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Awesome Bathtubs, Right Here!

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Good ideas in and creative bathtubs out, these products here are all my favorites and it’s really hard to figure out which is the No.1… As every of them comes with a unique theme, you can imagine that you’re rightly experiencing some special things when simply taking a bath in it.

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Slip-on Shoelaces

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During the last tens and hundreds of years, almost all the designer and manufactures were devoted to improving the functions and appearances of shoes but failed to push the development of shoelaces to a new level…Fortunately they’re now stepping forward, and obviously that’s a quite big step: the shoelaces are completely converted, allowing the users to easily slip them in and out of shoes, with several different colors available!

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Creative Salt Installations

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Really impressive huge-sized installations finished by Japan-based artist Motoi Yamamoto, and all of them are made of salt… Don’t feel doubt about that, even though it sounds unbelievable!

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Solar Shareable Coverall

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Whenever we face earthquakes or other disasters, only a shelter cannot provide all the protections and things we need, of course this Shareable Coverall designed by Lee Jong Yun wouldn’t offer an overall protection either, however at least it can play far more roles than an ordinary blanket does. Featuring a zipping up design and built with solar panels and kinetic-energy converters, this garment can provide heat in cold climates in several different ways: you can either use it as a blanket or wear it as a coat, or you may even share it with others.

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Tattoo Posters

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A unique poster especially designed for and by Munich tattoo studio “the chaos crew” was recently showcased in a window, displaying both the historical events happened last year and the artist’s fantastic techniques. Finished on calfskin, the huge tattoo poster is the most impressive tattoo we’ve ever seen and the best posters we ever found for tattoo studios.

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Steel Wire Portraits

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Either far away or close, these portraits finished by Seung Mo Park all seem so delicate and fantastic that you even couldn’t believe they’re made of metal wires… Of course merely one or several metal wires cannot make up such impressive artworks, as the designer has utilized several different layers to create the portraits’ amazing details.

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One Trip Grip

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Working hard and shopping hard, ladies today must have been used to those heavy shopping bags and the horrible work of transferring their bags from the car to the kitchen in several multiple trips. However, no one can refuse a good change: this hopping bag holding hook, named as “One Trip Grip”, is just a portable gadget that can upload many bags at one time. With a 50lb capacity, the hook is available in several colors.

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What’s this?

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Guessing time again, so what do you think this Teddy Bear is used for? Don’t tell me that’s merely a toy, please…

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Lazy Football Chair

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Can you sit to play football? I can, as long as I have this “Lazy Football” chair designed by Emanuele Magini for Italian furniture manufacturer campeggi. Combining a football net with a chair frame, the designer cleverly turned common furniture into an interesting entertainment piece: users can leisurely participate in a football game simply by sitting there and moving their feet…Neither boring nor tiring at all!

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String Lamp

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Distinctive and interactive, this lamp from Co.Design is completely different from regular pedant lamps, as it comes with no switch, but instead features a string that lets you turn on/off or change the emitting light via a simple motion of pulling.

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Embrace Shaving

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Nothing could know better of your face than your hands, and thus designer Marco van Leeuwen has come up with an electric shaver that rightly resembles the shape of your hand: it enhances pressure sensitivity, improves users’ safety and maximizes your convenience as well.

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SkyDeck Table

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Wherever you go, wherever you stay, this SkyDeck designed by Japanese firm Torafu Architects can always support you, allowing you to place your cellphone, cups, wallets or other items on it. That means, no matter there’s a table or not, you would easily build one with this portable design.

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Map Fishbowl

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An interesting bowl for fish, which wanna to help them go around the world, with the help of a world map!

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Water-resistant Coating for Mobile Phone Circuit Boards

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Coming from Daikin Industries, the innovative coating developed for cellphone circuit boards is resistant to water and moisture so as to endow the mobile phones an outstanding ability of water-prevent. Though sounds really high-tech, the coating is surprisingly easy to use: simply dip the circuit boards in the fluorinated solvent and then a thin film will appear after it is dried for one minute.

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Tackits Corkscrew

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Easy to push in but difficult to pull out, that’s obviously the common problem of ordinary pushpins. However, Tackits’ corkscrew design is completely uncommon, as it not only can easily twist into almost any surface but also allows the users to cleanly remove it with another flick of the wrist.

