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Product Design with Contrived UX: A Tumbler with a Physically Corresponding Coaster
When design forces extra interaction
This Kings Mountain Whiskey Tumbler, by a faceless housewares brand called Ecletticos, is sold with a physically corresponding coaster. I suppose it's meant to appeal to those who enjoy watching GIFs of things fitting together perfectly.
It comes in two different heights.
The downside, of course, is that you can only use the coaster with a glass of this sort. Reminds me of the Mitch Hedberg joke on why gift certificates are a terrible gift: "You take money that was good everywhere…."
Even stranger: In addition to the "Single-Peak" version, they also offer this "Multi-Peak" model:
So now the user must properly orient the glass before setting it down. While drinking booze.
I do detest this kind of contrived UX design, that forces extra interactive steps on the user for the sake of whimsy; nevertheless, this thing is actually in production, so there are presumably buyers who enjoy this sort of thing.
Design entrepreneurs out there, remember that when there's a will, there's a way. Revisit your never-pursued projects; perhaps there's a market out there after all.
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They are simple and beautiful, but I will need a room as stylish as this glasses before buying one.
The glass peak elevating the ice well above the beverage, as seen in one of the images, is a failed function for the tumbler version. And maybe the extra step needed in cleaning the valleys.... that should be the focus of the hate instead of its contrivance in my opinion.
I don't yacht, but if the coaster were appropriately attached or given purchase on countertop, maybe this would be kinda useful on a rocking boat?
I kind of like this. This could be taken a step further by giving the wood base a recessed ring near the edge for condensation to fall into.
I think whimsy has it's place and this isn't a bad application in my view. Especially the Multi-Peak version which may give the opportunity to place the glass in alternative angles. People often like fidgetability.
I actually love the Peugeot brand (not the cars, the other stuff they make) and they did something similar a while ago, but with a twist ; it's a solid aluminium base you first put in the freezer, so the whisky gets cooled without adding anything. I personally wouldn't bother, but here it is : https://fr.peugeot-saveurs.com/fr/les-impitoyables-set-whisky-set-de-degustation-a-whisky-38-cl.html
Just because a market exists doesn't mean we should spend the carbon to make the tchotchke.