Jianfeng Hao, an industrial designer from Hubei University has brought us a new range of gadgets that each features a Chinese element. For example, the Post-it Case is shaped like the Great Wall, several USB flash disks are inspired by the ancient coins, and a set of pen holders easily remind us of the famous terra-cotta warriors.
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You’ll find it difficult to hold the pencils as they become shorter and shorter. So what will you do with them? Throw them away? Well, other guys prefer to connect two short pencils together with a short tube and then use them as a long pencil. Though most students have already though of that and done that, it is Hoyoung Lee, Youngwoo Park and Jinyoung Park that make the wonderful idea a product- the 1+1=1 Pencil Connector. As a result, you could reuse stubby pencils by changing them into a longer one. Nice concept. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Using Match & Munch to cut the bread, you’ll easily make your kids fall in love with breakfast, as they’ll find great pleasure in interlocking the bread while eating it! [Read the rest of this entry...]
Are you dissatisfied with your current CD cases? Luckily you’ll have a new choice, the Hershey Kisses CD Rack launched by Hidden Art. Certainly they’re not edible chocolate, but colorful racks made from aluminum. With one or two such racks on the table, you’ll easily find your favorite CD without messing up all the CDs on the shelf. It is priced at £11.5, in black, red, green and blue colors. [Read the rest of this entry...]
A simple but multifunctional product is always welcomed. Designed by Lee West, the Six Cube is also a multifunctional object that includes a votive, a candle holder, an encense burner, a catch-all, an ashtray, and a soliflor on each side. Measuring 8 cm x 8 cm x 8 cm (W x D x H), the multifunctional cube is made from soap stone. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Invented by Irish Jane ní dhulchaointigh, ‘Sugru’ is an innovative silicone substance that has eliminated the need of changing your gadgets, as it allows the users to repair hooks, knives and other items easily and quickly. It could form bonds to a variety of materials, including aluminum, steel, ceramics and glass. Compared with other repairing clay, ‘Sugru’ will cure into durable, flexible silicon in 24 hours after a working time of about 30 minutes. Featuring a good tolerance to temperatures, ‘Sugru’ could work effectively in any situations with a temperature from -60°C to + 180°C. It will get colder or hotter according to different temperatures, but never changes its hardness. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Citrus juicers, salad bowls, can openers, and potato ricers, all these conventional kitchen gadgets have been redesigned by Jonah Griffith and finally come with a new look and a more powerful function. For example, the ‘Fresh Force Citrus Juicer’ employs a gear and lever system to make juicing fruit more easily, and the ‘Arta Salad Bowl and Serveware’ also comes with two handles on both sides to hold the spoons. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Just fix the ordinary wires with these decorative nail-in cable clips, you’ll find the ugly wires are now blooming! Designed by Laliv Shalev, the innovative cable clips will make your room show great vitality. Each pack includes 12 leaves, 1 red bird, nails and adaptors. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Combining several scissors all together, the creative gadget works effectively as a hand-operated paper shredder! And compared with the electronic conventional shredders, the ‘Shredder Hand’ is more convenient to use and allows you to easily take it anywhere. On paper it sounds good, huh? You’ll find it better after you use it! [Read the rest of this entry...]
Possibly Dmitry Boyko is also in the habit of manipulating a delicious cookie while holding a coffee cup in the same hand, and as a result he designed these Coffee Handles for disposable cups. It features an offset design, which allows the users to hold their cup stably when they’re also busy with the snacks. You can even write on the holder’s neck to remind people not to take your cup by mistake. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Printed with dates, the ordinary sticky tapes could do more things for us as they also doubles as a calendar, a diary, a planner and a packaging tape. Each pack comes in two rolls, one for days and the other for dates. So what are you waiting for? Come on and buy yourself one pack! [Read the rest of this entry...]
