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The Weekly Design Roast, #23

The finest of industrial design

By Rain Noe - November 1, 2019

in Weekly Design Roast

"As you can see, this chair has many useful configurations."

(This is a cigarette-lighter air freshener for cars.) "The aesthetic I was going for is 'Interstellar Asgardian Weapon.'"

This "smartphone addiction solution" storage object is electromagnetically-shielded, so any phone you place inside cannot receive a signal. I guess you could also just turn your phone off, but this object has the added benefit of taking up desk space and costing money.

This is a scooter concept meant to change shape as it accelerates. Just don't accelerate too quickly.

"We couldn't figure out how to attach a windshield, but one of our engineers came up with a clever workaround."

I guarantee this "globe wheel" concept car was designed by someone who never had to clean out the little rubber sphere in an old-school computer mouse.

"I like the look of the strong, thick shaft. And at night it emits a powerful, penetrating beam out of the front."

This is a luxury hoverboard "geared towards more mature consumers." Er, don't mature consumers…avoid riding hoverboards?

This sofa was designed to rock…from side-to-side. It's perfect for if you want to accidentally kill your cat or crush your dropped remote. You can also alienate your weight-conscious friends; when they're sitting on one side and you're on the other, make a big show about how you have to hold some kettlebells as "ballast" just to keep the damn thing level.

This is a leather chess board that comes with silicone bands delineating the pieces; you're meant to find and gather rocks to tie the bands around, in order to complete the pieces (I'm not kidding). I'd like to see a Checkers variant of this--it would come with the board, a sausage, a zucchini, and a chef's knife.

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Donald Jones

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That couch is the perfect solution for cracking walnuts, while watching the game at this Thanksgiving
family gathering. You could crack the whole bag at once. Such a time saver. The added plus is there will be no room for Aunt Mildred's famous Mince Meat Pie.

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Jim Lewis

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The DorkScooter®— Redefining crotchrockets since 2019

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Ryan Spotowski

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The first seating solution was featured on Core77 as a reader project: https://www.core77.com/projects/77806/Opposites-Attract-with-the-Delirium-Chair

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Paul Elliott

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My vote goes to the wobbly couch, although the chess set and the phone-storage box are close contenders.
That poor "chair" model tho...

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Juan Cano

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Tough one this week; not sure. The chess board should win because there are already small portable chess boards you can carry, not sure why this would even be considered good, and also hoping you find enough rocks of the same size to get your game going. But the yellow egg car is brilliant; the head windshield it must strengthen your neck muscles as you ride.

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  I think a couch that rocks from side to side should be the trophy they award the yearly winner of this article.
  
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