DC109 Interview/Critique: The Beluga Razor and Website with Inventor Zac Wertz

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