Often when something really innovative, different or seemingly brilliant comes along we tend to accept it and choose to think it is ingenious. Well, its not.
When I thought about writing this blog entry I was thinking of what to say. Should I compare it to a walrus and say how it enhances movement, should I say it fits you like a banana fits a monkey or should I say it is as versatile as sleeping equipment as a donkey on roller skates? But then an obscure idea climbed in my ear and decided it was a perfect location for nesting.
Would I like to sleep in one of them? I don't think so. Having been contained by clothes formed to my body all day I rather enjoy a simple square piece of cloth on me at night. I like crossing my toes and trying to fit a heel between them - as you do.
Philippe Starck asks whether a product deserves to exist before he designs one. Does a product that doesn't fulfill its primary function to a satisfying standard deserve to live? Maybe I am just being picky, I will let you decide that and encourage you to challenge a design before glorifying it.
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