Today's Designers Walking On Eggshells?

Authored by Super Special Guest Poster and Honorary MamaPop Betch, Heather of Oh My Stinkin' Heck

I'm here to show you why od'ing on late 70's and early 80's TV Sitcoms is not such a great brainstorming method for designers.

Does it remind you of anything?  Do you need to look again?  Go ahead…there's time.

After viewing the ergonomically correct, Napshell, just try and tell me the designers behind this project didn't draw inspiration from a week long, Jolt Cola induced Mork & Mindy marathon.    Because honestly, I'd be hard to convince. They could have hardly done worse if they'd tossed in a bit of Knight Rider. Just ditch Hasselhoff (please), drop in some side sliding doors, paint it black, give it a few more gizmos and make it voice activated, and you've got a Kitshell. Granted, it might not make for peaceful sleep, but it'd market better than something that looks like it was lanced from Gerard Depardieu's face--waiting to suck you into its cavity.

Back to Mork & Mindy's place in today's design world: Napshell isn't the first eggheads that have drawn inspiration from the past.

It doesn't slice or dice, but it does go both ways (hot or cold) and it also very closely resembles Mork's ship.

Imagine that. I think, however, the one that tops it all is the Placentero (yes, you read that right).

The idea being one of two things:

1. You were never more comfortable than when you were in your mother's womb, or
2. You were never happier than when playing with your Mork Egg Ship (above).

I don't particularly remember my mom's womb, but now, 35 years following that emergence, I'm not particularly interested in crawling back in. And? How can anything THAT PLASTIC be comfortable? And finally? JUST BECAUSE MORK DID IT, doesn't mean we should. It is the whole, "If your friends jumped off a cliff" argument. Let's keep the 70's and 80's sitcoms where they belong, okay?  No need to introduce them to current decor. Seriously. I'm not yolking.
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Comments

[BaltimoreGal]

To me that first picture looks like a cervix.

I think I've been reading too many mommyblogs.

[Angella]

My very first lunch box was a Mork & Mindy one. :)

[Poppy Buxom]

That first picture looks like one of those ergonomically-designed vibrating sex toys that I have never--not for one single instant--considered buying.

[Neil]

I had a Sony radio that looked like that also... just AM.

[Kate]

The top one reminded me of the ClearBlue Easy Fertility Monitor. Not good memories.

[OMSH]

Um...it sure enough does look like one of palmish looking vibrators. Hmmmm...I didn't notice any coin operated utility to this Napshell, but I might have to give it a second thought if indeed it does vibrate.