Mar 17, 2010 / by Travis Wentworth
Just about everyone has a unique spin on the mythical usefulness of duct tape — which, by the way, savvier types will usually argue is indeed duct tape, and not the quack-quack kind.
But reasonable people ...read more
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Mar 15, 2010 / by Travis Wentworth
Cæsar: The ides of March are come.
Soothsayer: Ay, Caesar; but not gone.
What happens next? Well, Cæsar casts aside the seer’s advice to “beware,” and continues to the Theatre of Pompey — and meets his assassination ...read more
Mar 12, 2010 / by Travis Wentworth
You know the feeling: You’re at the grocery store, your arms are overloaded with vegetables, and you need to quickly grab a plastic bag before your tomatoes come tumbling down. It shouldn’t be an Olympic ...read more
Mar 11, 2010 / by Rose Pater
Earlier this week I popped over to Holland for the latest in a series of snowy Spring tradeshows known as Voorjaarsbeurs (or VJB to those in the know!).
Visitors from all over Europe flocked to VJB ...read more
Mar 04, 2010 / by Rose Pater
Now here’s a riddle. What do you get if you cross Los Angeles design, Yorkshire tea bags, and the South of England village of the year? Why it’s simplehuman UK of course!
simplehuman has had an ...read more
Mar 02, 2010 / by Cody Gibbs
Last week we began a series that focuses on the unsung heroes of functional design. Instead of the usual suspects, we will be turning our attention to the most basic designs that have made significant ...read more
Feb 26, 2010 / by Cody Gibbs
Our investigative team follows Beng Liu, Director of Quality Control, as he gives us a glimpse of the mysterious methods he uses to test simplehuman products.
behind the steel: quality control on ...read more
Feb 26, 2010 / by Cody Gibbs
Quick, name five designs that have changed the world.
Lightbulb? Printing press? Facebook?
Here are a few things that probably didn’t come to mind: ductape, paperclip, spork!
Next week we are launching a new series of posts that ...read more
Feb 22, 2010 / by Rose Pater
From 12 – 16 February, an intrepid team of simplehumans braved the snowy streets of Frankfurt to show off our new products at Ambiente, the world’s biggest international consumer goods fair.
Despite the freezing temperatures, over ...read more
Feb 17, 2010 / by Evelyn Krasnow
For the past few years, we’ve been a co-sponsor of the Beach Report Card, a report put out by our friends at Heal the Bay. The BRC is a grading system that lets ...read more
