Random Ramblings

Design is interesting. Why is it that some object works better than some other object at a particular job? Sometimes is pure technology. Take the humble potato peeler. They almost always work in the same way, a curved surface with an embedded blade. However, it’s the peelers that allow the blade to float that work best, by a long way. Then there are the other intangibles such as weight. In some cases, an object is too heavy, in some to light. It’s not always obvious which one is best; you have to pick the object up and feel it. Shape and surface matter too. All of this rambling was prompted by the need to get some mixing bowls to make cakes. Look around at what was available; I came across Nigella Lawson’s range of cookware. Now, it’s a pretty obvious move from cookery books to a cookery show to selling you the contents of your kitchen too. Antonio Carluccio has been selling ingredients for a long time. No, it was the design. Jasper Conran has come up a great idea. Why is it that almost all mixing bowls are round? OK, you can’t have corners or you can’t mix things properly. No, its when comes to getting something like cake mix out of a bowl, you find that you are pouring from a very wide container.
The solution is simple when you see it, make the mixing bowl oval shape. Similarly when it comes to space, they stack neatly.