The Perfect Office – Koziol Coffee Maker, Talk Dock, Beats Studio Lazerwood and more

The Perfect Office - Koziol Coffee Maker, Talk Dock, Beats Studio Lazerwood and more

We’ve seen some great gadgets and equipment for designers. So many cool stuff, that we could actually assemble infinite perfect office spaces! Every week we’ll assemble a perfect office, and we’d like you to help us. What equipment would the perfect office have?

Some pretty cool items for you this week, like the beautiful Koziol Unplugged Coffee Maker for those who need their coffee fix to start the day. There’s also the super useful ViewHD USB 3.0 hub. And listen to your music with the amazing Lazerwood headphones or the Nocs NS2 Air Monitors, and more! Don’t forget that you may suggest via twitter: @paulogabriel – I hope you enjoy these! Cheers. 😉

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Koziol Unplugged Coffee Maker


The Perfect Office - Koziol Coffee Maker, Talk Dock, Beats Studio Lazerwood and more!

All you need to do is fill up the Koziol Unplugged Coffee Maker with coffee (or other flavors if you so desire), add some boiling water, and you’re good to go. Sporting an extremely classy design, it is the de facto coffee maker to purchase especially if you happen to be a young, working single who is just starting out in life, living in an extremely cramped apartment at a rent that would cause your father to cough up blood when he hears about it. Best of all is, this is one coffee maker that keeps on working even when there is no electricity in the region, thanks to its traditional drip-style form factor. (at Coolest Gadgets)

Talk Dock


The Perfect Office - Koziol Coffee Maker, Talk Dock, Beats Studio Lazerwood and more!

Acting as a dock, charging station, and receiver all in one, the Talk Dock lets you charge your phone, talk to mom, and finish your crossword all at once. While the charger is compatible only with the iPhone 4, 4S, and 5, do not fear if you are not an Apple aficionado: the Talk Dock receiver comes equipped with a 3.5mm audio jack that plugs into any phone’s headset port, and is detachable from the base so you can bring it with you wherever you go! (at 7 Gadgets)

ViewHD USB 3.0 7-Port Hub


The Perfect Office - Koziol Coffee Maker, Talk Dock, Beats Studio Lazerwood and more!

ViewHD Professional Premium Quality USB 3.0 7-Port Hub (Newest VL812 Chipset) with On/Off Power Switch + 12V 4A Power Adapter + USB Cable in Full Metal Case (Black). (at 7 Gadgets)

Lazerwood for Beats Studio


The Perfect Office - Koziol Coffee Maker, Talk Dock, Beats Studio Lazerwood and more!

Like an Eames Lounge chair for your head; the doctor wishes he was as classy as this Lazerwood mod for the ever popular Beats by Dre Studio headphones.A word of caution: We’re calling this a mod and not a “skin” because it will require some delicate hands to get everything aligned right. If you take your time however, the effort is truly worth it as the results are STUNNING! Once the wood is stuck on, it’s really on there. You’ll be able to remove the wood without damage to the headphones but the wood will most likely be destroyed in the process.Difficulty Level: Intermediate. Because we use real wood, the grain patterns will vary, making each skin unique. (at The Gadget Flow)

IRIScan Mouse & Scanner


The Perfect Office - Koziol Coffee Maker, Talk Dock, Beats Studio Lazerwood and more!

Scanning has never been simpler… Click on the scan button, swipe in any direction on a document and watch texts and images appear instantaneously on your screen. The IRIScan mouse scanner then uploads your scans to Evernote, Facebook, Twitter or Flickr in a single click. (at Like Cool)

Nocs NS2 Air Monitors


The Perfect Office - Koziol Coffee Maker, Talk Dock, Beats Studio Lazerwood and more!

There is no denying that the Nocs NS2 Air Monitors are stunning. Beautiful, elegant computer/small room active speakers with built in AirPlay tech, making it ridiculously easy to throw your music around the house… and with AirPlay’s multi-speaker set up being so easy, it’s been fun hooking up the speakers in every room – from laptop to kitchen to living room to bedroom to be in sync, so music follows us around the house and NOTlabs! But back to aesthetics, these are designed in Stockholm and have hand-built soft touch rubber coated cabinets, Kevlar reinforced woofers and silk dome tweeters. (at Notcot)

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The New York Times redesigns

ThumbnailIn the web-era, major news sources aren’t restricted to local readership. Whilst a city paper may feature some local news, its sports, national and international news coverage is just as likely to be read by someone on a different continent.

In 2012, The New York Times (44.8m monthly readers) fell behind London’s Daily Mail (45.3m monthly readers) as the popular newspaper website in the world. Largely because, unlike many of its rivals — one of the most notable being The Boston Globe — the NYT has left its online offering firmly rooted in the 2000s (the last major revision to the NYT website was in 2006 and it felt dated then).

The current New York Times website.

 

Long due an overhaul, in 2011 Andy Rutledge famously carried out an analysis of various news websites, including the NYT and subsequently produced a mock-redesign that stripped out a lot of what was bad in the design. However, as quickly leapt upon by various tweeters, including NYT staff, it also stripped out a lot of practical necessities like advertising, and things readers valued, like summaries and images. A pure-responsive approach was also advocated.

Andy Rutledge’s proposed redesign for The New York Times.

 

Finally the NYT has chosen to engage in a redesign process itself. The redesign has been produced in-house by a team of journalists, designers and developers all lead by Ian Adelman, director of digital design since 2011.

In development for almost a year, the focus of the NYT redesign has been readability. Articles have been de-cluttered, large images, slideshows and video have been retained and captions have been moved to the side; keeping them in context, and ensuring the flow of information isn’t broken.

The New York Times’ redesign.

 

A key change is the switch from pagination to a continuos scroll. The single-page approach has been found, according to Adelman, to promote user engagement and the depth of reading measured on the site.

The single biggest change is a move towards responsive design, with the new site resizing portions of its content to adapt to current screen conditions. The new site isn’t wholly responsive however; a mobile specific version is scheduled for launch in 2014 with stripped down content to squeeze as much speed out of browsing on smart phones and tablets as possible.

Currently only in beta, staff inside the paper’s firewall are the first to receive it, with some readers soon to receive invites. The new New York Times website will be launched later this year after further refinements and user feedback.

Perhaps the biggest lesson we, as web professionals, can take from this is that the redesign is an ongoing process: designing, gathering feedback, refining. The NYT team aims to begin work on the next redesign as soon as this version goes fully public. Updating the site just as they update their native apps.

 

What do you think of The New York Times’ redesign? Are they right to spurn a pure-responsive approach? Let us know your views in the comments.

Featured image/thumbnail, The New York Times image via Stuart Monk / Shutterstock.com

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