Get a load of these cuties
March 17, 2012 9:37 AM Subscribe
Design Decoded, a new blog on Smithsonian.com, kicks off with a seven part series on the century-long process behind creating and marketing the perfect citrus.
Part 1: Designing the Perfect Fruit
Part 2: Design Specs for a Genetically Ideal Snack
Part 3: Airships and Oranges: The Commercial Art of the Second Gold Rush
Part 4: Who Is Linda Tatersmith? No, not a MeFite.
Part 5: Drones: The Citrus Industry’s New Beauty Secret
Part 6: And for Dessert: An Object Lesson on Simple Pleasure
Part 7: The Shape of Fruits to Come
Part 1: Designing the Perfect Fruit
Part 2: Design Specs for a Genetically Ideal Snack
Part 3: Airships and Oranges: The Commercial Art of the Second Gold Rush
Part 4: Who Is Linda Tatersmith? No, not a MeFite.
Part 5: Drones: The Citrus Industry’s New Beauty Secret
Part 6: And for Dessert: An Object Lesson on Simple Pleasure
Part 7: The Shape of Fruits to Come
A century ago, you couldn't show an exposed navel...
posted by oneswellfoop at 9:56 AM on March 17, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by oneswellfoop at 9:56 AM on March 17, 2012 [2 favorites]
"Eating while laying down may pose a choking hazard."
So it makes sense to show a small child eating this way in a commercial for your fruit.
posted by Fizz at 10:05 AM on March 17, 2012
So it makes sense to show a small child eating this way in a commercial for your fruit.
posted by Fizz at 10:05 AM on March 17, 2012
"Eating while laying down may pose a choking hazard."
Not really, although it depends on what you are laying down.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 10:21 AM on March 17, 2012
Not really, although it depends on what you are laying down.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 10:21 AM on March 17, 2012
Not really, although it depends on what you are laying down.
Rhymes?
posted by Fizz at 10:37 AM on March 17, 2012 [1 favorite]
Rhymes?
posted by Fizz at 10:37 AM on March 17, 2012 [1 favorite]
Related, from the BBC: Japan's obsession with perfect fruit
posted by oulipian at 10:59 AM on March 17, 2012
posted by oulipian at 10:59 AM on March 17, 2012
When I first heard about these Cuties, I said to myself, 'Wait, aren't they just clementines?'
The names of small citrus fruits baffle me. But according to Wikipedia, it seems...
The names of small citrus fruits baffle me. But according to Wikipedia, it seems...
- 'Mandarin' is an overarching term, under which are included...
- Satsumas
- Clementines
- Tangerines
- Cuties?
I got turned on to satsumas last summer, and am now a devoted fan. And where did I hear about them, you ask? Why, from the Judge John Hodgman podcast, of course. This is a weird century.
posted by benito.strauss at 3:25 PM on March 17, 2012
posted by benito.strauss at 3:25 PM on March 17, 2012
The New Yorker ran a story about the development of the Honeycrisp and SweeTango apples that touches on similar design issues around consumer acceptance and branding. Abstract.
posted by girlhacker at 3:42 PM on March 17, 2012
posted by girlhacker at 3:42 PM on March 17, 2012
We expose fruit to high levels of radiation, but don't call it 'genetically modified'.
posted by narcoleptic at 5:49 PM on March 18, 2012
posted by narcoleptic at 5:49 PM on March 18, 2012
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