Comments on: MINI_Motion Watch Now Available http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/08/09/mini_motion_watch_now_available/ MINI Cooper news, reviews and opinion. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:41:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: michelle http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/08/09/mini_motion_watch_now_available/comment-page-1/#comment-56929 michelle Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:51:31 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/08/09/#comment-56929 <p>Where can I get MiniMotion products? are they sti;ll sold and are any new products on the horizon?</p> Where can I get MiniMotion products? are they sti;ll sold and are any new products on the horizon?

]]> By: Mr. Molinari http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/08/09/mini_motion_watch_now_available/comment-page-1/#comment-9088 Mr. Molinari Wed, 05 Oct 2005 12:42:25 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/08/09/#comment-9088 <p>I guess if your making a negative comment on this watch you must not own one... so many of my friends and random people have asked to buy this watch from me ..... its one of my favorite watches... it has three different displays to choose from</p> I guess if your making a negative comment on this watch you must not own one… so many of my friends and random people have asked to buy this watch from me ….. its one of my favorite watches… it has three different displays to choose from

]]> By: Matt Dolch http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/08/09/mini_motion_watch_now_available/comment-page-1/#comment-9087 Matt Dolch Fri, 13 Aug 2004 14:21:03 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/08/09/#comment-9087 <p>Got mine too last night from Classic Mini! </p> <p>I would say I certainly like the design, fits my arm well. Feels strange looking at a digital display again! I really like how you can switch the time display a la a "Radius" rotating monitor for you Mac folks :-) Is great when your motoring, or want to time something. </p> <p>My disappointments- on "Thursday" when you see the day- does it blank out a few pixels (ie. the "T" doesn't have all of it's descending parts) based on the LCD map in the manual- I'd say this is in spec?</p> <p>The alarm, stop-watch and such features are certainly good- no complaints from me in that department. I do like the build quality too. It is "made in China", oddly enough- the manual is printed in Switzerland???</p> Got mine too last night from Classic Mini!

I would say I certainly like the design, fits my arm well. Feels strange looking at a digital display again! I really like how you can switch the time display a la a “Radius” rotating monitor for you Mac folks :-) Is great when your motoring, or want to time something.

My disappointments- on “Thursday” when you see the day- does it blank out a few pixels (ie. the “T” doesn't have all of it's descending parts) based on the LCD map in the manual- I'd say this is in spec?

The alarm, stop-watch and such features are certainly good- no complaints from me in that department. I do like the build quality too. It is “made in China”, oddly enough- the manual is printed in Switzerland???

]]> By: RB http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/08/09/mini_motion_watch_now_available/comment-page-1/#comment-9086 RB Thu, 12 Aug 2004 23:05:07 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/08/09/#comment-9086 <p>Aaron...</p> <p>my stint at ACCD was at nite.</p> <p>My scholarship was with Chouinard Art School back in 196...we'll leave that unsaid, and then on too Cal Arts and then to ACCD at nite for 3 years in the late 90's.</p> <p>I wish I had gone there myself but I choose the later, but I loved my stint at nite. I go to the art gallery once a month an travel the halls some nites. They built Art Center South on Raymond Avenue down by the old power company bldg.</p> <p>Blah, blah, blah...</p> <p>...RB</p> Aaron…

my stint at ACCD was at nite.

My scholarship was with Chouinard Art School back in 196…we'll leave that unsaid, and then on too Cal Arts and then to ACCD at nite for 3 years in the late 90's.

I wish I had gone there myself but I choose the later, but I loved my stint at nite. I go to the art gallery once a month an travel the halls some nites. They built Art Center South on Raymond Avenue down by the old power company bldg.

Blah, blah, blah…

…RB

]]> By: michael Boice http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/08/09/mini_motion_watch_now_available/comment-page-1/#comment-9085 michael Boice Thu, 12 Aug 2004 20:27:48 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/08/09/#comment-9085 <p>I was speaking about an individual's instananeous response to a thing, anything visual. Our instantaneous response to anything visual is very pure. Describing this experience with words becomes very difficult, however. Using another medai, music; music leaves us with the most pure instantaneous response. Think about the first time you every listened to a song you fell in love with. Your feelings in that moment are purely instictive and instantaneous. If you keep litening to the same song over and over, however, your response will become caloused. Timeless design will always find a way to tickle on-lookers for eternity. Designs that utilize cues simply to over sensitize om-lookers become fads and very boring very quickly...no depth. Okay, enough vomitous writing. Sorry.</p> I was speaking about an individual's instananeous response to a thing, anything visual. Our instantaneous response to anything visual is very pure. Describing this experience with words becomes very difficult, however. Using another medai, music; music leaves us with the most pure instantaneous response. Think about the first time you every listened to a song you fell in love with. Your feelings in that moment are purely instictive and instantaneous. If you keep litening to the same song over and over, however, your response will become caloused. Timeless design will always find a way to tickle on-lookers for eternity. Designs that utilize cues simply to over sensitize om-lookers become fads and very boring very quickly…no depth. Okay, enough vomitous writing. Sorry.

