As if life has not ample of its own depression-triggers, here is another one that has been lurking around: Flatpack depression. Buyers of flatpacks will roll their eyes in the body-language of identifying with the plunge from high hopes. Many know the depths of being surrounded by allen keys, screws and flat furniture that remains flat despite the clues. Flatpacks could have clout- powers to deflate the high of novelty excitement in naught to 20 minutes.
But... there may yet be a ray of hope for the defeated flatpack-owner. Maybe. Think “prototype” and not: agony to ecstasy in 3 seconds!
Here is a link that will take you to The Telegraph UK about the proto-type.
The article was written in 2002, but…..I’ve been listening to a very recent podcast extolling the software, so there may still be hope.
Whether this soft-ware has been promoted from proto-type to reality, here are a few facts to keep in mind when next you pop in at Ikea all starry-eyed:
With colleagues at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, a scientist found that the pieces of a typical Ikea wardrobe can be assembled in 44 different ways. Only eight are correct; the rest lead to a half-assembled mess, or a wardrobe that will collapse in days.
