Smoke Like a Chimney is one of those one in a million ideas that inspire me to practice design. It's a high concept ashtray made in white porcelain. Here's the concept: the ashtray has a cover over where the cigarette is placed. This cover is an abstracted version of a human lung. When the cigarette is placed in the ashtray smoke rises up and pours out of the end of the abstracted lung tubes always reminding the user of just how much smoke is rising through his or her lungs. So the piece really succeeds on several levels. Not only is at beautiful piece of porcelain showing strong technical prowess, but it's also an affective demonstration of the beauty of smoke:or the perils of smoking.
Why This Trend Is Growing
- High Concept Design
- The Smoke Like a Chimney Ashtray exemplifies the potential of high concept design, combining beauty and effective messaging to create unique products.
- Affective Demonstration
- The ashtray's abstracted lung cover provides an affective demonstration of the consequences of smoking and highlights the potential for similar designs to create impactful messaging for other products or industries.
- Technical Prowess
- The intricate design of the Smoke Like a Chimney Ashtray showcases the potential for technical skill and innovation to elevate everyday objects into works of art.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Product Design
- Product designers across industries should take inspiration from the Smoke Like a Chimney Ashtray to capitalize on the potential for high concept design and unique messaging that can elevate their products and stand out in a competitive marketplace.
- Public Health Education
- The success of the Smoke Like a Chimney Ashtray as a meaningful public health message highlights the potential for similar design interventions to create lasting impact and change behaviors in public health education.
- Art and Home Decor
- The Smoke Like a Chimney Ashtray's fusion of technical skill and impactful messaging positions it as an art piece that can serve as both a functional object and an eye-catching conversation starter in home decor settings.
