Comments on: When Design Overthinks: The Hang On Outlet http://www.psfk.com/2008/07/when-design-overthinks-the-hang-on-outlet.html Ideas & Trends Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:41:29 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: sara http://www.psfk.com/2008/07/when-design-overthinks-the-hang-on-outlet.html/comment-page-1#comment-58424 sara Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:29:53 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2008/07/when-design-overthinks-the-hang-on-outlet.html#comment-58424 While I don't think this invention is genius, it does open up a bit of power-saving dialogue which is a good thing. Still, I do have to reply to Lauren's comment "Designing (prototyping, sampling, reprototyping), manufacturing and shipping a product takes a solid amount of resources (e.g. electricity, coal, oil, money). Designing products to curb consumer use of resources is completely contradictory." Lauren, don't you think that good design is should change behaviors? Good design is about guiding people to a better end. In the case of green design, if the end product is worth the "amount of resources," then "designing products to curb consumer use of resources" makes absolute sense. Hybrid cars are designed, solar panels are designed, compostable utensils are designed. These designs curb consumer use of resources. These designs, no matter how far they may need improvement, are the future of any economy hoping to survive in the modern world. Humans make a footprint on the earth, whether we like it or not. Our job as designers is to shrink that footprint as much as we can, while using as few resources as we can. While I don’t think this invention is genius, it does open up a bit of power-saving dialogue which is a good thing.

Still, I do have to reply to Lauren’s comment “Designing (prototyping, sampling, reprototyping), manufacturing and shipping a product takes a solid amount of resources (e.g. electricity, coal, oil, money). Designing products to curb consumer use of resources is completely contradictory.”

Lauren, don’t you think that good design is should change behaviors? Good design is about guiding people to a better end.

In the case of green design, if the end product is worth the “amount of resources,” then “designing products to curb consumer use of resources” makes absolute sense. Hybrid cars are designed, solar panels are designed, compostable utensils are designed. These designs curb consumer use of resources.

These designs, no matter how far they may need improvement, are the future of any economy hoping to survive in the modern world. Humans make a footprint on the earth, whether we like it or not. Our job as designers is to shrink that footprint as much as we can, while using as few resources as we can.

]]> By: lauren serota http://www.psfk.com/2008/07/when-design-overthinks-the-hang-on-outlet.html/comment-page-1#comment-57274 lauren serota Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:44:08 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2008/07/when-design-overthinks-the-hang-on-outlet.html#comment-57274 Designing (prototyping, sampling, reprototyping), manufacturing and shipping a product takes a solid amount of resources (e.g. electricity, coal, oil, money). Designing products to curb consumer use of resources is completely contradictory. Designing (prototyping, sampling, reprototyping), manufacturing and shipping a product takes a solid amount of resources (e.g. electricity, coal, oil, money). Designing products to curb consumer use of resources is completely contradictory.

]]> By: Ian http://www.psfk.com/2008/07/when-design-overthinks-the-hang-on-outlet.html/comment-page-1#comment-54086 Ian Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:48:28 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2008/07/when-design-overthinks-the-hang-on-outlet.html#comment-54086 Get rich quick. Wrap some plastic around a wall socket. Get rich quick. Wrap some plastic around a wall socket.

]]> By: Dumma man http://www.psfk.com/2008/07/when-design-overthinks-the-hang-on-outlet.html/comment-page-1#comment-53876 Dumma man Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:17:47 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2008/07/when-design-overthinks-the-hang-on-outlet.html#comment-53876 Gulla, You are either on crack, or an identity theif. Probably both, because I see that you have the SAME IP address as me. What??? Get out of my brain! Oh, and yea, these are DUMB. I just hang my plugs on a glass which is half full of cran-apple. That way they MARINATE, so when I plug them back in, they use less energy. WHO IS SAVING THE EARTH NOW, BITCHES? Gulla,
You are either on crack, or an identity theif. Probably both, because I see that you have the SAME IP address as me. What??? Get out of my brain!

Oh, and yea, these are DUMB. I just hang my plugs on a glass which is half full of cran-apple. That way they MARINATE, so when I plug them back in, they use less energy. WHO IS SAVING THE EARTH NOW, BITCHES?

]]> By: Gulla Lilah http://www.psfk.com/2008/07/when-design-overthinks-the-hang-on-outlet.html/comment-page-1#comment-53870 Gulla Lilah Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:13:32 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2008/07/when-design-overthinks-the-hang-on-outlet.html#comment-53870 WAT??? U PEOPLE ARE NUTS. This invention, is, BAR-NONE, the most ingenious and influential thing since the internet. Obviously you people do not see that within a couple years, these things will be in EVERYONE's homes and offices, and the only people who dont have them are pooping in ahole and have never seen an electrical outlet anyways. IT IS THE FUTURE! WAT??? U PEOPLE ARE NUTS. This invention, is, BAR-NONE, the most ingenious and influential thing since the internet. Obviously you people do not see that within a couple years, these things will be in EVERYONE’s homes and offices, and the only people who dont have them are pooping in ahole and have never seen an electrical outlet anyways. IT IS THE FUTURE!

]]> By: Scott http://www.psfk.com/2008/07/when-design-overthinks-the-hang-on-outlet.html/comment-page-1#comment-53591 Scott Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:25:47 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2008/07/when-design-overthinks-the-hang-on-outlet.html#comment-53591 just more shyt we dont need. just more shyt we dont need.

]]> By: gabriel amadeus http://www.psfk.com/2008/07/when-design-overthinks-the-hang-on-outlet.html/comment-page-1#comment-53207 gabriel amadeus Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:11:58 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2008/07/when-design-overthinks-the-hang-on-outlet.html#comment-53207 Yes! Thank you, I thought the same thing when I saw this. To boot, it looks breakable as all hell and where in world did they happen to find 2 cords with the conveniently shaped flat tabs to rest perfectly with the plug shelf. Grrr. Yes! Thank you, I thought the same thing when I saw this. To boot, it looks breakable as all hell and where in world did they happen to find 2 cords with the conveniently shaped flat tabs to rest perfectly with the plug shelf. Grrr.

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