7Pipe Design Talk: The Suka Pipe
Every creation has a different starting point. With the 7Pipe Twisty, my beginning concept was the functionality of a chapstick, or the ability to reload bowls with the simplicity of a twist. With the Suka Pipe however, I started with a discus or UFO shape, and went from there. I love the shape and wanted to create a pipe with the smooth contours of a UFO spaceship. I had no idea what functionality it would have or how it would work. Eventually, I added the crucial new functionality to the Süka pipe, the trackball. The trackball can be seen on computer mice, and I borrowed this concept for a pipe. Initially, I had designed a grinder...