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Anthony Toth is a 42-year-old global sales director at United Airlines, and the biggest success in his past forty years, in my opinion, may be the vintage Pan Am first-class cabin built in his garage. It has cost Mr. Toth 20 years and 50,000 dollars to build a Pan Am cabin, which includes almost everything a plane in the late 1970s and 1980s, would have, such as pairs of red-and-blue reclining seats, original overhead luggage bins and a curved, red-carpeted staircase. In addition, Mr. Toth has built a few economy-class seats, too. And in the near future, wished Mr. Toth, his garage could be turned into a cabin museum.

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Strictly, it’s not proper that the unique wallpaper with countless holes in it is called as a ‘wrapping paper’, because it is more like a wall pocket for holding different items. No matter it is a magazine, a hat, a pen, or even a bag, you’ll always find their ‘new home’ on the wall, just as shown in the pictures. Well, I have to say, it is really a great way to enlarge our limited space.

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Compared to the scooter used in the Beijing Olympic Games, this hovercraft seems much cooler, as the tools only exist in science fictions! Luckily, it is now available to everyone. It can transport you to almost everywhere, except the real water, at the speed of 15 mph. The way to drive it is easy enough, and the driver just needs to adjust the degrees of weight transfer. Its gas capacity is 1.3 gallons, which can last about one hour.

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Although it seems quite flat, this lamp’s two LEDs can bring necessary to your daily lives. On the other hand, it could also save lots of space for you. How nice!

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A good design will bring people with more convenience, and the cans used in our daily lives can demonstrate this principle perfectly. Now, designers have prompted a new model for cans. There are at least two distinctions making this model stand out. Firstly, it makes it much easier for you to twist it, therefore sparing much space. And the second one is its indent clip that is easier for you to open it without clipping a nail.

Designer: Jiwoon Park & Kwenyoung Choi

The “Ghost Icon”, due to its special design and material selection, are warning us of the phenomenon of growing warmer and resource waste. In fact, it is encouraging us to use fluorescent bulbs as well as LED or OLED instead of incandescent light bulbs to reduce the carbon content in the air.

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This kind of Breakfast-making machine costs 88 job hours of designers and about 900 pounds in total. It seems a bit complex but it can cook the omelette, toast and coffee for you automatically. For those who also enjoy juice, it can also be used to squeeze the oranges freshly.

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To those nomads, this wearable shelter may be a good tool, because it can spare them from dramatic rains. It is in fact a piece of cloth, which is wearable even during sunny days. In other words, it is both a good shelter for rainy nights and a fashionable coat for daily use. [Read the rest of this entry...]