5 design breakthroughs that forever entered the history
Modern man is difficult to surprise with cart for supermarket or table lamp, which is able to rotate in different directions. Yeah, modern man is in principle difficult to surprise!
But for our ancestors, these items are a real discovery! How and under what circumstances it happened, read below.
In the 90s almost every home had an electric juicer that quickly and effectively coped with their task. But the juicer Juicy Salif invented by the legendary designer Philippe Old, had a unique, unconventional style and would say: "my owner certainly has taste!". It made her a cult thing, which is still there in many kitchens.
Before soy sauce was stored in bulk cans, and when put on the table — poured in a shallow ceramic dish. But the Japanese Kenji Écouen has significantly simplified this process by inventing the legendary Kikkoman bottle of thick glass and the dispenser, which resembles a traditional Japanese container for sake. With it you can easily pour the desired amount of soy sauce to make it not run off the edges and not dried out.
Lamp engineer George Carwardine, which later became the hallmark of Pixar, was the first lamp that could move in all directions and fixed in different positions. Working on it, Carwardine has tried to solve in the first place is not a design and engineering challenge, but an anthropomorphic style lamp left nobody indifferent. Still Anglepoise found in many offices and homes, despite the fact that this lamp has already appeared hundreds of counterparts.
Rimowa Topas Series are also designed with a practical purpose — aluminum suitcase was much easier used then the wooden suitcases. In this case it puts the same amount of things, it did not rust, did not deteriorate and was shock proof. The only drawback of this case at the time of the appearance on the market was its high cost.
The first cart was invented by the owner of the supermarket chain Sylvan Goldman solely from mercenary motives. The man noticed that people always gain exactly as much purchases how many are placed in their hands, so to increase sales, has created a truck. At first, everyone was shy to go with it, because in appearance it resembled a baby carriage. Then Goldman hired fake people, who walked around with shopping carts at the supermarket, and the crowd quickly caught up.
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