We were at the doctor's office this morning, and I noticed they had a new trash can - a 14 liter can with a lid operated by a foot pedal.. It was sleek, matched the décor of the office, but what caught my attention was the name - Simplehuman.
I spent the next few minutes riffing on the name - what it might mean and why anyone would name their trash can (or their company) that.
I assumed that it was one of those lost-in-translation things, and it still might be, but a check on line shows that Simplehuman is a Torrance, California company. It was founded in 2000 by a Chinese immigrant named Frank Yang. The company was originally known as Canworks, but Yang changed the name to Simplehuman in 2001 when the company began to broaden its product line into other kitchen and bath tools, such as touch-free sensor pumps and shower caddies, under the tagline “Tools for Efficient Living."
If you're interested, you can buy a Simplehuman trash can like the one above for $49 at Bed Bath & Beyond or $39 at Walmart.
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