Raising Our Cups To Jessica Helfand

Fresh from being named to the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee, Jessica Helfand gives her advice to another American institution: the proliferation of cup holders. From the puzzling more-cups-than-passengers ratio in our vehicles to the sheer ridiculousness of a floating remote-control drink caddy for our poolside margs, cup holders are finding even more ways to become embedded in our lives. Is this revolutionary industrial design? Or a testament to our own laziness?