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Highly praised on Red Dot Online, this Retractable Tape Cord is an electrical extension cord set that offers us a more effective way to organize electrical cords. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Thanks to four Korea based designers and their Line Block Cable, you’d always feel happy to see cables of your TV, acoustics appliances and other electronics neatly housed together. Inspired by toy bricks, Line Block can individually lead a cable to the sockets while tagging two or more wires together to create your room a neat look. Sounds like a nice try. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Aimed at offices and hotels where quite a lot of electrical appliances are needed, the Flexicords Cable could be easily bent into various shapes so as to solve the common problem of messy wires on tables and floors. The Flexicords set includes both short sizes and super long sizes. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Flattery must have gotten you everywhere Mr. Lufdesign and I’d like to describe your concept as ‘a stylish cord that lets us see the electricity leaking’. The product is meant for warning the users to pull out the plugs so as to reduce the power waste, through a visible and direct way. Named as “ECord”, the design mainly attributes to the PVC covering that changes colors when a specific range of current (from 1 to 15W) is provided. [Read the rest of this entry...]

You will need electric outlets everywhere at the workplace, e.g. behind the refrigerator, the stove, and behind the coffee machine. But not everyone could afford to install dedicated electric outlets everywhere you may need, and sometimes we do have to be creative with outlets, and the table with outlets on its leg has provided us with a new choice. Equipping some outlets onto one leg of the table, the designers have successfully solved the problem of messy cords on the floor or the table. Everything is highly organized now! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Another ‘why nobody has thought of it before’ product. And if you are considering a house renovation, you should have a look at this ‘Extension Cord’ designed by Meysam Movahedi. Hidden behind the socket for most of the time, the 1.5 meters cord could be easily pulled out when you need to use hair driers, vacuum cleaners and other electronics. As a result, you room will always look neat, without messy wires mounted on the wall or pilled on the floor. [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...]

Oh, I’ve had enough of the messy wires, and I couldn’t bear seeing them hanging/lying here and there. In a word, I want a highly-organized, artistic room. Thanks to Jung Ji Hye and Choi Hyong Suk and their Drawing Line, all those messy wires would be neatly kept in an artistic way. The clever concept features a mounted peg board over a wall socket, on which you could make desirable shapes with electric lines. Look at the samples below, aren’t they quite eye-catching? [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...]

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...]

When mentioning protective casings, we would make a list at once, as if we’re enumerating our family valuables. But have you ever found something left out, say one for power adapters? That’s why the clip-on cord wrap is invented. Specially designed for Mac book, the clip-on cord wrap could protect your chargers and keep the wires organized effectively, while not affecting the heat dissipation.

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It is sure that this is a circle, but why is there so many gears inside? You know what is it used for?

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By addin two sheets of plastic, this outlet could have a extra function of a cable organizer . [Read the rest of this entry...]

Researchers from Harvard University have developed a new silicon wire which looks much like a typical coaxial cable, but it’s around 100,000 times smaller. Plus, it could change light into juice. Reportedly, a single trand can output up to 200-picowatts.

This small gadget is actually a weir collector. It’s a good idea to give you a clear desk. [Read the rest of this entry...]