Product Designer Gifts

"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."

'Ok, you invented the wheel, but what have you done for me lately?'

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

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

The birth of ergonometics.

An idea box in a shower

"That's not a manufacturing defect - It's SUPPOSED to have a hole in the middle."

'Call me when you invent the warranty.'

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

Man invents the recall

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

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

And that was the last time anyone saw Brian Warnek alive.

"So Sir, happy with your new shell?"

"Sales research shows it's too big for them to carry it home."

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

'Hey, let's think outside the box for once!'

'These have been selling really well. Have the folks in product development add a dash more built-in obsolescence.'

Recall Notice

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

'Something tells me the development of this new electric cooker isn't ready yet.'

'Well, at least it has bubbles.'

Crash Test Dummy trying out the stair lift.

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

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

"The extra long selfie stick, for the post-virus generation."

"They keep bringing out new ones with extra blades..."

"The door stop is complete! Our next step is to invent the door!"

"We worked out how to make the watch smaller, now we just need to figure out how to make it LIGHTER!"

Suggestion box with two slots like a toaster, labeled "Suggestions (and toast)."

Shampoo - New Flick In The Eye Cap

'You'll see, the world will beat a path to our door!'

"Good idea, but you'll have to do something about passenger comfort"

'...Higgins wondered how invisibility would look on the shelf.'

"Google glasses, I remember those. I wonder why they never caught on?"