Identify that Letter! Part 6: Branded Utilities

This is a picture of a red crab cracker tool that can be found at the infamous utility store Williams-Sonoma. Apparently, it visually takes the shape of an uppercased letter “A.” Two adjacent lines converging at a certain point along with a horizontal one conjoining them make such a letter. However, in order for this tool to be distinguished as the first capital letter of the English Alphabet, its handles must be closed up and joined together. Otherwise, if the handles were expanded and separated in order to rupture the shell of a crustacean, the tool will no longer be identifiable as a slender capital “A.”

This is another picture of a utility that can be found and sold at Williams-Sonoma. It is a snapshot of a round frying pan with its metallic silver lid; the object as a whole is shaped like a capital letter “Q.” Technically, a circle and a single line protruding off its bottom right side make an uppercased letter “Q.” The circular frying pan and its silver handle are completely relatable to this concept.  Then again, the handle must be positioned at the bottom right corner of the picture or else the object will cease to be recognized as the stated letter. Without its silver handle, the object will be shaped like the letter “O” instead.

This is a hook (or hangar) that most likely functions to hang up garments. There are many of these hooks that can be found in the store Restoration Hardware. The curved metallic object definitely resembles a capital letter “J.” It only appears to be a letter “J” because of the angle of the snapshot – in actuality, like the rest of its counterparts, the hook was situated in an inclined position. Basically, the letter “J” is simply a long, vertical column with one bent endpoint that projects towards the bottom left side. This metallic hook/hangar was built the same way despite its column having a curved top that protrudes towards the right side.

This is a snapshot of a decorative backrest of a chair that was displayed at the store Pier 1 imports. Several curly, metallic frames make up this backrest. Since each swirly, columnar frame overlaps another one, several lowercased letter Fs can be seen in the picture.  A lowercased letter “F” is a vertical column with one curved endpoint at its peak; furthermore, there is a short horizontal bar that is placed beneath this curved endpoint. The series of overlaps create the illusion that the frames have horizontal bars (for each overlap a curved endpoint becomes a horizontal bar).