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Your Tool, Your Way.

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Just admit it that you have always wanted to own something special and different. Good news is that you can now make your dream come true: the Switch is a modular pocketknife and it has 17 attachments for you to mix and fix together so as to create your exclusive knife. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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IVY Modular Shelving System

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IVY is designed to grow inside your rooms, just like trees grow outside your apartment. More exactly, it is a shelving system that consists of three branch-like modular pieces, changing its shape to live in various environments. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Wind Cube

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Smaller in size, the new wind power generator however performs much better in producing electricity. And it comes with a nice name, the “Wind Cube”. Made up from blades, a generator, a telescopic shaft, an electric power plug and a switch, one single device can generate 21.6 kilowatt-hours per month and 15 such fans can support one family with four people for a month. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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DIY Earphone System

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It doesn’t mean that your earphones are no longer usable when something is wrong with them. In fact with this DIY Earphone System, each part and every wire of which is detachable and replaceable, everybody can easily “fix” their earphones to make them work again. To meet your different needs, the module comes in two modes: basic and Bluetooth. You can also hook up two separate sets to the central module,  if you’d like to share good music with your friend. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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“Roll It” Experimental Housing

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How to help the inhabitants enjoy a comfortable and convenient life though living in a minimum housing unit? Some institutes from the University of Karlsruhe have cooperated with a possible solution: the “Roll It” Experimental Housing. You gotta roll the mini house to shift between different sections—a bed with a table, an exercise cylinder, and a a kitchen with a sink. And the modular protype takes the very name from that act only.
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“Bobo” Modular Sofa

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What should a sofa that suits everybody be like? During the Fair in Milan, we found a possible answer, the “Bobo” Sofa. It is a modular sofa that could be adjusted into various shapes, according to your different needs. And the main concept of “Bobo” is—no matter how many configurations it has gone through—to offer much more comfort to you. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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“Light Form” Modular Lighting System

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If you’ve just returned from the Word Join Center, you must still remember the “Light Form”, a modular lighting system inspired by the origami art. It consists of wood panels that can be folded up to expose the energy-efficient electroluminescent lights embedded in them. Encased in rich dark European maple, the “Light Form” can be easily fixed onto any wall, endowing a unique kind of warmth and romance to your home. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Solar-powered Bus Waiting Booth

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Presented here is the solar-powered bus waiting booth, designed by Yang Mingjie for Ningbo South Business District, China. It features a modular design, promising a convenient adjustment while reducing the maintenance and service cost. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Doosan Baek’s Drop Lights

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The ‘Drop Light’  is all about changing the light intensity in an interesting and simple way. Each bulb, containing a new advance LED, could be separated from the main body easily. Integrated with a base, these bulbs could also serve as a free standing lamp individually. All the lighting modules are charged via an electric line located within the main body. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Grow Space For Kids

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All the kids around the world should thank the h2o Architects a lot, as they’ve come up with the piece of multi-use furniture to create you a multifunctional space for you to play, to rest and to study in.

The entire piece is designed to be shared by two children. To meet your kids’ various requirements, Eva’s Bed consists of stairs, aisles, shelves, tables, beds and other pieces of furniture. But perhaps the most attractive feature is the modular design enabling the users to rearrange the multiple spaces when they grow up. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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‘Harvest’ by Asif Khan

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Showcased at the Design Museum London, ‘Harvest’ is an installation of chairs and tables made of Gypsophila plant, which has a natural ability to interlock. All the flowers have been put into moulds and freeze-dried for weeks before they’re used to make up the furniture. It will remain on show in The Tank outside the museum until 15 March. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Modular Radiators

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Let’s start the article with a long equation: a cup warmer + a foot warmer + a huggable heater + a radiator = Adax Syklus Panel Heater. Wow, that makes you feel excited, right? Designed by Red Rabbits, Adax Syklus consists of a base and detachable heating panels that could be used to warm anything you may want. That also means, simply buy home the Adax Syklus Panel Heater, you could then own a radiator for your home as well as three heaters for your items. Sounds like a great deal. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Modular Shelf Unit

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Want to build your own shelving unit? Right here is a new kind of modular shelf unit that could be freely assembled. Compared to usual modular shelves, this unit ensures you to arrange it into different shapes due to the holes on its sides and the fence form design. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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‘Coolox’ Cold Storage System

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I’m not finding faults with the traditional refrigerators we’re using now, but things always go a way like this: you opened the fridge for a fresh tomato, but as you hunted through the whole drawer, much cold air lost and therefore you had to pay more money for the electric bills. Luckily, the ‘Coolox’ storage system concept is all about saving energy and ensuring you an easy life. It comes with a new look, including several separate modular drawers and special pipes, which transport cold energy from the main module to others. Still featuring a transparent design, each drawers show clearly to you what is contained in them so that you needn’t have to open every drawer to find the item you want. Wait, there’s more! To ensure you always to enjoy fresh meals, each module could be set a certain temperature, due to the individual-temperature-control design. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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‘Urbis’ Furniture Unit

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We all need spacious room but all pieces of furniture, including coffee tables, chaise longues, seats, etc, so how could we make the most of limited available space? That’s a question needed to be solved. As for me, an ‘Urbis’ furniture unit will be enough. Comprising different modules, this set of furniture is available in two versions for both indoor use and outdoor use, meeting your various needs. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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