Analog Designer Gifts

"I can remember when all we needed was someone who could carve and someone who could sew."

This is a 'text book' it's a bit like a website but printed on paper.

I.T. Fear

"The problem with these instructions is that they assume I have the attention span to actually read something."

Instant Laundry Detergent, 'Just add water'.

"Midtown Vinyl. Vintage albums + EPs. Midtown Ink. Vintage books + newspapers."

Backlash industries: makers of the macro-chip, bigger, slower..and it even makes mistakes

'We have a P-O-P display for our new perfume. Can we move the beef jerky down a smidge?'

'Well, at least it has bubbles.'

'You know, there's no need to reinvent the rock.'

'Okay, the motorized rocking chair could use an emergency off switch.'

An idea box in a shower

"Nice design but you haven't quite mastered the technology!"

"We need warning stickers on this side warning not to ignore all the other warning stickers on the other side."

For crying out loud Simon. Would you stop trying to reinvent the drag.

Floss Street Vendor

"We were looking for a non-hackable, energy efficient data center. Thanks for the file cabinet."

"Yes, we still love print, don't we?"

Another new, really cool-looking gadget in a desperate search for a problem to solve.

"We're having a lot of trouble with this model, sir - it's lasting indefinitely."

'Well, you make it sound silly. All my new hybriproducts are unique and useful.'

'If you don't want to go digital, fine, but if you're going to store film in our cooler you have to save room some soda and beer."

Books and Phones

'Stupido Digitale! Chucka me a sloppy brush, there's a gooda chap.'

If they can put a man on the moon, why can't they... market a roll of tape that's easy to start every time?!

'He's not a 'bad' phone. He's just not a 'smart' phone.'

'Can we move the beef jerky a smidge and display our organic cleanser?'

'Ned thinks the inventor of the vibrating easychair should get the Nobel prize for science.'

Most of his innovative product ideas first saw life in his home studio.

'First date with a logician' - 'These Venn Diagrams will save us a lot of time...where I fit in, and if any of it overlaps.'

"He thinks he's invented a fluted, or grooved, top for pill bottles so that he can tip out a single pill rather than have a cascade of them rolling about on the kitchen or bathroom floor."

"It's called a mobile... but I've been here an hour and have yet to see it move."

"The best thing is he works without WiFi or a data plan."

"I'm not doubting that it does the job well. All I'm saying is that it might be a little more than is actually necessary."

'That's funny - the computer said we had mail..'