Generally speaking, plastic always comes across as inferior to pretty much every other material: metal, wood, ceramic and glass all seem inherently "better".
Some objects made from engineering plastics, e.g. ABS or polycarbonate, can seem pretty nice at times. But it still feels like a cheap substitute for something better.
Is it purely an emotional reaction given the proliferation of disposable plastic junk? Or are we instinctively aware of the unnatural character of its origin?
I'm mindful here of JE Gordon's observations in The New Science of Strong Materials about how plastic has become a victim of its own success; in being such a cheap and versatile product, it has encouraged it's reckless overuse in disposable, poorly designed commodities.
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Submitted May 07, 2017 at 02:42AM by mehum http://ift.tt/2qcrR5z
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