Silly British Design - The horizontal can opener
This can opener design might win the triumphant perfection of inconvenience award for reasons you will see in the video. If you’re from the States, and have never seen a horizontal can opener, it is for a very good reason: they suck. Granted this isn’t necessarily a British design so I can hardly blame them, but we are here and it’s the first time we’ve seen it. When figuring out how to use it, Julianne sat in the kitchen for 30 minutes trying desperately to get the can open.
Paris je t'aime
I’ve been reading a bunch of books lately that happen to involve historic Paris – first “A Tale of Two Cities”, when Parisian heads are getting cut off, then “Les Miserables”, when French butt gets kicked by English people at Waterloo and then by French people in the streets of Paris, and most recently “Vanity Fair”, when French politics ruin the main character’s dad. Victor Hugo’s book especially made me excited to visit Paris, since he can’t stop talking about how great it is.
Silly British Design - Cardboard juice carton
For my first installment of Silly British Designs, I am reviewing the juice carton: a rather simple everyday item designed to provide a solid container you can use to store and pour liquids. A simple idea that has been around at least since the flask and, I imagine, longer than that. Unfortunately, a few companies seem to have oversimplified the design a bit and opted for a lift tab rather than a liquid tight screw top.