Thursday, March 24, 2011

My favorite hyperbolic paraboloid....

....Pringles!

 Blue Dot's blog, Good Design is Good,  posted "Pringles is the “green” alternative to traditional potato chips.  Consider the waste to ship traditional bags of potato chips with their vast amounts of bagmosphere (part of the bag not occupied by chips) as compared to the highly efficient and compact tube of Pringles.  And think of how that paraboloid shape facilitates downing three or four crisps in one bite.  Or how that saddle shape gently cups the top of your tongue – the food equivalent of “spooning”."

Via: PSFK and Good Design is Good

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