]]> By: Gabe http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/08/09/mini_motion_watch_now_available/comment-page-1/#comment-9084 Gabe Thu, 12 Aug 2004 19:00:38 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/08/09/#comment-9084 <p>Just got mine... review will be psoted soon. First impressions: incredible!</p> Just got mine… review will be psoted soon. First impressions: incredible!

]]> By: Matt Dolch http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/08/09/mini_motion_watch_now_available/comment-page-1/#comment-9083 Matt Dolch Thu, 12 Aug 2004 18:59:55 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/08/09/#comment-9083 <p>I'm a watch/sunglasses whore, so I'll have to buy it :-)</p> I'm a watch/sunglasses whore, so I'll have to buy it :-)

]]> By: Aaron Cornaby http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/08/09/mini_motion_watch_now_available/comment-page-1/#comment-9082 Aaron Cornaby Thu, 12 Aug 2004 15:10:20 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/08/09/#comment-9082 <p>..Art Center College of Design....I went there...graduated in 2000</p> <p>..good school, great education, great times, lots of student loans!</p> <p>If you want to see a visual scale for the watch, check out this link:</p> <p>http://outmotoring.com/mini<em>motion</em>watch<em>designed</em>by<em>yves</em>behar.html</p> ..Art Center College of Design….I went there…graduated in 2000

..good school, great education, great times, lots of student loans!

If you want to see a visual scale for the watch, check out this link:

http://outmotoring.com/minimotionwatchdesignedbyyvesbehar.html

]]> By: RB http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/08/09/mini_motion_watch_now_available/comment-page-1/#comment-9081 RB Wed, 11 Aug 2004 01:38:11 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/08/09/#comment-9081 <p>Whoops, hit the wrong button plus can't spell.</p> <p>Art Center College of Design.</p> <p>Wow that's a real York Knowlton if I ever heard one...York, York is that you man???</p> <p>Just remember that a stone found on the Goby desert is merely a fig in your imagination....</p> <p>...RB</p> Whoops, hit the wrong button plus can't spell.

Art Center College of Design.

Wow that's a real York Knowlton if I ever heard one…York, York is that you man???

Just remember that a stone found on the Goby desert is merely a fig in your imagination….

…RB

]]> By: RB http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/08/09/mini_motion_watch_now_available/comment-page-1/#comment-9080 RB Wed, 11 Aug 2004 01:32:30 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/08/09/#comment-9080 <p>Boice...</p> <p>Did you ever teach at Art Center Collegs of Design in Pasadena?</p> <p>Wow that's</p> Boice…

Did you ever teach at Art Center Collegs of Design in Pasadena?

Wow that's

]]> By: dgszweda1 http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/08/09/mini_motion_watch_now_available/comment-page-1/#comment-9079 dgszweda1 Wed, 11 Aug 2004 00:11:32 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/08/09/#comment-9079 <p>Michael,</p> <p>What the heck was your paragraph about?</p> Michael,

What the heck was your paragraph about?

]]> By: Rocketboy http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/08/09/mini_motion_watch_now_available/comment-page-1/#comment-9078 Rocketboy Tue, 10 Aug 2004 19:13:12 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/08/09/#comment-9078 <p>I think it's quite nice.. It reminds me a lot of some of the Japanese fashion watches, which you can find at http://www.tokyoflash.com/index.php .</p> <p>(No, I'm not trying to give them free advertising, I don't even wear a watch, I just like the designs.)</p> I think it's quite nice.. It reminds me a lot of some of the Japanese fashion watches, which you can find at http://www.tokyoflash.com/index.php .

(No, I'm not trying to give them free advertising, I don't even wear a watch, I just like the designs.)

