The Anonymous Widower

More Bad Design

I paid a lot of money for my Simple Human bin and although it ticks a few boxes, it doesn’t tick the one for good design.

A Bad Design of Bin

The biggest problem is that it doesn’t fit the standard size of bag you get from any British shop in a roll.  You can buy special ones, but then that is a waste of money and I can’t buy them locally.  So if you’re designing something to be sold in the UK, then design it for the British market.  My previous kitchen was so much better, with a hole in the chopping board.

Perhaps a better design, would be to have a strong cylindrical metal bin, which was designed to take the standard UK swing bin liner.  It would have a wooden top, with a stopper in the middle, so that the tea-bag juggle was easy.  The top wouldn’t be a heavy chopping board, but it could be used for a certain amount of light work, when say you were cutting vegetables or peeling onions.  You then lift the stopper and puh the rubbish through.  The top would be small enough to be able to be properly washed in the sink.

I actually have a prototype in the house in that my linen basket is almost this design, with a metal cylinder and a wooden top. 

A Miller of Sweden Linen Basket

But of course it doesn’t have a stopper, but the basic design is there.  I even use the hole to put my underwear and socks into the basket.

You could even make it a double decker bin, with an unlined  bottom bin for dry recyclables like paper and beer bottles.  This would also get the chopping board top up to worktop height.

I want one! And I want it now!  If I don’t get one, I’ll have a fit!

January 17, 2011 - Posted by AnonW | World | Design