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Concept for a Tape Roll That (Supposedly) Makes it Easier to Find the Beginning of the Tape

If fingernails, fold-over flaps or dispensers aren't your thing

By Rain Noe - November 4, 2019

in Object Culture

I almost put this one into the Design Roast, but I could actually see this concept catching on in Korea or Japan, where they're typically willing to pay more for overdesigned versions of simple objects.

Industrial designers Deockeun An, Jaehyung Kim and Cheolwoong Seo conceived of this tape roll, for those who get frustrated trying to find where the tape begins.

I do believe the concept is flawed--are you meant to coordinate where you tear the tape each time, to ensure it lands on a tooth?--but am always amused to see people tackling mundane and everyday issues like this. It's not quite as insightful as those highly specific Japanese Halloween costumes, but with a roll of tape, this is the closest we're gonna get.

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Seth Godin

5 years ago

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Other than the issue of production (of which I know nothing) the design isn't at all flawed. You don't have to 'land on a tooth'. All you have to do is unstick an inch or two of tape so it rises off a crevice, pull it tight and tape it back on. You might expose two gaps instead of one, but it's going to work.

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O Studio

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This would certainly add a lot more steps to the manufacturing of simple rolls of tape... I wonder if this is possible to achieve simply by adding one step of squeezing a normal tape roll with a cog-like device. The inner rolls won't be imprinted as much but the outer layers may have that bump... That might also distort the tape, though....

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Matt Levine

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Overthought. Simply fold a tiny bit at the end so you can easily find the end again.

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