]]> By: michael Boice http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/08/09/mini_motion_watch_now_available/comment-page-1/#comment-9077 michael Boice Tue, 10 Aug 2004 16:07:03 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/08/09/#comment-9077 <p>The visual essence of a 'thing' is spontaneous. If we have to try too hard to marry the watch with the car, they send a different visual message...they each posses a different visual essence. The watch cannot be expected to reveal the Mini's essence by looking like its sun roof for example. It must take on a the same visual essence spontaneously - without active thought. As a watch, it is cool, very cool. But it is not Mini cool. It is something else cool. Judging art must be done against the back drop of intended or pre-determined form and content. To design a thing whimsically is very different from designing a thing intentionally. The intentional fore-thought that goes into designing a thing, if done properly, is what makes its relationship to another thing spontaneous.</p> The visual essence of a 'thing' is spontaneous. If we have to try too hard to marry the watch with the car, they send a different visual message…they each posses a different visual essence. The watch cannot be expected to reveal the Mini's essence by looking like its sun roof for example. It must take on a the same visual essence spontaneously – without active thought. As a watch, it is cool, very cool. But it is not Mini cool. It is something else cool. Judging art must be done against the back drop of intended or pre-determined form and content. To design a thing whimsically is very different from designing a thing intentionally. The intentional fore-thought that goes into designing a thing, if done properly, is what makes its relationship to another thing spontaneous.

]]> By: Philip http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/08/09/mini_motion_watch_now_available/comment-page-1/#comment-9076 Philip Tue, 10 Aug 2004 15:35:05 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/08/09/#comment-9076 <p>I like the design a lot.</p> <p>Does anyone know how to get this in Europe/Germany? I can't order this from the US site as they're only shipping within the US.</p> I like the design a lot.

Does anyone know how to get this in Europe/Germany? I can't order this from the US site as they're only shipping within the US.

]]> By: Jeff Cooperstein http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/08/09/mini_motion_watch_now_available/comment-page-1/#comment-9075 Jeff Cooperstein Tue, 10 Aug 2004 14:47:16 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/08/09/#comment-9075 <p>Picked mine up yesterday at the MOMA store. Looks great! fits Great! Being a member of MOMA I saved 20% on the watch.</p> Picked mine up yesterday at the MOMA store. Looks great! fits Great! Being a member of MOMA I saved 20% on the watch.

]]> By: Bart http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/08/09/mini_motion_watch_now_available/comment-page-1/#comment-9074 Bart Tue, 10 Aug 2004 05:13:42 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/08/09/#comment-9074 <p>That's a very cool watch. 'nuf said.</p> That's a very cool watch. 'nuf said.

]]> By: Franz Willhelm Van Goot http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/08/09/mini_motion_watch_now_available/comment-page-1/#comment-9073 Franz Willhelm Van Goot Tue, 10 Aug 2004 03:21:03 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/08/09/#comment-9073 <p>Mine is on the way, I have been waiting for it since the motion line came out- ordered from Flight 001, I'm with you Gabe can't wait. The watch is really cool leave it at that. Not flashy, but different.</p> Mine is on the way, I have been waiting for it since the motion line came out- ordered from Flight 001, I'm with you Gabe can't wait. The watch is really cool leave it at that. Not flashy, but different.

]]> By: mspetrology http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/08/09/mini_motion_watch_now_available/comment-page-1/#comment-9072 mspetrology Tue, 10 Aug 2004 00:31:39 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/08/09/#comment-9072 <p>IMHO, I think the watch is in line with the MINI design philosophy--a little curvy, a little not, simple but functional, uber hip. In fact, if you squint you can imagine the face as the top of a MINI with a dual-pane sunroof!</p> IMHO, I think the watch is in line with the MINI design philosophy–a little curvy, a little not, simple but functional, uber hip. In fact, if you squint you can imagine the face as the top of a MINI with a dual-pane sunroof!

]]> By: David http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/08/09/mini_motion_watch_now_available/comment-page-1/#comment-9071 David Mon, 09 Aug 2004 23:41:33 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/08/09/#comment-9071 <p>The watch looks a little too... clean... to me. There is such a minimalist look to it, sterile and without personality. The MINI, on the other hand, is a modern interpretation of a more classical design, with a bit more curvature and a lot more personality. It looks good to me, but only in an "art exhibit" kind of way.</p> The watch looks a little too… clean… to me. There is such a minimalist look to it, sterile and without personality. The MINI, on the other hand, is a modern interpretation of a more classical design, with a bit more curvature and a lot more personality. It looks good to me, but only in an “art exhibit” kind of way.

]]> By: michael Boice http://www.motoringfile.com/2004/08/09/mini_motion_watch_now_available/comment-page-1/#comment-9070 michael Boice Mon, 09 Aug 2004 23:32:57 +0000 http://matthewgifford.com/2004/08/09/#comment-9070 <p>...hmmm...the watch's form and content do not match those of the Mini. This watch was definately designed by folk who designed a different car, or, by folk who did not pen the Mini. doesn't work for me.</p> …hmmm…the watch's form and content do not match those of the Mini. This watch was definately designed by folk who designed a different car, or, by folk who did not pen the Mini. doesn't work for me.

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