E22 Industrial Design Show Notes
Nick and Graham again welcome Ethan Moses of Cameradactyl and Butter Grip (https://www.cameradactyl.com/) to discuss Industrial Design and the elements of a camera that make it “work” for the user.
The meat of the discussion starts after the first musical interstitial (7:45) with an overlong monolog from Graham. Happily, Nick and Ethan rescue him with insight and mockery. The Konica Autoreflex TC, a camera that has been noted as a camera that is not good for left-eye-dominant individuals but somehow works for people with larger noses. Somehow, Vera Wang works her way into the design. The Volkswagen campaign from the 90s, Fahrvergnugen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CESVgaeD-nI) works its way into the discussion as well.
The concept of the left-side shutter release is discussed (21:55) in a way of attempting to break the right-hand dominant design from running the world for lefties.
Graham brings up Prime Suspect Tenneson (https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/shows/prime-suspect-tennison/) and their photographic gaff (39:45) and how the knowledge base of how to design film cameras in the digital age is leaving the population.
The concept of the Material Is The Message is talked about (51:30) along with the surfaces of cameras like leather, plastic, rubber, etc. Nick brings up the concept of the authenticity of materials.
Sometimes a lack of leatherette is better than the original covering.
The durability of materials and planed lives of cameras designed today is considered (1:05:00).
The appropriateness of materials and form are discussed at 1:09:45 and the concept of the machine looking like other machines in the category is important for consumers to recognize what the purpose of the machine is.
All three hosts jump on the Coal-Rolling Idiots of America (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gcb84qn3mU) (1:14:00). If you happen to be one of them, please accept our apologies for denigrating your self-worth.
Witness the birth of a camera (1:42:00) as Nick and Ethan hash out a design for a camera that takes an existing lens-shutter system and then schedule the development.
Graham talks about micro drills (https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0195V3J98/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) (1:58:00).
The books for this episode: Curious Cameras by Todd Gustavson (https://smile.amazon.com/Curious-Cameras-Cool-Strange-Spectacular/dp/145491551X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=curious+cameras&qid=1552422959&s=books&sr=1-1) and Photographers A-Z by Hans-Michael Koetzle (https://smile.amazon.com/Photographers-Z-Hans-Michael-Koetzle/dp/3836554364/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2S8Q0J1W64D19&keywords=photographers+a-z&qid=1552423029&s=books&sprefix=photographers+%2Cstripbooks%2C160&sr=1-1)
Ethan Moses: @cameradactyl and @buttergrip on Instagram and you can find his products at www.cameradactyl.com
E76 Old Timey Podcast
E75 David Hancock and His Pinhole cCameras
E74 Joe Van Cleave
E73 Reimagining the Holga
E72 Ethan's Self-Developing Mystery Show
E71 Douwe Krooshof and his Cyanotype Enlarger
E70 Jason Lane and Chromatic Abberation
E69 Jeremiah Jones and his Homemade Cameras
E68 Erik Mathy makes Homemade Lenses
E67 Nicole Small and the Cyanotype Process
E66 What we are working on.
E65 Stereo Photography
E64: Matt Bechberger and his Wondrous Spot Meter
E63 2020 Year in Review
E62 Livestreamed to the world.
E61 Paper Towel Tubes and BFL
E60 Hervé Ellena
E59 Components of Interest
E58 The Mongoose
E57 Graham Burnett of Graflexparts
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