Topic: design process
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LEGO Game Boy Designers Reveal "Very Involved" Nintendo Partnership
The LEGO Nintendo Game Boy set was developed through a close collaboration with Nintendo, involving direct input from hardware and creative teams to ensure historical accuracy and authentic replication of the original console's look and feel. Designers faced constraints in achieving a 1:1 scale b...
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Animal Crossing's Best New Features Were Worth the Wait
The free Update 3.0 introduces major quality-of-life improvements, including bulk crafting and the ability to pull materials directly from home storage, streamlining the design process. A key new tool, Resetti's Reset Service, allows players to instantly clear large island sections, saving signif...
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Inside Nintendo's Design Secrets: The Metroid Prime Art Book
The art book "Metroid Prime 1–3: A Visual Retrospective" offers extensive concept art, cut content, and a chronological visual journey from the original trilogy to the remastered Switch edition, excluding coverage of the upcoming *Metroid Prime 4: Beyond*. It includes insightful commentary from p...
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Steve Jobs Designed the Mac Calculator in 10 Minutes
Chris Espinosa, a young programmer at Apple, faced repeated criticism from Steve Jobs over his calculator design for the original Macintosh, leading to a cycle of revisions. To resolve the impasse, Espinosa created a tool that allowed Jobs to design the calculator himself, which Jobs completed in...
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Lego's NASA Artemis SLS Rocket Set to Launch in 2026
The Lego NASA Artemis Space Launch System Rocket, releasing in early 2026 for $59.99, is a 632-piece Technic set that simulates a moon mission's key separation events through an interactive hand-crank mechanism. The model accurately replicates the first 8.5 minutes of an Artemis launch sequence, ...
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Microsoft's Rejected Office Icons Revealed
Microsoft has introduced new curved, vibrant icons for its Office suite, revealing design concepts that sometimes resemble older Office for Mac aesthetics, giving insight into the creative process. The final icons for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint were selected from various explorations, with Word ...
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