M8 takes 2nd place Wallpaper design award

[JoeFriday]

http://www.wallpaper.com/technology/design-awards-gadget-on-the-go/2028

right behind the iPhone, the M8 is voted 2nd best marriage of technology and design on the go by Wallpaper readers

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Oh, my, you'll be hearing a lot from the Windoze and Nikon militia...

 

[dexdog]

ya know, like it or not, the M-mount leicas are a classic design, even in digital clothing.

Other leicas designs are classic too- I saw a commerical on American cable TV for some product that I paid no attention to, until the very end when what looked to be a leica IIIg was used as a prop.

Now, I hate leicas more than the average bear, but a classic is a classic. Some leicas are just iconic.

 

[Bobfrance]

I agree that Leica M's are lovely thing but I'm afraid I don't see the M8 as a very inspired design solution.

The brief was always going to be make the M8 look as much as possible like an M7, which they did. There's no real genius there.

*runs and hides*

 

[rbiemer]

Lovely criteria for this award:

...putting design demands higher than engineering necessity...

Taken away from it's context by me. 😀
Rob

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Taken away from it's context by me. 😀

Taken away from it is context? I don't get it. 😕

 

[rbiemer]

I followed the link Brett provided and this is a part of the sentence beginning the third paragraph. I qouted just that but none of the rest of that sentence. Which was unfair of me but (I hoped) funnier. Apparently not.
Rob

Taken away from it is context? I don't get it. 😕