You Can't Innovate Like Apple!

When what you teach and develop every day has the title “Innovation” attached to it, you reach a point where you tire of hearing about Apple. Without question, nearly everyone believes the equation Apple = Innovation is a fundamental truth. Discover what makes them different. By Alain Breillatt

Apple! Apple! Apple! Magazines can’t possibly be wrong, so Apple is clearly the “Most Admired,” the “Most Innovative," and the “Master at Design.”

Let me tell you, when what you teach and develop every day has the title “Innovation” attached to it, you reach a point where you tire of hearing about Apple. Without question, nearly everyone believes the equation Apple = Innovation is a fundamental truth—akin to the second law of thermodynamics, Boyle’s Law, or Moore’s Law.

But ask these same people if they understand exactly how Apple comes up with their ideas and what approach the company uses to develop blockbuster products—whether it is a fluky phenomenon or based on a repeatable set of governing principles—and you mostly get a dumbfounded stare. This response is what frustrates me most, because people worship what they don’t understand.

 

Why Apple Design Works?

Apple has always been showing what beautiful design means in all their designs, products, icons, and websites. But what really make Apple design stand out from the crowd? Why it receives so big attention, so many awards, what’s so special in it?

Let’s start with own Apple designed website sections to see original style:

Building inspired by Apple store

The all-glass exterior of developer Tibor Hollo’s latest Brickell Avenue project changes color with the time of day.

Brickell’s landscape will soon sport a giant color-changing glass cube. This isn’t an art installation, but a bank.

The $3.8 million project is veteran developer Tibor Hollo’s latest addition to Brickell’s financial district. Inspired by New York’s famous Fifth Avenue Apple store, the 2,500-square-foot, 30-foot high structure is the site for a new TD Bank.

Preliminary work began July 11 and full construction should start next month, said Hollo, president of Florida East Coast Realty. The Cube, as it’s called, will be built on the southwest corner of the existing office towers at 1101 Brickell Ave. The FECR bought the property two years ago and renovated it. The bank should open its doors next spring.