Mar 22, 2015
Zac Wertz, inventor of the Beluga Razor, joins Tim Keirnan for
an interview about the design of both the Beluga Razor prototype
and the BelugaShave.com website. Across 80 minutes of
uninterrupted, commercial-free conversation, Zac and Tim discuss
hardware and digital designs, including
* Their mutual dissatisfaction with modern cartridge razor shave
quality, its high cost, and environmental problems
* Their appreciation for traditional safety razor shaving
* Zac's origin story for inventing the Beluga razor
* How Zac designs mechanical prototypes
* The design of the BelugaShave.com website to reinforce the Beluga
brand
* Tim's experience shaving with the prototype
The Beluga razor combines the advantage of the modern cartridge
razor--a pivoting head--with the advantage of the traditional
safety razor--its single, double-edged razor blade. Users thus have
the low cost, superior effectiveness, and environmental advantages
of traditional safety razor shaves without having to learn the fine
motor skills needed for using a traditional safety razor.
P.S. You can listen to older shaving-themed episodes:
http://designcritique.net/dc85-critique-sustainable-shaving-tools
http://designcritique.net/dc48-shaving-razor-critiques