Domino’s Pizza and More Than Just Dominoes
Domino’s is a company that’s not afraid to take risks. In fact, the company has been a leader in experimenting with ways to do things differently. For example, in 2017, the company partnered with crowd-sourced car designers to create a pizza-delivery vehicle that looks more like a Batmobile than a delivery van. The idea was to spice up the brand and make it seem more modern. It’s just one of many bold initiatives led by CEO and chairman David Doyle since taking over the company in 2012.
When most people think of domino, they probably imagine a line of hundreds or even thousands of small, rectangular blocks set up in a row, ready to fall with the slightest touch. You may have seen this in movies or at domino shows, where builders compete for the most impressive domino reaction or effect before a live audience. The fact is, Domino’s has a much richer history than just a simple game of domino.
In the United States, the most common type of domino is a 28-piece set made of wood or plastic with black and white squares called pips. The pips represent the individual domino’s value. Some sets also include other colors of pips, such as red or orange. Some sets feature different shapes of pips or are made from natural materials, such as silver lip ocean pearl oyster shell (mother of pearl), bone, ivory, or dark hardwoods like ebony.
These days, people use domino to build art, such as straight or curved lines, grids that form pictures when they fall, and 3D structures like towers and pyramids. In the past, domino was used as a tool for learning basic math and science concepts, such as addition, subtraction, and multiplication.
Domino has also been a favorite toy for children for generations. It’s easy to see why: dominoes are colorful, tactile, and fun to play with. In fact, dominoes are so popular that there is now a booming industry in creating special sets of dominoes to make them easier for kids to carry around and store.
As a writer, you can use the concept of the domino effect to help you plot your novel. Each scene in your story is a domino that influences the scenes ahead of it. If you’re a “pantser” who doesn’t use an outline, it’s important to consider how each scene will impact the ones that come before and after it.
When you flick the first domino, it converts its potential energy into kinetic energy that propels it forward and knocks down the next domino. Once that happens, the kinetic energy from each domino travels to the next until they all fall over. That’s why it’s important to practice your domino setups before attempting them in real life. It gives you a better understanding of how they work and helps ensure that the final result will be as exciting and impressive as you envision it. In fact, that’s why Hevesh makes test versions of each section of a display before she puts it all together.