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PaulDavisThe1styesterday at 2:46 PM1 replyview on HN

Except that of course, the "simple" Door Desk was actually more expensive than the equivalent from Ikea, had no real additional functionality and took more time to put together. Which somewhat muddies the metaphor ...

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taericyesterday at 7:10 PM

I confess I assumed that the spirit of that award was more in "using what you have" than it was in making a simpler solution? They definitely over indexed on how clever the door desks were, though.

It is funny how much people assume quality from appearances, though. Same for costs.

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