Designing products to take advantage of sustainable production methods can often be a better approach
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"Once again, designer solving the wrong problem. If the pan/pot is that heavy, it should have handles on both sides and be lifted with two hands. Easier as well as much more stable and safer. Even the cast iron skillet shown on the stove top has handles on both sides, for exactly that reason."
"Unfortunately the business did cease operating sometime around May of this year: "not sustainable in the long term."https://web.archive.org/web/20220525124736/https://lumasuite.com/ultima-noticia-lumasuite-cierra-definitivamente/"
"I commend this designer not only for the final outcome, which is very innovative, but also for the ability to shift and adapt when his initial iteration didn't work."
"Yes and what WIDTH plank? From the width of the seat, I would estimate a least 10 inches, and quarter sawn, no less. So from a 22-25 inch diameter tree you will get four of those planks. How is that reducing waste? Building up from 3-4 inch wide stock would go much further toward reducing waste. Also it's just plain ugly."
"I avoid using branches in woodworking, as they grow under a lot more stress than the trunk, and are much more prone to warp, twist, crack, split, and even explode when you cut into them. Yes I have seen this happen. Well maybe not explode, let's say split energetically. But I guess if your material cost is low enough, you can discard whatever misbehaves."
"How is this "efficient and economical use of materials"? Have you priced plywood lately? How is six legs for a table more efficient than four? Also its going to be a real pain to install those legs level and the same length. Another design for novelty over practicality."
"This is a great design. Probably lighter than equivalent plastic, not only easier to move around but save on shipping. The same style could be expanded to chairs, loungers, stools, shelving. Those machined end pieces could be pricey but maybe for high volume they could be cast? Eliminate all those screws with robotic spot welding? I hope this goes into production."
"Yet another designer prioritizing novel appearance over cost, practicality, and efficiency. Agree with Armin these should be injection molded for 0.25 each, retail for1for a 75% margin. Ditch the custom wrench. And work with square stock which is less expensive and less wasteful of material. Is business, economics, or sales training any part of design school? Doesn't seem so since so many designs seem more like art projects than practical products."
"A Chinook can lift 24,000 pounds of payload because it has two turboshaft engines developing 4,733 hp each, powering two 60-ft rotors for a total of 5,600 square feet of rotor area, fueled by 6,000 pounds (1,000 gallons) of JET-A.This is another art object as evidenced by this passage: "The overall design has a strong technical language complemented by a dual-tone colour scheme ... A straight line turning upwards at the end, composes the tailight signature [he is a car designer after all] when closed become a rectangle ... to achieve a unified design." Not a word about cargo volume, power-to-weight ratio, endurance, or any other specs that might make this anything other than a fancy rendering in a portfolio."