Comments on: The Toaster Project by Thomas Thwaites http://www.dezeen.com/2009/06/27/the-toaster-project-by-thomas-thwaites/ architecture and design magazine Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:21:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Frizz http://www.dezeen.com/2009/06/27/the-toaster-project-by-thomas-thwaites/comment-page-1/#comment-444236 Frizz Fri, 14 May 2010 14:53:40 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/06/27/the-toaster-project-by-thomas-thwaites/#comment-444236 "The project is a reaction to the idea that it’s possible or desirable to be self-sufficient, but also to the view that having more stuff, more cheaply is better." If you want to be self sufficient you toast your bread on a stick over a fire. Being self sufficient involves thinking laterally also. “The project is a reaction to the idea that it’s possible or desirable to be self-sufficient, but also to the view that having more stuff, more cheaply is better.”

If you want to be self sufficient you toast your bread on a stick over a fire.

Being self sufficient involves thinking laterally also.

]]> By: chrisR http://www.dezeen.com/2009/06/27/the-toaster-project-by-thomas-thwaites/comment-page-1/#comment-290652 chrisR Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:51:38 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/06/27/the-toaster-project-by-thomas-thwaites/#comment-290652 ok so we realize making a toaster is really hard and wasteful..... now what do we do? ok so we realize making a toaster is really hard and wasteful….. now what do we do?

]]> By: pete http://www.dezeen.com/2009/06/27/the-toaster-project-by-thomas-thwaites/comment-page-1/#comment-290232 pete Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:46:29 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/06/27/the-toaster-project-by-thomas-thwaites/#comment-290232 its so true about this project not seeing the light of day if not for the source.. Gotta feed the beast. its still pretty good however, and the documentation is the biggest pile of 'support' i have ever seen. I think doing all of that research to justify your desire to fuckaround and have fun is great and makes you elite and better then kids doing the exact same thing only better in places like Detroit or Berlin, Keep it up. Oh and by the way, you will more then likely be working for those kids someday, cause they didnt need permission to fuckaround and make cool shit, they just did it. its so true about this project not seeing the light of day if not for the source..
Gotta feed the beast.
its still pretty good however, and the documentation is the biggest pile of ‘support’ i have ever seen. I think doing all of that research to justify your desire to fuckaround and have fun is great and makes you elite and better then kids doing the exact same thing only better in places like Detroit or Berlin, Keep it up.
Oh and by the way, you will more then likely be working for those kids someday, cause they didnt need permission to fuckaround and make cool shit, they just did it.

]]> By: duff http://www.dezeen.com/2009/06/27/the-toaster-project-by-thomas-thwaites/comment-page-1/#comment-290128 duff Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:45:56 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/06/27/the-toaster-project-by-thomas-thwaites/#comment-290128 It's great that schools now encourage students to be critical of design, manufacturing and consumerism. Whilst it doesn't really offer any answers, the project still has value as a study on the design and manufacturing process and all the parties involved. I'd love to see more of the research and info that substantiates the fun/making bit, and I think an investigation on a macro/micro scale like this could provide useful intelligence for anybody wanting to have a stab at offering alternative or revised methods of producing goods. It’s great that schools now encourage students to be critical of design, manufacturing and consumerism. Whilst it doesn’t really offer any answers, the project still has value as a study on the design and manufacturing process and all the parties involved. I’d love to see more of the research and info that substantiates the fun/making bit, and I think an investigation on a macro/micro scale like this could provide useful intelligence for anybody wanting to have a stab at offering alternative or revised methods of producing goods.

]]> By: asdfghjkl http://www.dezeen.com/2009/06/27/the-toaster-project-by-thomas-thwaites/comment-page-1/#comment-289175 asdfghjkl Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:04:36 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/06/27/the-toaster-project-by-thomas-thwaites/#comment-289175 Nice project. Some things don't need to come out of the sketch book - this one does - and did. It makes people think. Which is why it was made. oh - and: Cliff Says: I stand by my comment… all too well supported by what comes out of RCA… a line of spoilt kids with questionable tallent yet attitude much greater. You really don't know what you are on about. The RCA fees are capped the same as any other national college / university. That is - they are exactly the same as say Manchester / Brighton / Galsgow etc. The wierd reality is that if you go to some rubbishy private college you can pay three times the tuition fees - but then you are guaranteed entry. So the idea that the 'rich spoilt kids' go here is wrong. It's actually just harder to get in due to the massive numbers applying and the exceptional quality of competition. I think you might have some completely unfounded chip on your shoulder. Perhaps best to reapply next year? Nice project. Some things don’t need to come out of the sketch book – this one does – and did. It makes people think. Which is why it was made.

oh – and:

Cliff Says:
I stand by my comment… all too well supported by what comes out of RCA… a line of spoilt kids with questionable tallent yet attitude much greater.

You really don’t know what you are on about. The RCA fees are capped the same as any other national college / university. That is – they are exactly the same as say Manchester / Brighton / Galsgow etc.

The wierd reality is that if you go to some rubbishy private college you can pay three times the tuition fees – but then you are guaranteed entry. So the idea that the ‘rich spoilt kids’ go here is wrong. It’s actually just harder to get in due to the massive numbers applying and the exceptional quality of competition.

I think you might have some completely unfounded chip on your shoulder. Perhaps best to reapply next year?

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