DailyDirt: Interesting Designs For Common Items

from the urls-we-dig-up dept

A lot of products have been revolutionized by relatively simple re-designs. Velcro. The spork. Sometimes it's little changes that make a big difference. And sometimes there's just too much of a barrier to overcome for old designs to be replaced, no matter how much improvement could be gained. Here are just a few designs that you might see more often someday.

• Airlines are always looking for seat designs that can squeeze a few more passengers into their planes, so how about a two-level armrest design that avoids some elbow room distress? This design doesn't make the middle seat any more desirable, but it's a nice concept for skinny airplane passengers, at least. [url]
• Gull-wing (or Falcon-wing) door designs are so 1980s. The 1990s spawned the disappearing car door design. A disappearing car door would have been so much cooler on the next Tesla model, right? [url]
• Fire hydrants are normally just boring pieces of outdoor plumbing, but a re-designed fire hydrant could make public water outlets into more efficient fire-fighting devices. However, more expensive, proprietary fire hydrants might not stand the test of time. [url]

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Filed Under: airplane seating, armrest, design, disappearing car door, fire hydrant, innovation
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