Minimalist Bin

This beautiful minimalist bin, designed by Japanese designer Shigeichiro Takeuchi, consists of nothing more than a cylindrical body and a wooden lid – but no moving parts added. A beauty.

UPDATE: Video of the Bin:

13 Comments leave a comment below

  2. remindes me of bruno munari. nice one!

    tobi
    Feb 24th, 2010 / 10:59 am

  3. Impractical design failure.

    Tom
    Feb 24th, 2010 / 11:47 am

  4. prospective nappy bin perchance?

    ed
    Feb 24th, 2010 / 2:40 pm

  5. Tom, have you used one? Have you had the chance to try one out? How can you just judge from looking at these pictures that it is impractical and a design failure?

    swissmiss
    Feb 24th, 2010 / 4:22 pm

  6. It works, though I could imaging the lid dislodging. Just don’t slam dunk your trash! I hope there’s a nice durable finish on the lid to inhibit staining.

    Brian
    Feb 24th, 2010 / 5:24 pm

  7. My understanding of Tom’s sentence fragment is that the bin fails at possessing an impractical design; therefore it is a triumph of practical design. Tom, please correct me if I am wrong. :)

    I also wanted to note that a you can see a giant version of this bin—sans the lid—just off of I-287 in Oakland, NJ:

    http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=h&layer=c&cbll=41.027172,-74.23705&panoid=U_rtJAGw2tMgK-UGNMkiXA&cbp=12,127.84,,0,-3.38&ll=41.027179,-74.23692&spn=0,359.997409&z=19&iwloc=lyrftr:h,12451430492769924080,41.026809,-74.236502

    Alex
    Feb 25th, 2010 / 12:40 am

  8. W I S H L I S T !

    philipp
    Feb 25th, 2010 / 7:27 am

  9. I think it has some Zen in it – purity and clean silence – makes it look awesome.

    Mehmet
    Feb 25th, 2010 / 9:47 pm

  10. I am Shigeichiro Takeuchi, the designer of this bin.
    Thank you very much for your comments here on my bin.

    I have uploaded a movie which shows how it works.
    Please check it.

    Thank you!

    Shigeichiro Takeuchi
    Feb 26th, 2010 / 4:16 am

  11. what a beautiful sound!
    masterpiece of practical design. Is there any chance to buy it somewhere?

    Miłosz Bolechowski
    Feb 26th, 2010 / 5:53 pm

  12. brilliant!!!

    dutilleul
    Feb 26th, 2010 / 7:48 pm

  13. Clean. Makes me feel good… : )

    Davide
    Mar 1st, 2010 / 8:43 am