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What does ‘grown-up’ mean to you? Yes, we’ve depicted a picture about the days about ‘grown-up’ ever since we were still a little child. And to boys, wine and cigarette are indispensable parts of a grown-up. But what do we really feel after we grow up? May you admit it or not, we miss the childhood a lot and we do almost everything to go back to those days. That’s why the Robot Wine Rack is brought to us. With a mustache, it’s Mr. Robot, while without that, it’s the naughty boy Robot. Superb! [Read the rest of this entry...]

There is an old proverb, “Love me, love my dog.” But there is more wisdom in this: “Love foosball, love anything related to it.” Certainly, these Offside Foosball Coat Hangers are included, to decorate your house. As these men will slide back-and-forth when used as hangers, you can take full advantage of them to hang more things. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Chopping knife, fruit knife, cake knife, carving knife…so many knives really baffle me, as I have to remember their sizes and shapes to find them suitable holders. But the Kapoosh Knife Holder presented here is a clever solution to that problem. It is constructed with thousands of thin plastic rods, which allows the users to insert any shape/size knives. Think of it as a cost-effective knife holder for more utensils. A good buy, right? [Read the rest of this entry...]

Still bothered by long wires hang dangling around your stereos, TVs, PS3? Then you must need a Wall Cleat, which is designed with two extra cleats than normal ones to hold long ropes. What a neat and brilliant idea! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Nature is a fertile source of imagination and creation, and inspired by the appearance of migratory birds sitting on high voltage lines, Fabian von Spreckelsen has come up with a new product called “Early Bird”. When using small birds to keep the clothes on the washing lines, the picture is just so fantastic that you may always think of those wonderful moments in nature.

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Say, what’s the best way to store wines? Though there’s still not a definite answer, what is definite is that you won’t go wrong with the Wine Tree by Kendall LeCompte. The smaller version holds 10 bottles and the bigger one takes 17. With various wine bottles placed on the tree, don’t you find yourself a horticulturist? It’s really nice.
Designer: Kendall LeCompte

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Hey, you case fanatics, attention, please! From now on, your toothbrush could be also kept in a specially-made case, which is named as T-Brush Pack. Doesn’t it make your teeth feel healthier? At least your toothbrush is much safer and cleaner now.

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Imagine that your clothes hangers are made in the same shape of your DNA? It’s quite incredible, right? The designer Irina Alexandru twists a closet into dual helixes and drills the maximum amount of holes in it to hang as many clothes as it could. After all, nothing could compete with a design in your DNA. It’s unmatched!

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Ordinary life always makes us feel tiresome. If so, why don’t we try this innovative coat rack, which may seem like piano keys? When you push down the black key, a hook will pop up to hang your coats. Cool!

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Every year we paint the fences, we will always find the paintbrush slide into the paint can, making it inconvenient to use. So presenting here is a Magnetic Paintbrush Holder that solves your problem in a simple but clever way. Clip the holder to side of your paint can, place the metallic part of the paintbrush on the holder and the paintbrush will no longer fall into the can. Good work!

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Well, bartenders are sure to love the new glasses by Scott Denison, as these Cordial Glasses won’t topple even you have to elbow through a crowd. Its secret lies in the bottom that is designed with an indent, ensuring it fit well with bobs on the ceramic tray.

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With the social development, energy-saving has been gradually advocated and one of the most valuable resources we need to conserve is water. But how could we conserve water effectively? To save and use rainwater is a good solution. The Rainwater Collector pictured here is just a cool tool that helps you to conserve rainwater without occupying too much space. Measuring 2-inch wide, the tank can hold up as much water as up to 650 gallons, meeting all your basic needs. What’s more, as the tank is made of UV stabilized high-density polyethylene, it is also free of algae.

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The figure-shaped hanger is a re-designed one that hooks. With magnets built inside the top rim, the innovative hanger can latch onto the steel bar, fixing your clothes steadily. As a result, it won’t bother you any more to fix those traditional hangers with clips.

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What could be more annoying than the cellphone ringing during the work? The sudden noise frightenes you a lot!  So the OC iPhone dock will be a better choice, alerting you quietly whenever there’s a call or a message. It just tilts slightly and drives the transparent screen float a bit. In that case, you won’t miss any  important information or lose your concentration to the work .

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Dubbed as “GoGoStand”, the plain plastic card may be a great help in accidental conditions whenever you need to free hands and find something to hold your phone, PSP, or MP3. When not in use, it could be collapsed down and stored in your wallet, just as easily as your cards.

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Portability, brevity, and practicality, it seems that the new hook has combined many advantages in one, proposing a much easier usage. Shaped like a sticker, the hook could be adhered to any needed places conveniently.

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The sticky nips we used in daily life are usually kinds of combination of plastic hooks and wool mat. The hooks will be able to catch on floss automatically when they are ranged on a semi-sticky film clip and affixed with brushes on the other side. Now, scientists have invented ”Velcro” – a kind of sticky nips based on the improvement of plastic products, which greatly augments the load-bearing and heat capacity of sticky nips. Amazingly, Velcro of one square meter size can hold up to 7 tons and withstand heat at about 800 degree Celsius.

