Creative Dish Stacking Sub Fields

In my previous post I mentioned that there were four sub-fields in Creative Dish Stacking... so far.

There are now FIVE sub-fields. I know, exciting right? Saturday, my boss Brandon built a structure out of dirty dishes with the intent of moving them from one place to another: thus the fifth sub-field 'Utilitarian' was created. But what of the other four? Oh don't worry, we'll be getting to a break down of each one riiiiiiiight... now!

Utilitarian
As the name implies, this sub-field contains all dish structures that are made for purpose over style. There isn't really anything special about this category, but it can produce somewhat impressive structures. They're incredibly unlikely to fall or fail, look very bland, and serve a purpose. There is potential to make Utilitarian structures more aesthetically pleasing, but going too far in that direction can invalidate this label. Which leads us into the next and arguably most important sub-field...

Applied Artistic
This is the sub-field that pretty much all of the structures I posted earlier fit under. To be honest, this was all Creative Dish Stacking was before the introduction of separate sub-fields. The goal of Applied Artistic is to make a structure that serves absolutely no purpose but to make something cool to look at and wonder how it was even put together. I'm considering making Applied Artistic and Utilitarian their own fields, and moving the next three sub-fields under Applied Artistic, but I'm not quite sure on that. I really enjoy having this kind of decision making power.

Potentially Disastrous
This sub-field shares some similarities with Applied Artistic, but what sets it apart is the potential for the structure's catastrophic failure. Structures with smaller bases, weak points for aesthetic/functional purposes, and containing some unproven/flimsy building materials fall into this category. This is where you'll find most amateur structures and some professional structures made out of sheer vanity that are doomed to fail.

Daredevil
This is where accomplished creative dish stackers go to push the boundaries of creative dish stacking. It takes some of the key elements of the Potentially Disastrous and Applied Artistic sub-fields and makes incredible structures in incredibly stupid places. The difference between this and Potentially Disastrous, is that the stacker is well aware of the likelihood of failure. Not only that, they'll put the structure in a place where it's more likely to be knocked over or just fall apart.

Needlessly Destructive
This is pretty much the red headed step child of Creative Dish Stacking sub-fields. No offense to any red headed step children out there, but this is where all of the truly boneheaded 'structures' go. This is where you find a tall pile of plates of varying sizes stacked together on top of a small bowl on the edge of the dishpit counter. Idiots thrive in the Needlessly Destructive sub-field and they don't even know it.

Note: I totally made all of this up. Pretty cool, yeah?