In-car Video Game, In-car PC, as well as the Swivel Car Tray, seemingly these products are gradually changing cars into a movable house with everything we may need. Designed to hold your food, drinks and other necessities during your driving, the Swivel Car Tray comes with a round plate on top and a backing bar whose height and angle could easily be adjusted. [Read the rest of this entry...]
A good design doesn’t always need to feature an improvement on the functions, but should always make the users feel happy and satisfied. And the “O”-shaped opener is definitely another product that makes you smile when using it. Yes, nothing would represent a bottler opener better than to shape it like the first letter of the word “open”. O, it’s an opener!
Possibly except for those chefs in four-star hotels, nobody would need to remove the stems of strawberries on purpose, not to mention that they’ll need a strawberry huller like this. Even so, however, the idea behind the OXO Strawberry Huller is still creditable as it really meets the special needs of some people to remove the stems quickly. Just pierce, scoop and then it’s the wonderful time to enjoy sweet strawberries! [Read the rest of this entry...]
Here is a perfect product for those who read a lot. Designed by Jorg Gatjens, ‘Book-desk’ allows you to read a book in any positions you may want. Available in three sizes for novels, cookbooks and illustrated books, ‘Book-desk’ will surely bring you a wonderful reading time. Still featuring a foldable design, it could be easily placed in bags. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Let me introduce you an easier way to move hot coffee, the ‘Coffee Mover’. It allows you to take eight cups at a time, without worrying about the coffee spilling out. Another ‘I should have though of it’ product. Three different types are available, and at least one type is believed to be the best for you. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Dare you drink your urine? Most of us may never though of that question before, but what if you’re in a desert while couldn’t find either water or a way out there? You should think of it. Luckily, the urine purifier would make the problem easier to answer as the new device could transform urine into pure water. Nevertheless, I bet nobody would look forward to use such a device, right? That’s too weird. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Creativity can transform the world and sometimes everyone could change the life only if we think a little more. Merely a little more. Just like the ‘Post Line’ here, it’s obviously another product that we should have though of. Using the circuit printing technology and electrostatic paste material, ‘Post Line’ is intended to make those messy wires flat, organized and artistic on the floor, in case that messy wires result kids and aged people falling onto the floor. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Though anyone who has bought a can of paint knows that he/she can hang the painting brush on the can’s edge, how could that really happen? I mean there’s no hook on either the brush or the can. But finally, they make it, by carving a hook in a paint brush. Interesting idea! [Read the rest of this entry...]
As one of those applications for iPhone, SoundAMP aims to turn your iPhone or iPod Touch into hearing aids, costing only ten dollars. And of course, you must have an earphone that is equipped with a microphone to use them.
Big weighty tools are getting geeky by the day! Imagine integrating a screwdriver with a pendant! That’s the ‘A Bit Cross’ for you: a straight screwdriver, a cross screwdriver, as well as an IKEA standard tool – handy. Perfect for an easy work! [Read the rest of this entry...]
As the title suggests, Box Buddy Box Handle Cutter is a useful tool that you can punch ‘C’ shape holes on any cardboard box with it to get an easy grip. ‘C’ shape also means fewer scraps of cardboard, so you won’t have to worry about producing waste. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Computer, TV, stereo system, air conditioner, lamps…so many electrical appliances have also caused some troubles when they serve us. And one of the biggest problems is about the messy power cords, which are often pulled up wrong as they look almost the same. So the power cord buckles, printed with different signs, are made to classify them. Clever design! [Read the rest of this entry...]
‘Aqua Jar’ is one of the attractive products exhibited at Valencia Design Week in October. It transforms any plastic bottle into an easy-pour pitcher, therefore allowing water to be served without sprinkling. Moreover, ‘Aqua Jar’ is made from biodegradable and recyclable plastic, eco-friendly to the environment.
