Ross Lovegrove: The power and beauty of organic design

[vickyysz]

he's in my blog vickysz.tumblr

[ilv1]

Copying forms of nature without regard for WHY it is that way is kind of wrong. In the beginning he disses blobs or whatever but getting a small, organic whatever and copying it's form at a larger scale is also superficial. Those chairs look so wrong just because nature uses the process that he mimics at a much smaller scale. I liked the "growing" idea but nature bases it's "growth" on complex algorithms and solutions to problems. Extruding or stretching legs out of a metal plate is not the same

[deathbydullcubicle]

@ilv1 What do you mean by "wrong" and what makes you think he's oblivious to the "why"? He doesn't just pick a concept willy nilly and go with it - he tests it out to make sure it's structurally capable to the threshold of being useful. Throughout his lecture, he said he doesn't really care about the looks. He does what he does to eliminate as much material excess as possible while keeping his products functional. Look past your aesthetic qualms and you'll be able to appreciate what he does.

[TheRossLovegrove]

Find updates,new videos and 1on1 access of/to Ross Lovegrove on my Channel

[sugarkang]

He was right about Sony. Just because he comes off as a jerk doesn't mean he's wrong.

[willwork4superpowazz]

Is this guy really egocentric or does he just have a lot of haters?

[Marinawinkel]

Wauhhh... what a passionate soul. Brilliant to witness a true authentic creator.

Thank you :-))

[Marinawinkel]

Wauhhh... what a passionate soul. Brilliant to witness a true authentic creator.

Thank you :-))

[Marinawinkel]

Wauhhh... what a passionate soul. Brilliant to witness a true authentic creator.

Thank you :-))

[SabretoothSnowMan]

04:00 - Because it is nothing, you dimb idiot!

[ErikMartin81]

My lecturer linked to this video for our discussion on design, but I cannot listen to it any longer. The guy is simply too annoying. Likely a trust fund baby.

[ErikMartin81]

This man makes President Obama seem meek and humble.

[dylanlawless1]

Did he just learn the word polymer before this "talk"?

[flossysband]

FORGET THAT CAR!!!!!!!! OMG you will never see me in that bulb of a car

[ThermalHD]

TED has turned into commercial channel omg..

[dinogrower]

Worst damn coupon car I have ever seen. No thanks. Motorcycles forever.

[jeroliver]

@dinogrower or until a soccer mom in a minivan takes you out. I'd love to ride but there's way too many shitty drivers out there.

[twochaudio]

this guy is out there,,who wants the hear that crap,,,were the names he jut's said, big socialist >??? 10.22 I had enought

[3LARI]

He keeps saying he doesn't want to seem pretentious yet he compares himself to Leonardo Da Vinci and then goes on to call the way he works 'a Godly way of working'. What a cunt.

[valu777]

@3LARI did you learn foul language at uni?

[3LARI]

@valu777

"Swearing is a really important part of one's life and it would be impossible to imagine going through life without swearing and without enoying swearing. There used to be mad, silly, prissy people who would say swearing is a sign of a poor vocabulary as such; utter nonsense! The people I know who swear the most tend to have the widest vocabularies!"

- Stephen Fry

[valu777]

@3LARI i would say it is a sign of the fallen nature of mankind and it is a reflection of the inner condition of a person , a dishonorable state and disrespectful , mocking attitude , Hitler even justified his actions just like you

[3LARI]

@valu777 Check out Godwin's Law.

It basically states that as arguments drag on in internet discussions, one person, in desperation, will compare their opponent to Hitler somehow, thereby exposing the impotence of their argument and, consequently, losing the argument.

It only took you two comments :D

[valu777]

@3LARI well hitler is a great example of fallen man let loose

[gggggeorge1]

@3LARI he's not a cunt lol, jus very confident! nd i think when he says "godly way of working" he's reffering to how he always looks at natural, god created design to influence his own work. dont be jealous!

[Notsorandomnumbers]

seems unoriginal... artneuvo and what not

[velvetblu]

he is God!

[pspassdoll]

awesome dude

[SmileyWhiplash]

For an aesthetic man, his studio is WAY TOO FUCKING WHITE.

[Aestros909]

I think he's just having fun being an artist. Many successful artists are larger than life like rock stars! Look at Luigi Colani. Sometimes big ideas require a big head.

[tommyaceshow]

Cross between a natural History Museum and a NAASA Laboratory? Its a fucking studio with a stair case he took 10 years to design, "I don't pay over time" what an ASS, who'd wanna work for him! He speaks too high of himself, there are far better designers that invent more than chairs, a stair case and a water looking bottle (thats been done before), and his drop car idea, Im sorry but wheres the solar panel? the back? where? They rejected him because no one wanted to work with this arrogant toss!

[LBNANY]

wait, so he made a chair...nice. Looks like a curvy lawn chair. Oh yeah and a irregularly shaped water bottle...genius.

I liked the staircase however.

[autodraw01]

What a wanker.

Right there is reason enough to never want to be a product designer.

How many times does he say 'i'm so this ,i'm so that ,i'm a little bit crazy me ,yeah? blah,blah fukinn blah ,tired wannabe pop fukin star.

