Why do I get excited about such random stuff?

Thin-Pin
Thin-Pin

Yes, it’s a 2D version of a 3D classic from the Moore Push-Pin Co. of Wyndmoor, PA. The push pin re-imagined as a single piece of corrugated steel. I don’t know why this has me excited enough to post about it. I think it must have to do with one of the basic needs of a productive design exercise: change should be predicated on appreciating utility, not simply change for the sake of it. In the case of the push pin, the design was changed to use less and fewer materials. The result is a simpler, more succinct solution to a very simple problem.

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