Cool design detail at Monome Oct 01
6 comments Latest by JF
Brian Crabtree of Monome sent us a link to the above clip and writes:
Thought you might like this design detail. We originally had a sortof “logo” pattern flash on startup, which is abstract in reality, pretty disassociative. Now you get the satisfying sense of physically “giving” power to the device.



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6 comments so far
Praveen 01 Oct 07
First off – love this blog.
Second – the Monome is a sick controller used by artists such as Kode 9 and Daedelus – any music makers should definitely check it out…
Erik Kastner 01 Oct 07
Really cool feature. It reminds me of the “off” switch on the iphone, it gives a really nice little click when you hit it. When my phone is silenced (by a really sweet physical switch I might add), the “off” sound doesn’t happen, and I’m disappointed (but instantly remember I’m on vibrate).
we need a term for this, something like “faux-analog”
Erik Kastner 01 Oct 07
I need to self edit more… ;)
“fauxalog”
Bill Van Loo 01 Oct 07
Excellent! The attention to detail really is pretty amazing.
The new packaging for the Monomes is absolutely lovely, too:
“kelli’s two-color design is inspired by mycelium networks”
Really gorgeous design work.
Martin 01 Oct 07
On a related topic: When my Nokia mobile powers up, it shows a few seconds of animation. I would gladly go without it, so I wonder if the phone actually needs the time anyway to initialize, or if the animation is just gratious like the awful website intro pages.
JF 01 Oct 07
Gorgeous. Love the new wood case too.
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