[tommyaceshow]

I agree..what a fucking wanker

[DoubleTheTruth]

Unlike many of those who comment here, i have worked with Ross. He is a self absorbed nightmare of a man, with a cache of buzzwords in his head which he trots out as required. His arrogance is unbearable, his design work is far from inspired and hideously post-rationalised. His assumed eloquence is his weapon, but dig a little deeper in a critique of his proposals and you soon realise that there's very little under the surface. A true charlatan indeed.

[Playborn]

he might be an asshole, but he sure knows what he's doing

[Thesweetchef]

Like aphrodisiac to our senses!

[halinatsip]

He is so great, I saw his chars In Milan in exhabition, very cutting edge.

[artist747]

redefines the idea of biomimicry

[Jsharp2280]

13:16

[Jsharp2280]

2:30

[HuckleberrySlim]

I really like that idea of doing a caricature of the product as the packaging for that product. Like his flowing looking plastic bottle to put water that flows just like it inside. I'd like to see, beyond the flowiness...WAVES, a little choppy ocean, right on the surface of the bottle in my hands. Thats a cool direction to take design. It could go anywhere you want it. Very nature based, something we're starting to crave, inside all these boxes and squares. Its a Dr. Seuss thing ;)

[tomasql]

6:45 lol

[impalapez]

the aluminum bench and car on a stick are pretty cool though...

[impalapez]

I'm sure god intended water to be encased in petroleum

[MegOMegOMegO]

Hahahaha... gold.

[giorgio789]

Genius, inspiring, insightful. Yes he's a pretty arrogant fellow, but I dismiss that, taking great lessons on his "fat-free" design philosophy and most importantly taking inspiration from nature design by God, the ultimate designer of every living thing around us. Too bad Ross misses the obvious and credits things to evolution, that's a real loss.

[tillo2008]

@giorgio789

we can both agree in his impression and talent.

"Too bad Ross misses the obvious and credits things to evolution, that's a real loss."

he's not missing the obvious. The obvious would be universal throughout humankind, not necessarily judaeo-christian. It may be obvious to you, but to others you just have an imaginary friend. This is not an attack on you or your beliefs but that you judge him from his perspective as though his efforts mean less if he doesn't believe in god.

[packe777]

@tillo2008 Isn't it strange and paradoxical that if life is a cold miracle, sentience of an evolutionary adaptation: psychology a consequence of biology, biology a consequence of chemistry, chemistry a consequence of physics; a blind and dastardly chain of entirely coincidental and parasitic ectropy that somehow gave us the consciousness which gave us creativity. But if consciousness is just an Epiphenomenalism, how come is that we can comprehend the Universe but Universe cant comprehend us?

[SmileyOreo]

Awesome guy!

[zedzero01]

I'm like Leanardo Da Vinci and Henry Moore?!

Surely thats for other people to judge.

Nice work though.

[tuigleven]

Whino

[MilesB1975]

He said 'It's' not 'I'm'

[Gugguggug]

In his mind there is only one way to do things, and that's his way. I like some of his designs, but there's more than just one way. Any mono-culture would get a bit tedious.

[RobertWinston]

Yes he is a little pretentious. His methodology is however brilliant even if his design solutions don't appear fully rationalised.

It is his methodology which is really important here. Not his attitude or even his designs. I can't understand how anyone could dismiss taking influences from nature on a biological level as 'bad'

[mullacottmist]

i actually think less of TED talks now thanks to this self-important peanut.

[asz500]

wotar .... that was tolk abawt

nice work

[santarigreen]

There is something inspiring in the way that he talks and presents his ideas. You have to be in the zone to understand him but he is worth understanding. Throughout his presentation he pulses his love for nature and form and leads us into his world. I applaud his boldness and adventurous spirit.

[LeoTheHammer]

I'm a Lovegrove!!

[stellartech]

I think the guy is significantly superior to 99.99% of the people who are posting here... thus, it is not surprising to read absurd dispersions about him.

Standard inferior Human NOISE!  lol LOSERS!

[spinesnapper]

Well there are Ten Comments on here. If he is superior to 99.99 percent of us that demands many more people to post on here. It aint going to happen. So as aproximatly 10% of the people on here I am superior to Ross Lovegrove. You are wrong. I cant be bothered to explain what is wrong with Ross , as if you cant see for your self, you dont deserve to know.

[plexform]

Brilliant!

[Rocoroman]

ALso what make u so sure eh? Hes already work for sony,,, he happens to have a few eames stuff around the house... how can you judge someone uv never met.. typical red neck attitude

[Rocoroman]

haha fat arse

[dallasINtokyo]

He seems a little unstable

[Rocoroman]

Give him some space man, he was nervous :P

[sandiegomarino]

genious

[happyseaurchin]

superb verbalisation of what he does... excellent... sometimes i get the idea is full of himself, but then i think he is nervous, so i am going to interprete the guy as really grounded actually... and what a dreamer... wow... goes on a bit about himself, but i think his real passion is sharing...

[GabbeJ]

What a nice man. Great design and function. Me Like ;)