Ted Talk: How to Build a Toaster from Scratch.

January 17, 2011

Must watch Ted Talk from Thomas Thwaites who as a design student at the Royal College of Art in London has made a toaster, from scratch… Inspired by the quote: “ Left to his own devices he couldn’t build a toaster. He could just about make a sandwich and that was it.“

Mostly Harmless, Douglas Adams, 1992

“… firstly, yes, I realise toasting bread over a fire would’ve been a lot easier. But was a piece of toast (or designing a better toaster) really the point of this project?”