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Sony BRAVIA Monolithic Design Concept – Interview With Takuya Kawagoi
March 15, 2010
Recently here on Zath we’ve covered several new Sony BRAVIA home entertainment products that were unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2010, these included BRAVIA HDTVs, 3DTVs, Blu-Ray players, surround sound systems. All of these new products had a common theme in terms of their design, they all feature Sony’s latest Monolithic Design Concept that certainly makes them look appealing and stand out from the crowded market of home entertainments systems.
Here at Zath we’ve been lucky enough to interview the director of Sony Design Centre Europe (DCE); Takuya Kawagoi who has overseen the implementation of this new Monolithic Design Concept for these products.
Continue reading »Apple Mac Mini Review
January 27, 2010
Last week I bought myself an Apple Mac Mini and after a few mishaps regarding video adapters, I finally got it up and running towards the end of the week. Needless to say I was growing ever more impatient as it was sat on my desk doing little more than collecting dust and awaiting the arrival of the correct adapter.
Having been an avid Windows user for my entire life up to this point, I was originally apprehensive about switching. Obviously, I have had the odd experience with Mac OS X before and was impressed to say the least, but I have not had the opportunity before now to explore the entire operating system. Anyway, on with the Mac Mini review!
Even before I had torn through the Mac Mini’s packaging on delivery, you could tell just how tiny the machine was. The entire box was easy to carry in one hand which is remarkable considering this is no lightweight in terms of performance or build quality. I opted for the basic model as I decided the extra juice was unnecessary for my purpose with the machine.
Continue reading »ASUS NX90Jq Laptop – Bang & Olufsen Design (CES 2010)
January 6, 2010
I dare you to find a Bang & Olufsen product that isn’t well designed… To me, B&O are the pinnacle of design in the technology industry, so when I heard that ASUS had turned to the company to design their brand new laptop – the Asus NX90Jq.
The design screams Bang & Olufsen as soon as you look at it, so surely this is doing to be a hit? One things for sure, everything B&O touches immediately doubles in price, so it’s going to be highly priced.
Continue reading »Moonpig.com Review (Personalised Greetings Cards)
November 4, 2009
Perhaps the best, quickest and easiest way of buying personalised greetings cards! Moonpig.com allows you to choose from thousands of card designs and alter them to add the personal touch. You can upload photos and fit them into the design or add your own personal message, for example you can have your message hanging on a colourful banner from Big Ben or your photo hanging, gold framed in an art gallery.
The home page is split up into 3 sections. The left hand side is purely for navigation. There is a list of all the different categories of cards from anniversaries right down to weddings. Those with sub–categories are indicated with a small arrow. Overall it is very simple to find your way, as well as being neat and tidy.
Continue reading »Hallmark Card Studio Deluxe 2009 Review (Personalised Greeting Cards Design Software)
October 31, 2009
Ok, so I’m a bit of a cheapskate. I admit that I would rather print off a card for free than go out to the shop and pay a couple of quid for one. What’s so wrong with that? Anyway, up until now my ‘greetings card maker’ consisted of having to design my own using some sort of desktop publishing software such as Microsoft Publisher. Which is a bit time consuming and ultimately, not that great for professional looking greetings cards. However, I then came across the Hallmark Card Studio Deluxe software, which is a greeting card design program that saves me time, money and effort. Ok so I’m a lazy cheapskate, but it’s the thought that counts!
Hallmark Card Studio Deluxe has actually been around for years with countless different versions. But the 2009 Deluxe version is the first that I have tried and tested. It’s not free, it cost me £30 from Amazon but it was well worth it. Really, it pays for itself in just about 10 cards.
Continue reading »Firebox – New Website Design!
June 23, 2009
One of our favourite online gadget retailers, Firebox.com has given its website a face-lift!
No doubt, you’ll have heard about Firebox before, especially if you’re in the UK, either here on Zath or through other means – Firebox are one of our favourite purveyors of hi-tech gadgets, some lower-tech gadgets and even some things which you’d have a hard time of classing as a gadget at all, but none-the-less there’s lots of great fun products and cool stuff for you to purchase either for yourself or as a present for someone else!
So what’s been changed to make using their website and shopping with “the Firebox” better?
Continue reading »Cool T-Shirt Designs (Bleee)
September 21, 2008
T-shirts are a great way to get some custom designed clothing for yourself to show off your individuality, that’s one reason why I feel much more at comfortable wearing jeans and a T-shirt than a suit or shirt and tie.
