An object that I own which I use daily is my Brita. Honestly, it is the easiest thing to use and it saves me money on water. You can’t go wrong with that combination. One of the reasons I find it to be such a good design is that it is mapped in such a simple way that using it is easy. There is good feedback when it comes to the filter. It lets you know when it needs to be replaced when the electronic bars on the top are no longer lit up. Once they are gone, it tells you it needs a new one for maximum water quality. The handle is grooved, obviously made for fingers to fit, and the spout to pour is visible. The opening on the top is easily accessible; the finger grip on the top is an affordance to its opening. 
One of the things I can not stand due to its design is my coffee machine. There is nothing about it that makes it easy to use. There is limited visibility when it comes to its different functions. There is no mapping when it comes to where the opening for the filters is, and where you put the grinds in. You have to figure it out for yourself. The only way to start the coffee making process is to press a button, the only one on the machine, at the front of the base which only shows the symbol of ‘power’. This is a cultural constraint because that symbol represents on/off only in North America.Gio Petrucci
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