Product Design Gifts

The birth of ergonometics.

"Let's make stuff and sell it to people."

And then one day it happened: form, which always follows Function, crosses the line into outright stalking.

"These instructions are useless. Keep up the good work."

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

Crap from the future.

'It's made of teflon. That way, when 'the stuff' hits it, it doesn't stick.'

Garden Tools Product Development. It does a great job of dispersing fertilizer and seeds, but let's not call it a "superspreader."

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

'When I encouraged you to 'play' I meant with product innovation.'

'How do you like this one?...Inflatable dart board.'

Setbacks in the development of the rubber mallet.

"Everyone seems to be having no trouble assembling our products. Apparently, we're making our instructions too easy."

"We could add a wobbly seat and lid that the idiots, er, customers would think they have to replace - at a premium, of course."

Gonzo Marketing - batteries not included in batteries.

'We could use you in our next ideation.'

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

'The knockoffs from our products are higher quality.'

"Make it flimsier and even more infuriating."

Though he created more than 300 products from peanuts, George Washington Carver was unable to change even one of them back into a peanut.

"Our problem is that because of inferior workmanship, our products don't have the built-in obsolescence we designed for them."

'The wheel was great, but what have you done for me lately?'

Young Frank Lloyd Wright

Copycats

'I should not that the cherry and whipped cream were an afterthought created by our graphics dept.'

'Dr.Sall Thompson got so excited over the new spring design she took a quantum leap!'

'C'mon get it straight.'

"Maybe we should cut back on those lawn catalogues."

"Of all the buildings I've designed, it's probably the most handsome."

CLOTHES-HORSES OF THE ART SCENE

'Smith, we need more creativity. You have to learn to think outside the box.'

'As our new company logo, I'm not quite sure it's sending out the right message.'

Empty box of ideas

'Just think of it as graphic design, Mom.'

"Where's the business end of this thing?"