????現(xiàn)在，如此之多的產(chǎn)品，比如照相機(jī)、電視機(jī)和電話，都變成了扁平的黑色長(zhǎng)方體。而在我的公司Frog Design，工業(yè)設(shè)計(jì)師們正為創(chuàng)造出簡(jiǎn)約、典雅且美觀的東西而全力以赴。為了給這些長(zhǎng)方體灌輸個(gè)性，這些設(shè)計(jì)師必須深入挖掘，從細(xì)微之處讓這些產(chǎn)品具有各不相同的特色。舉例來說，我們?yōu)橐繇懺O(shè)備制造商Definitive Technology設(shè)計(jì)了便攜式揚(yáng)聲器Sound Cylinder。它尺寸纖巧，呈獨(dú)特的圓柱形，而且能作為任何一種平板電腦的支架，從而改變了藍(lán)牙揚(yáng)聲器的典型樣式。對(duì)我來說，Sound Cylinder（cylinder即柱形——譯注）這個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單的名字就說明了一切。

????我所詳細(xì)介紹的產(chǎn)品和服務(wù)都在令人興奮的新技術(shù)、簡(jiǎn)約的設(shè)計(jì)、互動(dòng)和用戶體驗(yàn)之間達(dá)到了最佳平衡狀態(tài)。如今的市場(chǎng)充斥著競(jìng)相爭(zhēng)奪眼球的產(chǎn)品和服務(wù)，這一點(diǎn)對(duì)希望引起消費(fèi)者關(guān)注的公司來說變得越發(fā)重要。要做到這一點(diǎn)，我們永遠(yuǎn)也不應(yīng)忘記要用好的形式、功能和外觀這些基本元素把偉大的技術(shù)包裝起來。就是這么簡(jiǎn)單。

????多琳.洛倫佐（@doreenl）是全球性創(chuàng)新公司Frog Design的總裁，同時(shí)在Frog的母公司Aricent Group擔(dān)任執(zhí)行副總裁和總經(jīng)理。她負(fù)責(zé)Frog的戰(zhàn)略并監(jiān)督著該公司在全球范圍的經(jīng)營(yíng)活動(dòng)。14年來，多琳一直在幫助Frog進(jìn)行轉(zhuǎn)型，讓后者從一家傳統(tǒng)的專業(yè)設(shè)計(jì)公司成為全球最重要的創(chuàng)新企業(yè)之一，而且和許多《財(cái)富》500強(qiáng)企業(yè)建立了廣泛的業(yè)務(wù)關(guān)系。多琳還是2011-2012年世界經(jīng)濟(jì)論壇新興技術(shù)全球議程理事會(huì)的成員。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

????譯者：Charlie

????At my firm, frog, our industrial designers are striving to create beautifully simple, elegant designs at a time when so many devices -- our cameras, televisions and phones -- have shrunken into flat, black lookalike rectangles. To imbue these rectangles with personality, designers must dig deeply to find the small, nuanced elements that will distinguish one from another. For the audio company Definitive Technology, for example, we developed a slim, compact portable speaker called Sound Cylinder whose unique cylindrical form, which acts as an integrated stand for any tablet, shifts the paradigm for Bluetooth speakers. To me, the simple name Sound Cylinder, says it all.

????The products and services that I have detailed hit the sweet spot between exciting new technology and simple design, interaction and user experience. That will become increasingly important to businesses that want to capture consumer attention in a marketplace cluttered with products and services competing for attention. To do that we should never forget to wrap great technology in the basics of good form and function and looks. How simple.

????Doreen Lorenzo (@doreenl) is the president of global innovation firm frog and an executive vice president and general manager of the Aricent Group, frog's parent company. Doreen drives frog's company strategy and oversees its worldwide operations. During her 14 years with the company, she has been instrumental in restructuring the company, taking it from a traditional design boutique to becoming one of the world's foremost global innovation firms, securing broad-based arrangements with an array of Fortune 500 clients. She serves as a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Emerging Technologies, 2011-2012.