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Another object in the "I'm sad this exists, but I see why it exists" category: This Sanizone tool, designed for arthritic people who cannot easily peel the seals on yogurt packages, sour cream containers and the like.
It's also got this lamprey-like feature for aiding in the removal of screw-on caps.
A small magnet embedded in the handle lets you stick it to the 'fridge.
I don't doubt that the tool is useful for those with grip issues, but I do wish the designers had made it a bit more sightly. Or that they'd chosen different colors for the plastic; those specific tones of pink and blue make me think of the Chinatown dollar store I used to live near, which hawked cheapie clothespins and colanders made of the same stuff.
Lastly—and I say this as a former package designer—I wish that every package designer, or their boss that forces certain decisions, would be made to spend a weekend opening 1,000 of their creations.
I’m a lapsed industrial designer. I was born in NYC and figured I’d die there, but a few years ago I abandoned New York to live on a farm in the countryside with my wife. We have six dogs.
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Compensatory Design for Difficult Packaging: A Kitchen Tool for Opening Yogurt Containers
I would buy this in a heartbeat. And I don't have arthritis. Those containers take several tries to open and usually I just stab it with a knife. I do agree the color is not the greatest.
I do agree with Rain on how packaging can be hard to open, even for those of us who enjoy better than average grip strength and dexterity.
That the colours chosen make these kitchen tools look like kitchen tools is a *feature* not a bug.
…like a sardine can key. Better to incorporate it into the fridge door.