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Let me give you a hand with your questions about Juicy Salif.
Juicy Salif is indeed very impractical to use due to its size and shape. It may look organic (specially squid-like) but it is not ergonomic at all. You need to apply considerable pressure to squeeze lemons which makes the whole thing topple. It also makes the lemon spit! And that without counting the many seeds you will have on your glass if you manage to get any juice!
For a fuller account of its shortcomings, you can refer to Russo, B & de Moraes, A (2003) The Lack of Usability in Design Icons: An Affective Case Study About Juicy Salif. Proceedings of the 2003 International Conference on Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, June 23-26, 2003. ACM 2003. pp. 146-147
The second question is easier to answer, although I am not sure of the Phillip K. Dick reference, as I still haven’t found anyone who can name the book!
I am quoting the wonderful paper on Starck’s creativity by Lloyd and Snelders, which I think you may be able to get online (Lloyd, P. and Snelders, D. (2003) What was Philippe Starck thinking of? Design Studies, Vol. 24 No. 3 May 2003)
The name of the lemon squeezer, Juicy Salif, would appear to derive not from the name of a character in a Phillip K. Dick novel, as many of Starck’s other designs have, but from the French word for saliva, salive.
Note 2, page 253
I hope that clears some of your questions. Thanks for linking to me, by the way. I really enjoyed discovering your blog!
Ha hah, that’s awesome. Thank you for letting me know. I really don’t know if the fact that it’s not very usable makes me want to buy one more or less :)
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