Comments on: Great minds think alike.

By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:26:55 +0000

Sadly the time element can be irrelevent because there is not a specific order in which designs are added. I have designs similar to ones added to the blog recently which I submitted weeks/months before. TF try to get a variety of designs and designers on the blog to keep it interesting, so the order of designs are not always chronological.

By: Lee

Lee — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:42:22 +0000

Few hours difference between unpublished designs, yes, think-alike coincidence. Few days after a design has been published, that spells copycat for me. Of course, as Ignatius says, a good idea can be interpreted in many interesting and different ways, I guess it all depends how large the percent of the design is “outer inspiration” and how much of it is inner creativity. After all we live in Postmodernism which means everything has been done before, and to be original means to find new original ways of combining the same ingredients.
I saw some cheap copies of TF watches few days ago in a fair, same ideas, slightly different designs, I guess the makers were not great minds that thought alike…or were they?

By: Tokyoflash Japan Product Design Studio

Tokyoflash Japan Product Design Studio — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:29:04 +0000

Hi Barry, I remember your design ‘Combination’.
It was quite a nice idea. There were 2 reasons it didn’t make the final cut.
You didn’t follow the guidelines for submitting images at 706 pixels & not to place several images on one large document.
The other reason was we felt it didn’t display the time in an unusual enough way.
However, technically the idea was an intriguing concept.
Please understand that because we have many submissions to consider, sometimes we just have to make a quick decision.

By: Ignatius Reillius

Ignatius Reillius — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:05:50 +0000

I think it would be a good idea post sometimes an entry like this as “Particular idea, differents desgins” but the difference is you can vote your favourite design.
So, in my opinion, no wasted ideas, or designs that may inspire other people. Even post an entry “Declined ideas” to find some inspiration. Inspiration is everywhere.

And thank you TF to post those design

By: Gordon

Gordon — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:56:36 +0000

huh?

By: qntt

qntt — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 12:30:38 +0000

That is an interesting point of view. I subscribe to the idea that if the right social, scientific and economic conditions are reached a new invention will sooner or later emerge regardless of the individual that has the luck to stumble upon it first. Then is just a matter of finding the best possible presentation and implementation of that concept. I think people are aware at a sub conceit level of that and wanting to be the first to be recognized as the author of a concept (any concept) jump often without thinking and just flood the market with ideas that lack the necessary refinement in the hope that luck will replace talent.
Another famous example similar to the invention of the telephone was the creation of probably the greatest theory of them all: The theory of evolution trough natural selection. Charles Robert Darwin had some competition (no wonder since he waited a few decades before publishing) but in the end he was the one that presented to the world the most comprehensive and documented theory and he became the undisputed author.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 04:04:22 +0000

whatever

By: Firukun

Firukun — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 02:50:40 +0000

I will design some controversial watch concept that look alike several watches that already popular. Well, I don’t care what will people say about it, considering what Tokyoflash has said here, it’s a green light for me to release my idea prisoned in cave of pessimistic dilemma.

By: Samukun

Samukun — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:16:22 +0000

I second that ^

By: Cory

Cory — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:58:21 +0000

Yep, spam has got to go. It’s like a cancer on the Internet.

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:48:21 +0000

I agree too Gordon!

By: Laszlo

Laszlo — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:44:46 +0000

Very annoying, I agree with you!

By: Gordon

Gordon — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:33:15 +0000

what a shame that some people are using this blog to solicit business(see above). It is a slap in the face to all of the creative watch designers and enthusiasts that have come to love this blog. I would hate to see this blog turned into a designers Craig’s list, there is a place for that and it shouldn’t be here. This is my opinion,am I out of line here, love to hear some thoughts.

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:22:06 +0000

Shoulder Pork HAM ummmmm!

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:20:11 +0000

I agree with the sending of a quick email to the un-sucessful submittee, “Thanks for the submission but this time you have been un-sucessful with your submission due to……..” etc etc.
Like Sam says this would be a disapointment at first but far preferable to waiting days, weeks and somethimes months before giving up hope.
I think it was Heather a couple of months back mentioned that this could be automated, you simply drop the un-sucessful submission into a specified folder and that automatically sends a an email to the submitee.
As with all these sugestions it would cause TF more work in the setting up of these things but would be beneficial to all involved in the long run.

Thanks TF for giving us the opertunity to have these discusions and the blog of course which makes this all possible!