Comments on: Stackable Lego Takeout Containers by Takeshi Miyakawa http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/05/20/stackable-lego-takeout-containers-by-takeshi-miyakawa/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:00:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: onrappelhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2009/05/20/stackable-lego-takeout-containers-by-takeshi-miyakawa/comment-page-1/#comment-144062 onrappel Thu, 21 May 2009 15:00:25 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=29742#comment-144062 why not carry your own reusable containers to the take-out restaurant? the average femme's purse will hold them nicely, discretely.hmmm, maybe i ought to practice what i preach? egad! does that mean i need to carry a man-bag? oh, the horror... why not carry your own reusable containers to the take-out restaurant? the average femme’s purse will hold them nicely, discretely.

hmmm, maybe i ought to practice what i preach? egad! does that mean i need to carry a man-bag? oh, the horror…

]]> By: Andrew Leinonenhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2009/05/20/stackable-lego-takeout-containers-by-takeshi-miyakawa/comment-page-1/#comment-143704 Andrew Leinonen Wed, 20 May 2009 21:07:37 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=29742#comment-143704 This doesn't seem very useful. If the impact doesn't change, you just have people hoarding garbage in their house instead of in a landfill. When they need to make up space, or move, or bore of having crudely fashioned, barely usable furniture, these will still be the first to go.Making stuff isn't inherently bad as long as that stuff doesn't cause problems when we're done with it. Materials-wise, unless these don't just end up being trashed or downcycled, they're just a feelgood perpetuation of the same-old, same-old (though now with the added impetus of feeding on current trends based on superficial reuse-o-philia). This doesn’t seem very useful. If the impact doesn’t change, you just have people hoarding garbage in their house instead of in a landfill. When they need to make up space, or move, or bore of having crudely fashioned, barely usable furniture, these will still be the first to go.

Making stuff isn’t inherently bad as long as that stuff doesn’t cause problems when we’re done with it. Materials-wise, unless these don’t just end up being trashed or downcycled, they’re just a feelgood perpetuation of the same-old, same-old (though now with the added impetus of feeding on current trends based on superficial reuse-o-philia).

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