Small Things Considered: Why There Is No Perfect Design by Henry Petroski

Small Things Considered: Why There Is No Perfect Design by Henry Petroski

Author:Henry Petroski
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781400032938
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2003-01-02T00:00:00+00:00


Duct Tape Guys have documented on their Web site and in their books, there seems to be no end to the uses that ordinary folk have devised and designed for these endearing products. They have used WD-40 to take ink stains out of blue jeans, remove old cellophane tape, clean bedpans, dissolve glue, soften leather, repel pigeons, kill insects, keep grass from sticking to lawn mowers, and get peanut butter out of dog hair.

For their ardent fans, duct tape and WD-40 may be the yin and yang of all things, but there is more to design than just stop and go. Many of the greatest challenges to designers lie in problems of degree and flexibility. Just as one size cannot ever really fit all, so no thing need always move or always stay put. Design must deal with the transitions between hold and release as readily as with the extremes. The way to accomplish this with style is not with duct tape and WD-40 but with specific grace within specific constraint, and with brilliant choice leading to elegant compromise. Adhesives and lubricants alone are not enough to save bad design.



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