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Superb Project Presentation: Check Out Rene Lee's Website
Remember the Bento Book amalgamation of mobile devices designed by Rene Lee? We've been eagerly watching the onetime RISD ID student's website since last July, when he scored a coveted internship with Apple's Human Interface Team. Unsurprisingly he's kept mum about what he's worked on at Cupertino, but a glance at Lee's well-designed website reveals a strong Apple influence in more ways than one.
Lee's Battery Bank, which we don't necessarily find to be a practical object, struck us because of its clear inspiration: The battery-charging logo seen on Apple's iDevices. And whether or not you appreciate the object, the way that he has cleanly and beautifully documented the project ought be noted by all up-and-coming designers. Dig through the variety of projects on Lee's website and you'll see that if Apple ran a design university, this is what its graduates' portfolios, documentation and presentation boards would look like.
As another example of Lee's presentation skills, check out his Flex project. It's too image-heavy to post here but does an excellent job of visually telling a story.
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With that being said, Rene seems like a very bright student with great internships - I'm sure he will have a successful and rich career road ahead.
Completely agree.. I see so many beautiful well presented concepts/designs however that's all they are. Just presented well.. doesn't mean the design itself is great at all.
a lot of people shouldn't be designers
"The guy interned there anyway, so..." so what
This, and like most of Rene Lee's portfolio (beautiful indeed), is the latter. I think "lipstick on a pig" is a fitting description here.
And to claus.. not a lot of people can achieve this level of detail and the eye for composition (although you might call it apple emulation, it's still well done).
The guy interned there anyway, so...
http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumblarge_570/1294074187rBfA4h.jpg
ps: your not actually designing if you just take something someone else already designed and make it in real life (although it doesn't even look like he did that...)
pss: its Monday. im allowed to be grumpy and critical.
pps: oh and btw, students, the author makes very good point about the importance of documenting process and thinking about manufacturing while designing your projects. its just (in my opinion) not a good example of this.