Ordinary clothes rack couldn’t bear a heavy load, but we do need to hang those messy like clothes, bags, and hats. To solute the dilemma, presenting you here is the Clothes Hanger by Therese Glimskär. It features a functional clothes rod that doubles as a clamp to hang a heavy bag. Woo, really perfect article for me and I no longer need to worry about crushing the hanger with my heavy bags now.

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As there’re fewer and fewer people still buying CD albums from a record store, it’s quite a proud thing to show off your classic CDs and here is an innovative collecting case for CD albums. Fix the collecting case onto your wall, fit the album case into it, and you’ll find the CD fixed to a foam on the front. Pretty groovy decorations！

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What does snail mail mean to you in the high-tech era? Outdated, troublesome and absurd? Well, whether you admit or not, snail mail will not disappear in the foreseeable future, because it’s not a tool but a cherished tradition to most people. So here is a “Letterman XXL” letter box for you to check mails from the “striking peephole” and find newspapers in the paper tube on top. If the XXL size is too big, there’re still some smaller sizes in available.

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Obviously most housewives have been bothered by the difficulty in fixing hangers to ensure a full drying of all the clothes. But now the problem has been resolved in a surprisingly easy way, that is, to attach clothespins to hangers.

Hope you all had a great time with the nose hook. Seemingly lifelike, when stick it to either your bathroom mirror or table surface, the nose hook can always be used to hold your pens, photos, towels and others.

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The shrinking jug is a latest design to keep your milk fresh for a longer time by reducing the air in the container. It is easy to use, you should simply push a button on the top and the milk will be forced out. More exciting fact lies in the design that it can adjust the retention volume automatically according to the milk amount, so that milk will be kept apart from bacteria in the air.

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Tin can lids are a series of biodegradable, plastic lids specially designed for used tin cans by Northumbria University graduate Jack Bresnahan. These lids can turn cans into useable household containers, including a vase, soap dispenser, sugar caster, tea and coffee canisters, toothbrush holder, money box and desk tidy.

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The most hard-working mule all over the world! Made of high-pressure laminate, the mule-like commodity rack can continue working for tens of years to accommodate taxing objects without any complaints.

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Wanna a breath of fresh air in dog days? Well, what about the fan-like CD rack? Given the fact that it’s actually used to store CDs, with such a big fan-like fitment on the wall, you may feel it rotating to generate cool breeze with your favorite collections.

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As almost every battery looks the same, it’s often difficult to figure out the discharged batteries from the usable ones. To deal with the storage problem, the new-style battery collector is not only designed to keep several batteries in different standards, but can measure their dump energy with a battery test device on the top.

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Rainwater, moisture, etc, almost any water in the air could all be absorbed by the water collecting machine through the collector on top and both sides. After running through layers of filters, the collected water could then get pure, which is therefore suitable for drinking.

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The designer Emogayu from Japan creates this series of vessels with a volcanoes subject. Though no two are exactly alike, they all show familiar nature scenes of this country.

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Created by Dutch designer Stijn Bisscheroux, the concept combines the broom and the hook into one single product. When left without using, it can serve as coat hook.

This really seems like a gun toy attached on the wall. However, because of the curve, it is transformed into a coat hook.

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This is a confused design. The basic frame is actually 2D picture and the coat hooks are actually 3D things which can really hold your coats. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This coat hanger, which seems like a stick insect, is paired with conventional towel rail. Depending on the positions, it can offer different functions. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This might be the most risky hooks in the world. If it cannot suffer the weight you put on it, then…Oh My God. OK, just kidding. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Sure, we all know that paper can cut your finger, but it seems impossible to cut down someone’s head. Yes, it is impossible. This is just a interesting business cards collector. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Although traditional hangers may not so bad most of the time, they will force you to stretch the collar of your T-shirt. But this hanger whose two arms can function like a scissor can offer you more convenience. You T-shirt will never be hurt by it. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This gizmo is gonna make the tea-drinking experience full of happiness and convenience. What you should do is just fill your favorite tea into the tea egg and put the tea egg into a cup of hot water. Done!

Of course, there have been many similar gizmos like this, but others, the tea egg can always stay on the surface of the water. [Read the rest of this entry...]

You may not realize that our planet is fairly lack of water. Actually, saving water is much more important than saving gas. Without gas, you can’t drive, however, without water, you can’t live. This so-called Rain Drops designed for collecting Rain water from the roof. Sure, they are not drinkable, but you can use it to water your garden or washing your hands!

What’s more, the wasted plastic bottles can be reused. [Read the rest of this entry...]

With this magnetic soap holder, you can say goodbye to the ugly soap cases. It seems like magic, because the soap can float in the air without any support underneath. As a matter of fact, there is a metal disk in the soap which is inserted in advanced, and so the soap will suspend in mid air. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Thicker hanger is usually better for clothes. However, in common sense, thicker means heavier and so it won’t be easy to carry around. But this inflatable hanger is a light thick one.

It can be blown up like a balloon to support clothes and deflated when not in use. [Read the rest of this entry...]