What may you need to cut a cake? Of course a knife is needed, and then? The Petals Cake Slicer from a Taiwan-based company! Each set consists of a single plastic flower, but actually featuring two different ways to cut the cake—using either the pedals or the leaves. Check them out after the jump. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Not everybody could easily handle the simple thing to knot their shoelaces, and the case is particularly bad to the kids and hands-impaired people. Maybe that’s why the Lace-amatic is created. The device mainly consists of two sections, one is a peg to twist and hold the laces and the other is the flat plate for keeping the peg in place. Just as you can see, simply slide the flat plate behind the laces, twist the loosely-tied laces using the peg, and then you can easily have your shoelaces fastened. Want to take off the shoes? Well, what you need to do is only to flip the lever open with your feet! Easy as that! [Read the rest of this entry...]
Just see what the mosquitoes have done to us: they drink human’s blood and spread diseases…No doubt everyone on the earth wants them to disappear forever. The laser beam mosquito killer by Intellectual Ventures Lab is rightly something designed for the users to kill the bugs in a more effective and convenient way. It takes a full advantage of the laser, which is released to kill the mosquito by either destroying its DNA or causing it to overheat, once the device targets a mosquito. It is also said the system could kill 50 to 100 mosquitoes every second. [Read the rest of this entry...]
What would you do to keep fruits and vegetables fresh? Put them into the refrigerators? Well, that’s really a clever method, but not clever enough. The innovative plant perf concept, not only keeps the fruits and vegetables fresh, but eliminates the harmful chemicals left on their surfaces. The device employs corn starch plastic as its main material, consisting of three parts: the main body, bottle top and nutritious liquid. What the users need to do is to insert the stems of the harvested vegetables into the bottle and lock the top end by pulling it upward. After that, the nutritious liquid will be delivered to the plants to keep them fresh for quite a long period. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Broken gloves? Nope, actually these gadgets are used to keep your fingers clean while you’re enjoying fried chicken or fried chips. What a strange but great idea! Even better, due to the short design, these trongs won’t make your hands wet as regular disposable gloves do.
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These tear-shaped wedges feature a solid metal frame coated with flexible and weather-resistant rubber, ensuring a durable usage. The soft exterior layer also means an effective gripping of your door and window frame. Available with a dark blue or translucent rubber exterior, these wedges could be used in many other ways as shown below. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Hey, bookworms in front of the screen, there’s something specially prepared for you! It is the Supine Reading Glasses, a unique pair of glasses allowing you to read a book while lying down flat. The magic glasses actually feature two optical-quality glass prisms in them to reflect the light 90°. Simply wear the glasses, place the book on your chest and then you can enjoy an easy reading in bed! [Read the rest of this entry...]
Clips and hooks are two kinds of gadgets we often used to hold small items like keys, towels, etc. So what about combining them together? The result is the ‘Clip + Hook’ presented here. Although that’s quite a simple design (it even couldn’t be seen as a design at all), the product will bring you more convenience. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Air Scale is an innovative design by Yasuhiro Akama. The concept is all about telling the users the quality of the air they’re breathing in. According to the amount of pollutants, Air Scale rates the air in three colors: red means ‘dirty’, white indicates ‘normal’ and green means ‘clean’. [Read the rest of this entry...]
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...]
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...]
Lose your umbrella again? Not likely with the Dangling Umbrella.
It’s a busy world filled with numerous affairs and that means a big risk of forgetting to pick up your umbrellas, no matter you’ve placed them on the table, in the doorway or simply on the floor nearby. Well, you just innocently forget the umbrellas. Dangling Umbrella, however, is an umbrella that wouldn’t be easily forgotten. The umbrella, featuring a sliding handle, could grip the table more stably than ordinary ones also due to the silicon on the underside of the cap. Moreover, the cap will light up with the words “Don’t forget” if it is opened. [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...]
Excellent functions are not always the thing we’re searching for nowadays. On the contrary, it is the attitude behind each design that affects us to evaluate the products. Though the concept about the Stickpecker is simple, the innovative chopsticks are quite successful in calling on us to respect and protect the nature. Shaped like a woodpecker and wood, the chopsticks are secured together by a magnet. [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...]
