A cylinder is the most normal form that a wastepaper basket takes. With a slight tilt in the direction in which people toss their garbage, this wastepaper basket has become a new normal. The lip of the wastepaper basket being slightly thicker makes it easier to carry. Generally with molded plastic goods, attempts are made to keep the thickness of the plastic as uniform as possible to create a smooth surface. If there is a thicker section in a uniform material, a dent may appear as the material hardens, since the temperature doesn't drop uniformly through the material. This is called a "dimple defect," and it is usual for molded goods with many of these dimples to be considered poor quality. But with this wastepaper basket, it has been possible to achieve such a dimple the entire way around the lip of the wastepaper basket mouth, so that it is thicker than the rest of the body.

It is not easy to revamp something normal, making it easier to use and thus creating a new normal. This wastepaper basket has succeeded in generating a normal that surpasses normal by using a technical factor, generally considered to be negative, to positive effect.