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The Weekly Design Roast, #12

The finest of industrial design

By Rain Noe - August 16, 2019

in Weekly Design Roast

"My research shows that people often misplace chairs. What could be more frustrating than getting back to your desk, only to discover you've lost the chair again? Well, with my design, that never happens!"

"I've joined the legion of clever designers who design a thing that doesn't work well, but is cool because it's made out of another thing."

"I designed this sofa for people who have friends who smell and/or have annoyingly loud voices."

"Here's a great application for generative design: Wine decanters that are impossible to clean with a bottle brush."

"I designed this chair so that I could read a book while my wife scans the lawn for intruders."

"It's true that pushing it shut and zipping it closed makes it very difficult to get in and out of, but it's worth it for those times when I want to undress in the middle of the living room when I'm having people over."

"I designed this so that I can walk and text in the rain. It doesn't leave my hands free to hold an umbrella, but what's more important, keeping myself dry or my phone dry?"

"I like my cylindrical tiny home, but sometimes when the neighborhood kids roll it down a hill, I do wish I had chosen a different shape."

"I wanted to combine the beauty of living in nature with the inconvenience of a three-story walk-up."

"I'll tell you when he goes to lunch, then all you'll have to do is sneak in and loosen two bolts. It'll look like an accident, and we'll split the insurance money fifty-fifty."

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Sarah Giles

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Is the tree house looking thing I fire lookout post? hence the reason it is up high and has the steep metal roof. It is easier to climb a spiral stair then those square stars on standard towers--both stills suck.

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Frank Dana

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Re: the three-story walk-up, just don't think about the bathroom facilities... or lack thereof. (Do you see any plumbing?)

I suppose it's possible the Triangle of Mystery is equipped with a chemical toilet. Which would make the situation even worse, at least for the person tasked with removal of the... 'output'.

"Careful not to drip on the spiral stairs, there's a dear! What? No, I said drip, not trip! I couldn't care less if you trip!"

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Hans Marvell

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I can't get enough of these. Great to see Verner Panton getting the treatment, as much as I love his beautiful insane furniture. I am sure there is enough material to fill a decent sized coffe-table book .... one that maybe come with its own bespoke stand or table that can ONLY be used to hold said book ;-).

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Luke Haney

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While my wife scans the lawn for intruders.. I lost it! haha bravo again!

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Mel Ronald

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I just binge-read all of these and they make me so happy 😁

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