{"id":1328,"date":"2004-03-19T06:04:25","date_gmt":"2004-03-19T11:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/serendipity"},"modified":"2004-03-19T06:04:25","modified_gmt":"2004-03-19T11:04:25","slug":"serendipity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=1328","title":{"rendered":"Serendipity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Serendipity.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/ripples\/Serendipity.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"353\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/dictionary.reference.com\/search?q=serendipity\">Serendipity<\/a> is what makes product design so satisfying.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, I was asked to design a custom wastebasket enclosure which would be aesthetic and which dogs could not easily open. That&#8217;s the kind of open-ended requirement that gets my creative juices flowing.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nI came up with a design using laminated pine that was rugged enough to stand up to many years of hard use by a family with children and dogs. I made it tall enough so that it could be opened without stooping and made it simple to use. It also has a disposable plastic bag liner.<\/p>\n<p>While taking this picture, I realized that the enclosure is desktop height. I put it next to my desk and it looked like a smart-looking accessory for the office. The top of the enclosure is flat, because the lid has a recessed handle, so I could even pile magazines on it. I am sure there are others like me who can easily fill every square inch of desk space, even on a desk the size of a conference table.<\/p>\n<p>The wastebasket lid is big enough (11&#8243;x14&#8243;) so it can be modified to hold a shredder. Custom shredder enclosures are a smaller market than custom wastebaskets, but marketing craft work depends on finding niches not yet saturated by low-priced imports.<\/p>\n<p>I am sure that more applications will present themselves, once this enclosure gets more use.<\/p>\n<p>The cat occupying the desktop is Sherman and he has already inspected the new product. At least he marked it thoroughly, which normally signifies approval. With a cat as product inspector, you have to take what you can get.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Serendipity.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/ripples\/Serendipity.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"353\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/dictionary.reference.com\/search?q=serendipity\">Serendipity<\/a> is what makes product design so satisfying.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, I was asked to design a custom wastebasket enclosure which would be aesthetic and which dogs could not easily open. That&#8217;s the kind of open-ended requirement that gets my creative juices flowing.\n<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=1328\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1797],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3R4iK-lq","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}