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Broken Wine Rack

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You know what? You’ve gotten too many bottles of wine on the rack that it finally breaks into pieces… That sounds bit of weird? Well, it’s in fact an interesting trick put forward by designer James Hopkins. Made of wood and bottles, the shelf here is no doubt the best decorations that would surprise everybody!

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Nanton Coat Rack

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Designed to look like a transmission tower, the Nanton Coat Rack by Palette Industries not only comes with a unique shape, but some profound meanings: a good design can work like a transmission tower, to carry good ideas and important information from people to people.

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Wall-mounted Shoe Rack

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So you’re living in a small apartment and cannot spare any space to place your shoes? If so, we suggest you try to put your shoes vertically, with Martina Carpelan’s wall-mounted shoe rack. Measuring 32cm H x 90cm W x 12cm D, each shoe rack would accommodate up to four shoes and maybe you can create a unique “shoe wall” if you do have many shoes to organize.

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Led Zeppelin Ladder for Corner

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Led Zeppelin is a step ladder especially designed for the corner. It was named after rock band Led Zeppelin in reference to their 1971 track “Stairway to Heaven”, and we really wish it would lead us to the heaven too. But back to our real life, the ladder can rest flat against the wall and fit into the corner at a 45 degrees or 25 degrees, due to its unique shape of the top and the bottom rungs.

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Weird iPhone Stands

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Two new iPhone stands here. They come with totally different shapes, one shaped like a faucet with water running down and the other looks just like a real hand. So, which one is your favorite? [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Portable Foldable Shoe Rack

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If you want a lightweight shoe rack that can be folded flat for an easy transportation, then you have the option of Stepper. It is made from plastic and therefore is lightweight enough for taking around. It is functional, as the shoe rack can store up to six pairs of shoes. Besides, the Stepper is also easy-to-store: simply fold it flat and you can put it anywhere- under your beds, your tables, or inside your cabinet. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Toy Racks

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My little nephew Tony owns much interest in toy cars, and his cars used to lie around everywhere whenever we came to his place. But recently his place becomes quite neat and clean, after he has gotten this smart rack built with magnets. If you have any kids that love cars or other metal toys, you may get them such a Toy Rack too: easy rack, easy use.

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Traffic Jam Cloth Hanger

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Serbian designer Vukašin Vukobratović takes street signs indoors and changes them into a unique cloth rack dubbed “Traffic Jam”. It not only has hooks for your clothes, but indicates your room arrangement for guests to find the bathrooms and kitchens conveniently. Isn’t that funny? [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Spider Podium

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Honestly I’ve never found a spider could be so cute before I come up with the Spider Podium. It has eight smart legs, which can bend into various shapes depending on your needs. As a result, one Spider Podium would hold different types of items, including a cellphone, a MP3 player and a watch, etc. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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“Balloon + Bomb” Coat Racks

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In 1945 the first atom bomb was set off over Hiroshima and 65years later the first coat rack made to memorize the atomic bombings of Hiroshima becomes quite popular on the internet. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Golf Club Balancing Wine Bottle Holder

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With the wine rack designs pushing towards “magic”, we’ve met many bottle holders that feature a single bar to keep balance, like the Magic Floating Bottle and the Le Arc Wine holder. Now there’s a new member in that league- the Golf Club Balancing Wine Bottle Holder. Let us welcome it! [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Radiator Rack

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I don’t like winters in Britain—the sun seldom comes out and the clothes never dries. But I would change my mind if there’s a radiator rack in my room. Designed by Keith Xianrong Zheng, the device takes inspiration from the fact that people usually use radiators to dry clothes in the winters, but features more convenience and efficiency than ordinary radiators. And you can use the rack to store your clothes when the heating function is not needed. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Magic Floating Bottle

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Why could the wine bottle float in the air? To those frequent readers who still remember the Beautiful Floating Table, that is quite a simple question. So can you figure out the possible answer? [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Dinosaurs will hold your CDs.

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The CD rack takes a good advantage of dinosaurs’ skeleton, enabling the users to place more pieces of CD on it. Those who love dinosaurs now have a new option.

