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Re: A laptop stand made from a single sheet of recycled paper

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Post by croisillon »

radlad wrote: post #87
calmbonsai wrote: post #78

I'm reminded of similarly useless "sustainable cardboard furniture" that came out about a decade ago. On the positive side, kudos to whomever in marketing/pr at the design firm got this useless product so much press. This is just the sort of "win" that a design consulting shop loves to have for actual briefs that lead to real moving-the-needle revenue. One example would be SmartDesign's modular slip-on "S-Grips" that…

This is a bit of a random place to mention it, but while I very much like OXO goods, IKEA makes the best (in my opinion) potato peeler for $5 - cheaper than anything OXO makes: https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/ikea-365-vaerdefull-potato-peel...

that's something i never understood: why do they sell peelers with a movable part? like we are meant to peel in curves and expect the knife to follow the curve beautifully? the fixed ones are easier to use and easier to clean!

Re: A laptop stand made from a single sheet of recycled paper

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Post by lexicality »

This looks like the kind of thing you get given as a cheap branded gift in a conference and it breaks before the conference is over. As soon as you put enough downward force to damage one of the folds or it gets damp, you're heading directly to rip-city.

Re: A laptop stand made from a single sheet of recycled paper

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Post by radlad »

croisillon wrote: post #91
radlad wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a bit of a random place to mention it, but while I very much like OXO goods, IKEA makes the best (in my opinion) potato peeler for $5 - cheaper than anything OXO makes: https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/ikea-365-vaerdefull-potato-peel...

that's something i never understood: why do they sell peelers with a movable part? like we are meant to peel in curves and expect the knife to follow the curve beautifully? the fixed ones are easier to use and easier to clean!

The hinge allows you to peel in both directions (i.e. forwards and backwards across your potato/carrot/etc. without lifting the peeler.) It also means it can track a rough surface more easily. I haven't had any issues with the hinge, and I use a dishwasher for cleaning - what issues have you run into?

Re: A laptop stand made from a single sheet of recycled paper

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Post by nordsieck »

calmbonsai wrote: post #78

I'm reminded of similarly useless "sustainable cardboard furniture" that came out about a decade ago. On the positive side, kudos to whomever in marketing/pr at the design firm got this useless product so much press. This is just the sort of "win" that a design consulting shop loves to have for actual briefs that lead to real moving-the-needle revenue. One example would be SmartDesign's modular slip-on "S-Grips" that…

> I'm reminded of similarly useless "sustainable cardboard furniture" that came out about a decade ago.

Apparently no one learned their lesson, because the cardboard olympic village beds were also (allegedly) pretty terrible.

Re: A laptop stand made from a single sheet of recycled paper

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Post by bko »

yoavm wrote: post #90
bko wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I often see "recycled" or similar as a signal for more expensive. My favorite was when I saw a jam that touted "upcycled" strawberries. When I looked into it, it basically meant that it was made from beat up ugly strawberries that would have been used for animal feed. Surely there would be cost savings in using reject fruit, right? No, an 8oz jar retails for over $8 compared to about half that to an organic no sugar…

Sometimes it's a marketing stunt, but often recycling is more expensive. I mean, recycling a plastic bag is probably more expensive than making one. The unfortunate reality of our financial system is that it often rewards people for doing the wrong thing.

If recycling is more expensive, isn't recycling the wrong thing?

The price isn't some random number attached to an activity. It captures the various costs associated with it and is helpful in directing behaviors for this very reason.

Recycling is more expensive, it likely means that there are associated costs (e.g. transportation, sorting, cleaning, processing, etc) that make it less economical than just throwing it in a landfill. And all these additional costs likely make it the "wrong" decision since they likely contribute to carbon emissions or otherwise wasteful use of the earth's resources

Re: A laptop stand made from a single sheet of recycled paper

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Post by forgetfreeman »

404mm wrote: post #73
brettermeier wrote: post #51

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This is failed design, your wrists will hate you after using this.

Not just design. This whole product is a failure. It does not make sense from any angle. In fact I don’t understand how the website is still up and running.

All of the same vibes I got when I found out some outfit managed to take a cock ring with accelerometers and an associated phone app to production.

Re: A laptop stand made from a single sheet of recycled paper

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Post by adrianN »

yoavm wrote: post #90
bko wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I often see "recycled" or similar as a signal for more expensive. My favorite was when I saw a jam that touted "upcycled" strawberries. When I looked into it, it basically meant that it was made from beat up ugly strawberries that would have been used for animal feed. Surely there would be cost savings in using reject fruit, right? No, an 8oz jar retails for over $8 compared to about half that to an organic no sugar…

Sometimes it's a marketing stunt, but often recycling is more expensive. I mean, recycling a plastic bag is probably more expensive than making one. The unfortunate reality of our financial system is that it often rewards people for doing the wrong thing.

Recycling a plastic bag is not necessarily better for the environment than burning it.

Re: A laptop stand made from a single sheet of recycled paper

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Post by adrianN »

bko wrote: post #96
yoavm wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sometimes it's a marketing stunt, but often recycling is more expensive. I mean, recycling a plastic bag is probably more expensive than making one. The unfortunate reality of our financial system is that it often rewards people for doing the wrong thing.

If recycling is more expensive, isn't recycling the wrong thing? The price isn't some random number attached to an activity. It captures the various costs associated with it and is helpful in directing behaviors for this very reason. Recycling is more expensive, it likely means that there are associated costs (e.g. transportation, sorting, cleaning, processing, etc) that make it less economical than just throwing it…

The price rarely captures all the costs.

Re: A laptop stand made from a single sheet of recycled paper

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Post by crazygringo »

ArlenBales wrote: post #11
impure wrote: post #7

I don't see much point to this, it barely props up your laptop at all. You're still going to get tech neck. I recently got a nexstand, external keyboard, and mouse and it has been amazing.

Those are kind of ugly, at least for MacBooks. Rain Design's mStand is my favorite, blends in perfectly.

They are, but they're portable. They collapse and you throw it in your bag.

The mStand is beautiful, but it's not portable.

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