Comments on: Towel With Further Options by NIIMI http://www.dezeen.com/2008/02/27/towel-with-further-options-by-niimi/ architecture and design magazine Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:25:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: AmmanTex http://www.dezeen.com/2008/02/27/towel-with-further-options-by-niimi/comment-page-1/#comment-159921 AmmanTex Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:44:45 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/02/27/towel-with-further-options-by-niimi/#comment-159921 very good idea of grid-like pattern towels....... this will make easy to use old towels for other uses. very good idea of grid-like pattern towels……. this will make easy to use old towels for other uses.

]]> By: Cynick http://www.dezeen.com/2008/02/27/towel-with-further-options-by-niimi/comment-page-1/#comment-135254 Cynick Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:16:57 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/02/27/towel-with-further-options-by-niimi/#comment-135254 Great idea...Muji will make millions off of it...and the designer gets a relatively small bursary. I wonder how Fukasawa and Morrison feel about Muji's no-royalty mandate, and if they would have appreciated the same type of arrangement for one of their early brilliant ideas.. Oh wait...Muji is paying their celebrity judges a boatload more than they pay the winning young designers.. Great idea…Muji will make millions off of it…and the designer gets a relatively small bursary.

I wonder how Fukasawa and Morrison feel about Muji’s no-royalty mandate, and if they would have appreciated the same type of arrangement for one of their early brilliant ideas..

Oh wait…Muji is paying their celebrity judges a boatload more than they pay the winning young designers..

]]> By: Joe http://www.dezeen.com/2008/02/27/towel-with-further-options-by-niimi/comment-page-1/#comment-94942 Joe Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:07:49 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/02/27/towel-with-further-options-by-niimi/#comment-94942 Hi Mike, I think u will be surprise to know that some pple can't cut in a straight line like me! :) I've been cutting up old towels and sometimes i end up with less than perfect rectangles or squares. Sometimes I cut up more than I need and sometimes less. And becoz I dun exactly plan ahead when I cut, more often than not I get funky shaped leftovers that I throw away that contributes to pile fabric waste. So this towel is fantastic as it is pre-divided into grids. If u look carefully, the smallest rectangle is the ideal size for a hand towel. 4 such rectangles makes the perfect size for a floor rug. This towel simplifies the act of cutting up a cloth. No more fucky shapes, no more crooked lines, no thinking required, just cut away. That is the beauty of this towel, a design that caters to less than perfect human like me who can't cut in a straight line and does know how to plan! I assume u are american since u mention wal-mart? I lived in both USA and Japan for a while and both countries have very different definition of aesthetics. It very hard for Americans to understand the Japanese Muji philosphy of aesthetics. Muji is never about being spectacular, being outstanding or different, its about blending effortlessly into a person's behaviour and environment. Try sending in your old t-shirt to next year's Muji Award and see if u win. Hi Mike, I think u will be surprise to know that some pple can’t cut in a straight line like me! :)

I’ve been cutting up old towels and sometimes i end up with less than perfect rectangles or squares. Sometimes I cut up more than I need and sometimes less. And becoz I dun exactly plan ahead when I cut, more often than not I get funky shaped leftovers that I throw away that contributes to pile fabric waste.

So this towel is fantastic as it is pre-divided into grids. If u look carefully, the smallest rectangle is the ideal size for a hand towel. 4 such rectangles makes the perfect size for a floor rug. This towel simplifies the act of cutting up a cloth. No more fucky shapes, no more crooked lines, no thinking required, just cut away. That is the beauty of this towel, a design that caters to less than perfect human like me who can’t cut in a straight line and does know how to plan!

I assume u are american since u mention wal-mart? I lived in both USA and Japan for a while and both countries have very different definition of aesthetics. It very hard for Americans to understand the Japanese Muji philosphy of aesthetics. Muji is never about being spectacular, being outstanding or different, its about blending effortlessly into a person’s behaviour and environment.

Try sending in your old t-shirt to next year’s Muji Award and see if u win.

]]> By: MIke http://www.dezeen.com/2008/02/27/towel-with-further-options-by-niimi/comment-page-1/#comment-93660 MIke Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:03:15 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/02/27/towel-with-further-options-by-niimi/#comment-93660 Rich, my thoughts exactly! People really need guidelines to cut up an old towel? I fail to see the design merit. I can buy a towel with a grid pattern at wal-mart. I use old t-shirts to wash my car, where's my award? Rich, my thoughts exactly! People really need guidelines to cut up an old towel? I fail to see the design merit. I can buy a towel with a grid pattern at wal-mart. I use old t-shirts to wash my car, where’s my award?

]]> By: Rich http://www.dezeen.com/2008/02/27/towel-with-further-options-by-niimi/comment-page-1/#comment-92762 Rich Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:25:39 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/02/27/towel-with-further-options-by-niimi/#comment-92762 So, Japanese folk (and incidentally my mother, grandmother etc) have been cutting up old towels for generations. Why didn't they get the award for their thoughtfulness? I see the design merit in this product, but can't see why it's worthy of a prize when it's such a commonly achieved outcome without needing to purchase this particular product. So, Japanese folk (and incidentally my mother, grandmother etc) have been cutting up old towels for generations.
Why didn’t they get the award for their thoughtfulness?
I see the design merit in this product, but can’t see why it’s worthy of a prize when it’s such a commonly achieved outcome without needing to purchase this particular product.

]]> By: Arch http://www.dezeen.com/2008/02/27/towel-with-further-options-by-niimi/comment-page-1/#comment-92654 Arch Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:01:18 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/02/27/towel-with-further-options-by-niimi/#comment-92654 Very economical, i want to buy one. i just hope its very affordable too. how much does it sell? Very economical, i want to buy one. i just hope its very affordable too. how much does it sell?

]]> By: Jodi http://www.dezeen.com/2008/02/27/towel-with-further-options-by-niimi/comment-page-1/#comment-92341 Jodi Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:11:02 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/02/27/towel-with-further-options-by-niimi/#comment-92341 Simply perfect... I love them. Well done guys! Simply perfect… I love them. Well done guys!

]]> By: nyc http://www.dezeen.com/2008/02/27/towel-with-further-options-by-niimi/comment-page-1/#comment-92311 nyc Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:31:49 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/02/27/towel-with-further-options-by-niimi/#comment-92311 Very poetic. It is a kind of adaptive minimalism, really. Adaptive minimalism.. Why isn't that a talked-about catagory in design? Beautifully done. Very poetic. It is a kind of adaptive minimalism, really.
Adaptive minimalism.. Why isn’t that a talked-about catagory in design?

Beautifully done.

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