We love multifunctional designs and we’re sure to love the 6-in-1 Auto-loading Screwdriver. It includes 5 screwdriver bits in one handle. Whenever you need a proper bit, just pull back the handle to reveal a glass casing, choose one from the various bits, give the anchor a pump, and then a new main bit will be in place. So convenient, huh? Wish you an easy work with it. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Since almost every firm are used to signing a contract by affixing a seal to the official letter, seal has become an important factor to data security and therefore calls for more care. The Mint Seal is designed to reduce excessive use by others, with a locking case for the seal side and a combination lock to unlock and print the seal. Apart from that, it is also equipped with a finger-print recognition device, which could be set on your computer when connected to it via USB. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Good news, ladies, Fabiano Pottes has come up with the Turtle Wrench to provide you with a newer and easier way to take off a tire. Simply attach Turtle Wrench to your wheel correctly, drive forward each wrench a full rotation, you could then have the tire changes done. Hopefully you will enjoy the great concept!
Since it’s difficult to keep desks absolutely clean, why don’t we just leave it dirty…with desk mats like this? Look, the illusion of the stain smartly covers up the inevitable oil grease, milk, beverage, etc. It’s now available in the colors of coffee brown, cola light, jam red and others. Do you like this idea?
Well, frankly speaking, the Phone Finger is really unnecessary and maybe a bit stupid…You may even associate it with something you wouldn’t want your mom to find in your pockets! But if you’re someone who seriously cares about all the belongings, you may find the Phone Fingers quite useful to protect your iPhone from finger prints and smudges.
Despite eating while reading is not a good habit, most people like me still couldn’t get rid of it. After all, both physical food and spiritual food are important to us. So you must need the Transparent Shield for Books, since it helps a lot to protect your books from food waste while not to effect your reading. Enjoy it.
What will you do if your ring comes off and falls into the dark hole of the sink? Whatever ways you have thought of wouldn’t be better than the Alligetter LED Tool. Shaped like a gun, the LED tool works effectively to retrieve small items from cramped and dark places.
Good news for beer enthusiasts! Specially designed for your beer, the Beer Buoy has come to bring you a wonderful beer time in water. As a result, you can drink beer at any time you want as you swim around.
Have you ever felt impatient with the hard-to-reach massagers? Certainly we could turn to others for help, but is that a long-term plan? Well, just forget it and have a look at the motorized pressure point massager. As if you’re born with a longer arm, you will find it easy to reach any point on your back with the massager. Wish you a pleasurable relax!
Auto Safety Master Opener promises that only one is enough for all. No matter it is a bottle cap, a vacuum seal, a can tab, a screw top, or a wine stopper, the opener could always deal with it easily. Obviously, the 5-in-1 opener is another must-have for housewives.
Really cute caps I’ve ever seen! More surprisingly, they are designed for bags rather than bottles. Compared to clips, the caps obviously perform much better in preventing pests. Meanwhile, it’s also more convenient for you to access food inside the bag with a cap design.
Imagine that hangers could also act as decorations to modern residence! Though named as “Balance Hanger”, the decorative hangers are not that balanced and they couldn’t keep steady unless several ones are connected together, so you must be smart enough to control such an ornament. How do you like it?
Presenting here are several smart designs from visual voltage exhibition held in Brussels. In order to call for more attention to electrical energy saving, the show was intended to give some visualized insight into electricity.
Undoubtedly, hammer is used to drive nails or spikes, but we couldn’t avoid the risk of hammering ourselves. To increase the target area and reduce the danger coefficient, Ji-yun Kim has innovated to bring us the universal hammer that is composed of two parts. Fix a nail under the detachable head, strike the head with a hammer and you can then drive the nail into place in quite an easy way.
What is your favorite when working overtime especially in the late night? Coffee and cigarette, right? Then, what about combining the two things into one? Actually, it has already existed as the ash tray made of used coffee grounds. Except to its green material, the ash tray is designed to absorb the objectionable smell from cigarette ash as well.
It is really a good creation to call for more people nowadays to think more about “green”. Made in the same shape of those logs, the memo papers remind us of forest protection and energy conservation whenever we use it.
