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Entries for September, 2009

“Slim & Strong” Lamp

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Maybe just as its name “slim & strong” means, the elegant lamp is slim in its appearance while rather strong in essence. As a combination of the softness commonly used in fashion design and the rigidity of carbon, the lamp hides the LEDs inside the crease-shaped holder to glow your rooms in quite a unique way.

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Bowler Rink

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No matter you like it or not, bowling is one of the most influencing sports that you could never neglect nowadays. Josh Tuminella continues to impress us with a circular bowling lane. Titled as “Bowler Rink”, the new product features some differences from the traditional ones. The bowling ball becomes smaller ones that are without figure holes, and the pins are made from aluminum to create a clear sound. Even if you’re not in mood of playing, you can also sit in a lounge-like environment to catch every exciting moment comfortably.

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“Fold Out” Shelves

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With much more emphasis laid on a combination of practicality and aesthetics, furniture designers have been facing some difficulty. But recently, a Chicagoan designer Mark Kinsley has come up with an exciting work, named as “Fold Out”. As shown in the graph, it’s an innovative mounted shelf that makes a full use of the mural painting and turns to be more attracting. Clever idea!

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Watch Not On Your Wrists

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It’s really a long time since we’re used to reading time via cell-phones rather than watches. Even if sports watches are still popular among young people, you’re sure to agree that it’s more of a hindrance in most conditions. So here is to present a new watch that is really true to its name “sports watch”. Thin and flexible, it could be fixed on your wrist steadily without affecting your sports. In the meantime, the watch could also serve as a timer to record your sports time, heart-rates, etc.

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Bucket-Vac

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No vacuum cleaners any more! What you need is just a “Bucket-Vac”. Seemingly rather ordinary, the product is actually a “secret weapon” that turns any 20L buckets into a cleaner when you clip it over the rim of the bucket. Fantastic!

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DROP Umbrella Free-bag

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Not that romantic as described in novels, films, walking in the rain happens to be boring and annoying frequently. Now the so-called “DROP” has come to solve the problem. Aiming to free our hands and allow everybody an easy walking, the an innovative umbrella freebag is composed of a flexible rubber umbrella grip to intake your umbrella, as well as several small pockets to contain daily items. Still equipped with non-slip pads on the inner face, the bag is of low risk to slip from your shoulder. It also features a thermometer to show the temperature.

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An Odd Collection of Wall Lamps

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Pinch me, crack me, tear me, whatever you like is all right but please don’t treat me too politely. Yea it sounds somewhat unbelievable, but they’re an odd collection of wall lamps by JI YOUNG SHON recently. Follow me to learn further now!
Pinch me to light me up! Totally covered by silicone rubber, the lamp won’t work unless you pinch its surface vigorously.
Dubbed as “Crack me”, this lamp is covered with so much plaster on its surface that you really need to crack it with enough power to light it up. Don’t feel sorry.
“Tear me”is another part of the collection, which also needs your physical action to start it.

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Nifty Radio

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Have you been fed up with traditional square radios and looking for a personalized one? Then you will fall in love with the Nifty Radio. Seemingly a sculptural decorative piece, the radio is constructed of two round speakers on each side of its X-shaped frame. The cute radio amuses you with its special usage. You can tune into different channels when moving the right speaker up and down while the left speaker is intended for volume control.

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Camcorder In My Palm

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With the development of technology, great changes have taken place one after another in our life and here is a another new creation of hi-tech. Shaped like a cell-phone, the innovative camera is more convenient to carry and use. It has a lens that pivots up and down smartly. More important, as almost all the controlling buttons are fixed in an ideal position, it can be easily used no matter you’re left-handers or right-handers.

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Hanging Towel Dryer

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How to dry up damp towels completely is a genuine problem we may face everyday. As damp towels are easy to catch black fungus and go musty, we really need something to solve the problem, such as the hanging towel dryer. Working in the same way as your hair-dryers, the towel dryer, looking like a bathroom clothes rail, turns your damp towels dry in less than five minutes. Perhaps we could still use it to dry up those damp clothes. Excellent!

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Freshness Label

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Like an hourglass, the label notifies the customers of the product’s freshness in quite a visual way. As the meat ages, the bottom half of the label will gradually goes black and finally turns totally blocked with ink when the meat on longer stays edible.

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Compost Dustbin

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Though everyone wants to contribute to the eco-business, most of us really couldn’t find the right way to it. So what should we do now? Probably the compost dustbin will answer you, because it ensures you to promote compost by just sorting garbage into different dustbins. Based on a biodegradable technology, bio-reactive substances in the dustbin will start working to degrade certain trash while leaving out the non-available dust. Isn’t it encouraging that you can recycle waste in such an easy way? Join us right away.

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Corner Lamps

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The floor lamp may be the shiest one you’ve ever seen. Softly and silently, the new lamp features a half-size lampshade as usual ones to give off warm light in the corner. Desk lamps of the same series are also available.

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Ducking Lounge Chair

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The Ducking Lounge Chair is true to its name as it appears to be long enough, measuring 2 meters. Made from walnut and built into a certain degree of curvature, the lounge chair is indeed one of the most relaxing chairs both indoors and outdoors. Woo-hoo, a Ducking Lounge Chair, a cup of tea, as well as a classical film, you’re living so sweet a day that everyone may dream of!

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The Stars Tell Time

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During the years when timepieces were not invented yet, we used to read time by distinguishing the various positions of the sun while we went blank again in the night. Then never could the stars tell time? No necessarily, for we have the ‘Stars Tell Time’ clock now. Simulating those twinkling little stars, the innovative clock tells time by lighting up several LEDs on its display. For example, if there’re twelve, three and four stars respectively shown in different parts, it means ‘thirty-four past twelve’ by the time. Do pay attention that the two blue LED lights, for they represent the colon sign (:) on a digital clock rather than time.

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