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May 18, 2009

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Amidst the more serious offerings at ICFF are always a few that we love for their tongue-in-cheek sense of humour. This candlestrip from Design Glut is one of them. Responding to a challenge by curators Dan Rubenstein and Jen Renzi to design a product for the ICFF offsite show, InDisposed, that spoke to the tension of contemporary design -- environmentalism vs. durability -- this is the response...

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The idea is really fun and all but, if these are really commercialized...at one moment the line will be discontinued, which means ending up with a totally useless candle holder. That's what bugs me with this kind of design, its not all that environmental in that it's necesarily dated and limited in time. Unless you never use the candles but thats's not the point... Daniel Poitiers on May 18, 2009

The idea is really fun and all but, if these are really commercialized...at one moment the line will be discontinued, which means ending up with a totally useless candle holder. That's what bugs me with this kind of design, its not all that environmental in that it's necesarily dated and limited in time. Unless you never use the candles but thats's not the point... Daniel Poitiers on May 18, 2009

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