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The Weekly Design Roast, #21

The finest of industrial design

By Rain Noe - October 18, 2019

in Weekly Design Roast

Why is this retail display designed to close? Are you supposed to shut it at night so the clothes can go to sleep?

"I illuminated the interior because it's important for me to see exactly which ice cube I want."

After "Silence of the Lambs" character Buffalo Bill was killed, this sommelier bought his house and renovated the basement.

This is actually a clever reminder from a bar that when you're there, you're just a middleman between beer and piss.

Assignment to the designer: "I know it's just a refrigerator, but add some visual cues to justify why we can mark this up by two or three grand"

"I want a chandelier that houseflies can get trapped inside of"

"Don't forget: Because of the way it's designed, the floor doesn't actually have any support. So when you open this thing to use it, do NOT step on the floor"

From the 12th hour of this 37-hour shoot: "Guys--are you going to be able to get the goddamn patterns to line up, or not? We can't keep repainting the wall white and waiting for it to dry"

"My design concept perfectly illustrates that I do not understand how heating elements or knives work"

"It's brilliant. Instead of being able to scan all of the books at once, sometimes you have to walk around to the sides!"

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hans henderson

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The urinal is for practicing KEGel exercises

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Ray Jepson

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The toasting knife reminds me of a design class mate who built a blender with no power cord. When questioned about it in the design review, he claimed it had wireless power. The prof loved it! #designthinking

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Aleks Palatnik

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The toasting knife is a shot from the Hitchhiker's Guide movie.

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Stephen Kennedy

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Toaster knife is a real thing https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kcjGRXTpHGI And works about as well as you might expect

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Brian Hackett

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"It puts the Gruyere is the f#$%ing basket!"

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Patent Illustrator

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I actually like the concept of first image of the retail display

I understand your thoughts Rain but I tend to try & improve further usage potential

Such as:

Environments whereby a flat screen TV could be mounted discretely on one side along with perhaps lower shelves for books etc. on one exterior surface ~ During use it would be like an entertainment (TV/Books) while collapsed & then come morning time it gets opened up for clothing needs

I know I'm inverting retail to consumer use but ~ Retail could use it as well for streaming advertising as well on both exterior surfaces

Just food for thought

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Donald Jones

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Went to the pub and came home with a free Orchiectomy.

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hans henderson

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> Why is this retail display designed to close?

Actually excellent space-saving, have one end of a room filled with these like books on a shelf, but narrow opening edge facing you.

Depth / length is a bit less than half the remaing length and also width of the room, so can pull out one at a time and open up, back against the rest of them, which remain closed.

Perfect for maximizing utility of the walk-in closet of a major clothes-horse, not silly at all!

Or a space-constrained retail shop. . .

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I think I may have used that exact same keg urinal, it was... splashy.

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