera sensor and not exactly sure what that means yet. There’s also a fingerprint scanner in the home button for logging in and making purchases, as well as a new chip that tracks movement for health apps. Also not yet sure what these features really mean. Apple says that the fingerprint data will be stored only on your device and not uploaded to Apple’s servers.
[ privacy ]
Fingerprint scanning and biometric data gathering, collecting information about your movement, though the way of the future is something consumers should think about.
[ availability ]
In the U.S. — AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon — are carrying the phones and will be available 20 September.
[ upgrade ]
The 5S is a significant upgrade for iphone 4 owners and the 5C it is said to be aimed abroad based on pricing though the phone will still be considered expensive.
All the complaints about Apple’s recent failure to produce innovative design has overlooked its cylindrical Mac Pro type Apple tower of power due out this fall.
This black volcano of computing centers around fan and air shaft in the middle.
With the shell removed it looks a little bit like R2-D2.
But the black tower also suggests that cylindrical black UFO design of the company’s planned new headquarters by lord Norman Foster. That is not just my impression. Writing from
Mac conference recently Dan Ackerman at Cnet noted “The first view we saw was from the top, where the circular design reminded me of Apple’s planned new UFO-like headquarters.”
Of course the Mac Pro also reminds me of a small black metal wastebasket I had in my office for years. [ mac pro ]
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Wrong for Hay & Hay have teamed up with the critically acclaimed Peckham Refreshment Rooms to create a destination pop-up restaurant for the 2013 London Design Festival. [ details ]
