{"id":428,"date":"2006-09-13T20:29:14","date_gmt":"2006-09-13T18:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.1.2\/en\/?p=428"},"modified":"2006-09-13T20:29:14","modified_gmt":"2006-09-13T18:29:14","slug":"manufacture-vs-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=428","title":{"rendered":"Manufacture vs Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am in Hong Kong now meeting with ODM makers who can manufacture the products that FON makes.  Tomorrow I will go to meet with Accton in Taiwan, our lead supplier.   As I have these meetings I wonder why is it that so many of the products designed in the States and Europe are made in China while few of the products designed in China are sold in Europe and the States.  I am sure many people have looked at this phenomenom and have tried to come up with theories.  To me it is a question of focus.  At FON in Madrid, all we think about is user experience, software, the manufacturers we work with however are concentrated on the art to make the most for the least amount of money.  Very different proposition.  We need each other.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mainphotoarea\"><\/div><div class=\"theme-buttons\"><div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=428\" data-send=\"false\" data-layout=\"box_count\" data-width=\"71\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-font=\"arial\" data-locale=\"en_US\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am in Hong Kong now meeting with ODM makers who can manufacture the products that FON makes. Tomorrow I will go to meet with Accton in Taiwan, our lead supplier. 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