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CELLMACS Sliding and Standing Bluetooth Keyboard Case

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Is this a sliding iPhone 5 (or maybe 6)?! Not exactly, since the Apple Inc. hasn’t released any information about their new products recently. In fact, what appeared in the image is an iPhone 4s, which “wears” a CELLMACS Sliding and Standing Bluetooth Keyboard Case. Designed to provide much more convenience and fun to iPhone users, the case has a handy built-in keyboard that slides out when needed as well as a stand that angles your iPhone.

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Finger Scan Door Lock

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It is definitely not the first time we see fingerprint scanners used in product designs, but the Grabit door handle is still worthy of our recommendation, as it places the scanner in a most ergonomically viable place, thus to make the act of opening a door completely convenient.

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“Smart eBall” Giant Game

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In Frankfurt, Germany, AD agency BBDO held a publicity stunt for the Smart Fortwo Electric Drive, to demonstrate that the little car has an excellent performance of driving. The giant game was called “Smart eBall”, which let the participants to control two digital cars on a giant screen to keep the ball bouncing back and forth by driving a real one forward and backward.

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Inverted Umbrella

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Rainy days, romantic days, many couples are fond of hanging out on a wet day to experience something romantic…But their good mood may disappear almost in one second as they find their shoes, clothes turned wet due to the wet umbrella. Fortunately we have the Inverted Umbrella now. Currently a concept, the umbrella can fold inside (which is always dry) out after use so as to prevent water splashes, while without changing its fundamental functions.

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Drink Notes

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This is mine, and that is yours, with the aid of these Drink Notes, we’ll never pick up a wrong glass of wine during the parties. Really clever!

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Hold Chair

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Hey, chairs, have you successfully held the tables? … To make cleaning floor an easy work, Malaysia-based designer Poh Liang Hock has come up with this Hold Chair concept, which is a winner of the prestigious Red Dot Design Award. It features a sliding design, meaning that the chair can slide onto the table.

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SMS Text Messaging Notebook

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You know that the Short Message Service has been there for 20 years? Well, time passes away so fast that we can hardly feel the changes…But that doesn’t matter at all, as the “Shooting Message System” notebook can successfully remind us of it. With a built-in elastic band on the cover, the notebook can launch your notes in a manual but special way. So interesting!

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Light Bubble

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Turn on a bulb, to display the interesting process of a bubble getting bigger and then disappearing… Really cool lamp designs from Italy!

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ADAPTRAC system

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Keeping mountain bikes always in a good condition is a hard work, especially when you need to face many different types of surfaces. Trying to find some tough and durable tires for your bikes may be a possible solution, but we still need other better options, such as the ADAPTRAC system. It is composed of special patent pending hubs, a dual control valve and a C02 power pack/regulator, thus can help the users to raise or lower their tire pressure while riding with the bike.

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Tape Scissor

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Combining two separate tools rightly in one, the Tape Scissor is a brilliant scissor with a built-in tape dispenser, which can not only save your space on table but saves your money in wallet.

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CordCrunchers

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Instead of organizing earphone cords around your ears, we now strongly suggest you wear them as bracelets, with the aid of these amazing CordCrunchers. It’s actually a set of earphone with an elastic sleeve for cables, which allows the users to wear it on necks or wrists. But when you need to use them, the earphones then collapses back to their original length… So cool!

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ITRI MediRobot

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Here’s a smart solution for lifting and transferring patients in a better way: Named as ITRI MediRobot, the conceptual device put forward by Pilotfish is servo-controlled, which can display information including weight, blood pressure and so on via a sensor on the sling while transferring the patients to other places.  The whole process finished by ITRI MediRobot is slow and safe, without causing any physical strain or discomfort to the patients. Also, it can serve as an infotainment terminal.

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Landscape Dinner Set

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Clouds, trees, houses and the green lawn as well, almost everything found in a drawing by kids now appear on the Landscape Dinner Set. With different items serving as plates and cups, the dish set is expected as a good way to attract children to the table.

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Tokio Lighting Unit

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Surrounded by dull concrete every day, people nowadays are always looking for something special, bright, smart or weird to give their common life a sparkling shine of light. Fortunately, the lighting unit designed by Asobi deserves our attention: made from lightweight carbon fiber, the lights can be ordered in 4, 6, and 12 LED configurations that spread out in all directions just like a spider’s web. It’s nothing to do with elegance or entertainment, but the light itself is really unique in pattern and function.

