It's been over 10 years since I designed the Titanium Spatula.
I recently dug out the sketchbook I had in college and found my original patterns, sketches, and notes.
My original design was too thin and it was woefully weak at the handle - but eventually I got it refined.
Many of my long time customers use it daily.
Among those are a few working chefs - from Napa Valley to Minnesota and many places between.
Industrial Design has been in my blood since the beginning.
Onward to the next project.
Mini Ti spatula - refined. Subtle adjustments to the geometry to improve hand feel. The mini is perfect for camping or light duty kitchen tasks. Crafted in small batches by yours truly. Orders can be placed via Shopify link in my bio.
People are shocked when repair costs more than buying new.
But that’s how the modern world works.
New products are cheap because they’re built by cutting edge technology, in batches of thousands, with every second shaved down. That scale crushes the price.
Repair is the opposite.
It’s slow, individual, and requires human attention.
You’re paying for diagnosis, careful hands, and the time it takes to undo and redo what a factory stamped out damn near instantly.
Luckily my dad's vintage Bowers and Wilkins DM302s didn’t need a repair - I bought an OEM tweeter from eBay for $40 and it did the trick. All I had to do was the swap. For almost 20% of the original sales price the set can keep going for another few decades.
At the time this speaker was released in 1997, it retailed for $250 per pair and employed a cutting edge injection molded baffle design. It made assembly faster too. And luckily it made the repair easy as can be.
So is it better to recycle and buy new? Mostly. But sentimentality has value. #bowersandwilkins
My last 5 rides have all been Volkswagens. There is still one more VW I'd like to own some day. But dollar for dollar and pound for pound I think the #abarth might be the GOAT.
Odds and ends. Chipping away* at this 8 drawer dresser. Dry fitting boxes, doweling walnut exoskeleton, final welding, grinding, sandblasting, and prepping for powder coating. Oh and moving the tripod around. Sigma fp + Lumix 85mm. #sigmafp #lumix
