How Home Depot Copied Apple to Build an Ingenious New Bucket

http://www.wired.com/design/2013/12/home-depot-reinvents-buckets/#slideid-383941

by joelrunyon • 13 years ago

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morganherlocker• 13 years ago

'Copied' is completely the wrong word here. This really has nothing to do with Apple at all.

amjaeger• 13 years ago

that bucket is awesome, but I don't know why apple was mentioned...

Zaheer• 13 years ago

Classic Title manipulation to get more clicks. This is probably one of the worse offenders.

ape4• 13 years ago

Contractor pails have lids - which are useful

jmackinn• 13 years ago

Not only do they have lids but one of the main functions of buckets for contractors is to mix things. The non uniform bottom and non circular shape make this prohibitive. While this bucket is nice for pouring water it serves little purpose for most applications.

001sky• 13 years ago

That "pocket grip" on the bottom is "prior art-ed" by old mountaineering equipment, as any climber or alpinist would be aware. ! [1]

[1] The "pocket grip" is literally a pocket for grip sewn into the round cylyndrical shape of old sleeping bag stuff sacks (similar in shape to a bucket, but with a sinch lid). The purpose is exactly the same...to hold the bottom of the round cylender when you manipulate the open end. The only delta here is the soft textile is replaced with a hard-plastic and the pocket is molded not an actual pocket.

snowwrestler• 13 years ago

I have 2 different buckets downstairs and they both have a molded grip on the bottom.

krisdol• 13 years ago

It's a bucket. I know most of Wired content is just low-brow astroturfing anyway, but this is ridiculous. It's a plastic fucking bucket.

How Home Depot Copied Apple to Build an Ingenious New Bucket

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