{"id":5301,"date":"2010-03-17T18:25:58","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T08:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=5301"},"modified":"2010-03-17T18:27:36","modified_gmt":"2010-03-17T08:27:36","slug":"dell-studio-design-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=5301","title":{"rendered":"Dell Studio Design Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Wednesday 17 March 2010, Sydney Australia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Friday 12 March, I attended a viewing of the top 100 entries in a competition run by Dell in which designers were invited to come up with funky, personal designs for their laptop covers. Those attending were also encouraged to enter, the prize being a laptop to keep! Having the capacity only to appreciate art (and definitely not produce it), I wisely stood back.<\/p>\n<p>Robyn Gough, from Hodgson Vale, Qld, won the real competition and gets to keep a Studio 15 laptop emblazoned with her ponderous coffee-cup rings. She also won $5,000. The design can be viewed here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.makeityours.asia\/au\/\">http:\/\/www.makeityours.asia\/au\/<\/a> (though that is not her holding the laptop).<\/p>\n<p>The evening also served to showcase the colourful Studio range, including a group inspired by the O.P.I. nail-polish. Swirling variants of red are a dominant motif, as one would imagine. Other designers in the range include Mike Ming, Derek Welch, Deanne Cheuk, Korakrit Arunanondchaiheuk and Andrea Rosenberg.<\/p>\n<p>One interesting fact: did you know that since colours were introduced, only 30% of Dell customers continue to opt for the plain black finish. Perhaps it sees the writing on the wall, but Dell does not currently extend the Studio range to PC boxes.<\/p>\n<p>Personally speaking, if I were in the market for a new laptop, the exterior would not excite me nearly as much as the specs, as well as a keyboard that <em>types<\/em> well (obsessive will know what I mean) as well as a non-reflective screen.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m sure there are many people for whom a colourful personal touch will be extremely appealing. In these days of iPhone madness, it\u2019s nice to make a splash with an unusual laptop.<\/p>\n<p>The Studio range can be viewed (and purchased) here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www1.ap.dell.com\/content\/topics\/topic.aspx\/global\/shared\/design_studio\/en\/ap\/dell_design_studio?c=au&amp;cs=audhs1&amp;l=en&amp;s=dhs&amp;redirect=1\">http:\/\/www1.ap.dell.com\/content\/topics\/topic.aspx\/global\/shared\/design_studio\/en\/ap\/dell_design_studio?c=au&amp;cs=audhs1&amp;l=en&amp;s=dhs&amp;redirect=1<\/a>. And as always, the insides are customisable.<\/p>\n<p>Felix Staica<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday 17 March 2010, Sydney Australia On Friday 12 March, I attended a viewing of the top 100 entries in a competition run by Dell in which designers were invited to come up with funky, personal designs for their laptop covers. Those attending were also encouraged to enter, the prize being a laptop to keep!<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=5301\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5301"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5303,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5301\/revisions\/5303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}