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Hershey Kisses CD Rack

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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...]

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Inflatable Laptop Desk

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Who says laptop desks has to be large and hard. Surprise them with the Laptop Lilo! Not only the inflatable desk ensures the users to easily fold it up and take it anywhere in the bags but, made from heat-resistant material, the notebook computer accessory could help to cool off the laptops with the air inside it. The material could bear a high temperature of up to 80˚. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Who moved my condiment bottles?

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Couldn’t find your condiment bottles again? Most housewives like you are always bothered by the same problem as they’ve brought back home too many kinds of condiment bottles from the supermarket while the condiment bottle holders have not provided them enough convenience. You need a new choice. Inspired by the whirligig, the condiment bottle rack here features an individual base for every bottle and allows you to find the condiment you need quickly by turning these bases around. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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P+ Bicycle System

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Created by Young-Min Kim, Hyeon-Jeong Woo and Kyung-Goo Lee, the P+ Bicycle System is a multi-purpose bike rack that not only ensures bike riders to keep their bikes in a safe and convenient way, but allows people to rest in the public area. It includes three parts, a signpost that shows information about the racks, several racks for locking bikes, as well as some benches for people to sit on.

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Magazines & Books Racks

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Almost every book has an impressive and personalized cover, so it’s really a pity that dozens and dozens of books are kept in racks, leaving us just their ordinary sides. That’s not impressive, of course. But the following two racks will allow you to decorate you house with magazine covers while still keeps them in order. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Mr. Robot is right here to hold your wine bottles!

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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...]

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Mighty Wine Tree

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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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Coat Rack of Many Colors

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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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Bracket Card

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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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Mule-like Commodity Rack

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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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Annular CD Rack

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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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Triangular Dish Rack

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The triangular dish rack is composed of several resin modules, which looks so simple and portative that it is quite suitable for your fashion kitchen. Though there’re only ivory racks on the market at present, the manufacturer will continue to launch more products in other styles, including orange racks, grey racks, oak-colored racks and striped ones.

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Hanging Bed for Pets

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How about keeping pets in limited space? Crowded, noisy, boring and you will certainly suffer a lot. Then why not try the hanging beds specially designed for pets? It can not only save you much space, but also does no harm to your cats. In fact, it can also be used as simple storage rack.

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Simple hanger

The structure of this hanger is very simple. It only comes with a stand and several conventional hangers. You can assemble these hangers depending on your own favor.

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Mode CD spring

Sure, it’s a spring, but it is not used for spring purpose. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Spice organizer

With the innovative design, you will have more space for jars. You can use it just like normal drawers, but you gonna have a convenient way for checking. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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CMYK clothing butler

With five hols through the surface, this board could hold clothes for those don’t like to hang clothes on the hooks. Just put your clothes on it, it gonna be OK. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Ceramic wine & fruit tree

Fruit bowl is very common, but you must have not seen a fruit tree like this, it’s an innovative way to hold fruit and even several bottles of wine. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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What’s this?

It’s a multiple-layers flat cushion made from wool. But it is not used for supporting. Its size is approximately 17” x 5”. Wanna know what is this? Give us your answer in the comments please.

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What’s this?

Obviously from the picture, this human-shaped thing is a gadget used for kitchen. You know what is it used for?

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Charger holder

Just hang it on the plug, you can have a surface to hold your device. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Toilet paper rack with extra ones

If you have encounter the embarrassment, you gonna like this design. It could hold some extra ones. So, you don’t have to worry about the lack of toilet paper. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Collapsible dish Rack

You don’t have enough space for dishes? Try this rack. While in need, it could hold many dishes for you; while not in use, you could easily put it anywhere without any trouble. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Barcode CD holder

Put you CDs in this barcode holder. It’s very funny. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Stylish CD shelf

You can store your CDs just by plugging them into the slot. Its underside could also be a desktop workspace. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Display your expensive high-heels on the wall

Just plug the heels into the holes you can still display your expensive shoes on the wall. It’s only for women. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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