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My ten favourite pieces of product design #4: le creuset casserole
December 28, 2007, 9:12 pm
Filed under: design, design classics series, simple

France, 1925
Le Creuset

Le Creuset casserole
Cooking certain things very slowly makes them taste very good indeed.A heavy cast iron pot is just the trick.

Our Le Creuset, called Nigel, regularly dishes up such delicacies as melt-in-the-mouth roast lamb and stoved potatoes. 



MY TEN FAVOURITE PIECES OF PRODUCT DESIGN #2: Coffee filter
December 23, 2007, 2:32 pm
Filed under: Easy, design, design classics series, food, simple

Germany, 1908
Melitta Bentz

Coffee filter cone
Surprising that one of the most minimalist ways of brewing coffee is also one of the best! Note that Bentz was repsonsible for the idea of the paper filter, not necessarily the plastic cone.
(Via About.com inventors)

Good because

Best taste, and very easy to clean!



My ten favourite pieces of product design #1: Caran D’Ache Fixpencil
December 23, 2007, 2:16 pm
Filed under: Technology, design, design classics series, simple

Switzerland, 1929
Carlo Schmid

2mm Fixpencil (via Cultpens.com)

Why is this a classic?

A simple 2mm clutch pencil first produced in 1929 and altered very little since. Solidly made from aluminium, with a clever repointer built into the end cap. Here’s an image of a very early version for comparison:Early fixpencil (via Leadholder.com)

Good for

Writing and sketching