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- Published: Aug 10th, 2010
- Category: Design
Brilliant & Practical Wall Socket
If only. I’m sure it costs more money to have an extension cord in the wall, but it is so darn practical!
Via Digsdigs
- Published: Jul 20th, 2010
- Category: Design
Double-Duty Ironing Board & Mirror: I love it!
Love, love, love this.
We do have an ironing board (is that considered furniture?) and it is multi-purpose to an extent because BF uses it as a pseudo table to sort out his papers when I am hogging the kitchen table.
As a girl however, I’d love this.
If you think about it, how often do we use our ironing boards AND our mirrors at the same time?
(Answer for myself: Never.)
If it would also double as an air purifier & humidifier of some sort, I’d be sold.
Or rolled around like a Roomba, cleaning and sucking up dirt while I eat brownies.
- Published: Jul 13th, 2010
- Category: Design
Colours in Cultures
Beautifully done infographs.

I find this one a tad hard to read without leader lines, but nevertheless, it’s interesting how certain cultures depict happiness for example.
For example: Section 38 = Happiness
- Western/American = Yellow
- Japanese = N/A
- Hindu = Green
- Native American = White
- Chinese = Red
- Asian = Red
- Eastern European = N/A
- Muslim = N/A
- African = N/A
- South American = N/A
Via David McCandless’ site, where he has many more infographs
- Published: Jun 29th, 2010
- Category: Design
Minimalist Chair
Can you imagine saying that you’re carrying a chair in your bag, and then you whip out this body strap?
I can think of a number of situations where this’d come in handy. Like during festivals or concerts for example.
The only thing that might hurt, is my butt, as I don’t have much of a cushion on it. :\
Designer Alejandro Aravena of the firm Vitra created a very simple chair. It’s a strap that wraps around your legs and back to hold you into a seated position. “Chairless” was inspired by a picture of an Ayoreo (an indigenous group in Paraguay) person doing something similar. A portion of the proceeds from this chair will be donated to a foundation to benefit indigenous nations of Paraguay.
Via Neatorama