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3D Vision Stickers for Glasses

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“You jump, I jump”, when the 3D movie “Titanic” is on, many people in the cinema get their glasses off and put them on from time to time, simply trying to make sure their 3D glasses stand well against their ordinary glasses… What a hard time you’re going through! Throw those 3D glasses away and have a try with these innovative stickers. Cut out of a shape bigger than average glasses, these stickers are especially good to those who need to wear glasses, allowing them to view 3D movies more comfortably and conveniently.

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Gokey Wrist Band

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Only one key in the pocket, usually we do that when outside for a walk or jog just because we try to keep the most important thing safe. However, is your key safe enough, in your pocket? Not really, as it may slide out of the pocket and fall somewhere else. It’s time to try the Gokey silicon wrist band now. It’s a clever gadget that can conceal your key safely and then lets you wear it on your wrist. Available in several colors, the Gokey is currently a Kickstarter project and you can donate $15 to receive one.

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Light Glove

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Undoubtedly wearing light on hand is much better than holding light in hand: it not only offers bright luminescent light just as common light tools do, but also allows you to spare your hand to do something else. Easy to wear and convenient to use, the H9 Portable Lighting unit by Luisa Baldassari is both an ordinary glove and portable flashlight as well, offering two different choices that serve you. Except for daily use, you can even wear the H9 to a party to amaze your friends.

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Oil-absorbing Nanosponge

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By adding boron to carbon while growing nanotubes, researchers from Rice University and Penn State University have developed a Nanosponge that is capable of absorbing oil in water, effectively and repeatedly. Additionally, the material is superhydrophobic and oleophilic, meaning that it has an outstanding ability of floating on the surface of water.

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World’s First Lick-able Wall Paper

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Does the elevator’s wall of an office building located in Great Portland Street, London taste good? Possibly, as it is world’s first lick-able wall that comprises of 1,325 Jaffa Cakes! Completely unbelievable and surprising, the “delicious” wallpaper just wants to offer the passengers a pleasing taste during their boring trip with an elevator. Although bit of unacceptable, this Lick-able Wall Paper is still expected to appear in many other places in the future.

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Standing Broom

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Nothing to do with magic tricks, the Standing Broom is designed to stand up by itself merely with a folding action. The benefits of such a standing broom are obviously undeniable: you never need to bend down to pick up a broom, and the broom can last a longer time since its bristles are kept from becoming bent or damage.

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Lipstick Flask

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Hello my ladies, you now can play a trick with others while enjoying wine from your Lip Stick! That’s not for kidding, because the Lipstick Flask is exactly a sneaky accessory that hides a flask inside a normal lip stick. Anytime there’s a Cosmo, anytime there’s a drink, isn’t that fancy?

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Socks Portrait

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Not quite long after her Coffee Stain Portrait of Chinese musician Jay Chou, Shanghai-based artist Hong Yi now shows us another artwork that uses 750 pairs of socks to portrait the famous Chinese film director Yimou Zhang. Hong Yi said her idea of the Sock Portrait firstly came from clotheslines made of bamboo sticks hanging various articles of clothing above narrow paths in Shanghai, and then she noticed that Yimou Zhang once incorporated bamboo sticks into his period films too, thus she decided to make a portrait of Zhang merely using socks and bamboo sticks.

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‘Citylight’ Concept

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Exercise to power, the ‘Citylight’ Concept is an innovative design that attaches exercise equipment to streetlights and thus utilizes the kinetic energy people create to energize LED lamps in the light system.

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Heat-sensitive iPhone 4S Backing

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Turn your iPhone into a chameleon – that’s rightly what the self-adhesive laser cut backing is trying to do. It is heat sensitive, capable of changing color in the range 90 to 95 degrees F, and thus allows the users to print their hands or fingers on phones for a while.

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Coke “Hug Me” Machine

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You want a Coke while Coke may want a hug, that’s what Coca-Cola’s hug vending machine aims to tell the public. As part of Coca-Cola’s ‘Open Happiness’ campaign, the unique vending machine located somewhere in Singapore will dispense a free Coke to anyone who gives it a hug…Will you have a try?

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