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Good Design/Bad Design for a Specialty Object: Crumb Sweepers
2 very different use-cases; I don't think it's fair to compare them. As you alluded to and well know Rain, Oxo's design ethos centers around universal design. I can't imagine someone with arthritis pinching that aluminum tool for any significant amount of time. Equally, I can't imagine using the aluminum tool on tables without finely woven tablecloths, for any hard surfaces bristles would work much better, and would also work on cloth. Perhaps it could have used less materials but there isn't enough substance here to comment on. Why not just buy both, try them, and THEN write about it? There's better discourse on design from people that use the products they're talking about.
Somebody was looking for an Instapot on Bed Bath & Beyond and a pseudoarticle was born.
Oxo did not imvent the brush sweeper is a very old design was popular in Italy when i grew up. It is very simple and even I as a kid was tasked to clear my grandma’s table and enjoyed it. The aluminum takes a bit more skills. I would compare it to corkscrews: waiters and most drinkers would prefer a compact and cheap waiters 2-step corkscrew. But most people would opt for a slighly easier winged butterfly or the rabbit. Both work. Coincidentally, alessi makes a nice table sweeper like the one u like but with a wing so u can collect the crumbs and not need a plate