The Evolution of Useful Things A Book by Henry Petroski Here, then, is the central idea: the form of made things is always subject to change in response to their real or perceived shortcomings, their failures to function properly. This principle governs all invention, innovation, ingenuity. Spike and sponShaped and reshapedForm follows failureTheir wrongness is somehow more immediateA small corner of the world of things+23 More The evolution of devices formfunctioninventionprogressfailure
Howl's Moving Castle A Film by Hayao Miyazaki If I can't be beautifulScenes by the fireWatermillA candle in the hallThe castle takes flight The ancient fire spirit who lived in the hearthFire, the animating spirit