[HN Gopher] How to Design a Vernacular Chair
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       How to Design a Vernacular Chair
        
       Author : samclemens
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2023-10-10 20:27 UTC (19 hours ago)
        
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       | johnklos wrote:
       | There are many instances where choosing functional over pretty
       | can be beneficial, and the author illuminates one of the most
       | important instances, which is when trying to be pretty allows the
       | introduction of flaws.
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       | This, I think, is a bigger problem than we realize. How many
       | things have obsolescence baked in due to decisions based on how
       | the thing looks? How much better might they be if that energy and
       | material were put in to functionality rather than appearance?
       | 
       | I don't remember details, but there was a story recently about a
       | car's plastic lenses that cost thousands of dollars to replace.
       | 
       | I wonder what a car redrawn by the author of this piece might
       | look like. Perhaps it'd look like a car from simpler times, one
       | which confuses nobody and one which would be easy to repair. It's
       | too bad that only exists in the past.
        
       | marincounty wrote:
       | Am I still Hellbanned?
        
         | nkurz wrote:
         | Apparently yes. I vouched for this comment to be able to reply
         | to it.
        
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