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pIn a very Apple-like move, Microsoft has posted a video of Young Kim, the industrial designer behind their new A HREF=”http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=112″ Arc Mouse/A, talking about the design process. Apple vs. Microsoft aside, we’re pleased to see any giant corporation discussing elements of industrial design that the public doesn’t typically get to see–prototyping, modelmaking, ergonomic considerations, et cetera–and we hope that yet more competitors will jump on this particular bandwagon./p

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