Photo by Troy B. Thompson. Donald A. Norman's
The Design of Everyday Things is popular in my class, and on the front of the book is a picture of the Masochist's Coffee Pot (designed by Jacques Carelman and featured in
A Catalogue of Unfindable Objects). I also came across
Objetos Imposibles, which also features some strange designs, such as the cactus glove (a glove with spikes on the outside) and the weekly pipe (seven pipes attached together, one for every day of the week, and it smokes seven times more slowly than a normal pipe). and glasses specially designed for gazing into another person's eyes.
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Date: 2007-10-31 04:08 pm (UTC)i recognized the tile pattern in that photo immediately, from having wandered around that area in san francisco. it's also featured in coppola's "the conversation."
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Date: 2007-10-31 04:46 pm (UTC)The particular example of the squeezer in the picture is gold plated. Apparently citrus juice tarnishes gold plate.
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