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An oft-cited limitation of tablets is their lack of a keyboard. An oft-cited problem with keyboards is their weight and general lack of portability. Designer Roni Margolin came up with an elegant solution to these dual issues. His HiLo is a felt keyboard that wraps around your tablet and plugs in via usb. Lightweight and convenient, it [...]

Like ice cream and summer, some things go great together. Sometimes, though, the perfect couple is living in your home, and you don’t even know it. Designer Hsiang Wang does an excellent job combining household objects that are destined to be together. A graduate of Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, his combinations aren’t [...]

Here’s a bright idea: A door handle that’s easy to see in the dark. Better yet, it uses energy-efficient LED lighting to help you find your way. Another ingenious aspect to this design is that you can actually remove the handle to use as a flashlight. This design, the LeDoorHandle, was created by Kun-hee Kim, Kei Shimizu, [...]

What’s the ugliest appliance in your kitchen? Often, it’s that boxy, metal toaster that’s dying to be retired. Today, we’re featuring some of the freshest ways to brown your bread. Your old, ugly bread-burner is toast. First is this Tree Toaster by Xu Yan Xiang. It looks like beautiful, blossoming faux-foliage, and prints nice little leaf-shapes [...]

File under “Yesterday’s News”. These magnetic curtains  by Florian Kräutli may have been designed in 2008, but they’re just as impressive now as they were then. Everyone’s familiar with the shortcomings of curtains.While you want to let in as much of the scenery as possible, you usually have to block out the whole window in order [...]

  Are carpets only good for feet? Alexander Munk doesn’t think so. He’s come up with this interesting floor covering that easily changes into a versatile seating solution. His Sasan Magic Carpet has notches in the sides that link to one another, allowing angles that are good for lounging I’m not 100% convinced of the stability [...]

Concrete, a time-tested material, is proving its domestic worth in the Concrete Clock by designer Ryan Donaghy [...]

While there are any number of tech-driven toothbrushes, I’m more impressed by designs that run on person power. Don’t get me wrong; I love the functionality of electric brushes. However, the simplicity and portability of powerless toothbrushes still attract my eye. One benefit to the powerless brush is its impact on the environment. The “This” [...]

We’re all familiar with the egg carton. In fact, we may be so familiar with it that we forget its simple ingeniousness. It’s impressive that such a humble design can maintain the structure of so many breakable objects. However, just because it’s practical and traditional doesn’t mean it can’t be redesigned. Éva Valicsek has designed this [...]

It’s summer, and it’s getting hot in here. Shouldn’t it look hot too? For cool ways to cool your home, you could do worse than the three fans we’re bringing you today. First we have this Ribbon Ceiling Fan from Ben McMahon. It’s twisted design helps air flow more efficiently. Here’s what he has to say [...]