Why Some Designs Can't Be Improved: Quintessence

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Some designs don’t change much. The paperclip, the Bic pen, the QWERTY keyboard layout, and even the PlayStation controller. Decades and sometimes even centuries pass, but these designs barely change at all. They’re quintessential. Why do some designs last for decades, while other seemingly better alternatives never catch on?

Time stamps:
0:00 Intro to Quintessential Design
2:49 Paperclips & Manufacturing Process
3:46 Maglite: Intellectual Property, Patents, & Legal Strategies
4:55 Opera
5:56 Maglite part 2
8:19 Setting the Standard: Playstation Controllers & QWERTY Keyboard
12:20 Designs that Change Culture: Model T
21:49 Indispensable Addictions
30:28 The Fifth Element

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