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red-dot.sg - 1/7/2009

red dot online: design concept - winners 2008

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Universal Plug red dot red dot award: design concept 2008 With its circular cut-out, the Universal Plug allows everyone to pull out plugs easily, regardless of the strength of their hands. It may also encourage people to develop a good attitude towards conserving energy. The Universal Plug ...

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Interior Design, Decorating, Furniture, Architecture, Home & House Design Magazine:  Easy unplugging : Universal Plug by Kim Seung Woo

Core77:  A look at plugs

Ausgefallene Gadgets & Geschenkideen:  Universal Plug: Stromstecker mit Abziehhilfe

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Easy unplugging : Universal Plug by Kim Seung Woo
Interior Design, Decorating, Furniture, Architecture, Home & House Design Magazine — ... Designed by Kim Seung Woo - Universal Plug is a very simple idea that should be implemented on all electronics. Pulling out a plug is not a hard work, but it is not always an easy task. This plug comes with a circular cut-out which can help you pull it out easily and encourage users to save energy, because we all know by now that leaving your electronics plugged in can suck away unused energy. I hope that some people who work in the electronics production see this idea …and who knows we will see it more and more in use, is very useful I think. - Via - ...

A look at plugs
Core77 — ... in terms of ergonomics. The plastic housing of this standard three-prong plug is supposed to be chunky enough that we can just grab it with our fingers. Plugs like these have ridges and textures that are apparently supposed to sync up with the grooves in our fingerprints, providing traction. The standard American appliance plug has an additional lip we can grab for purchase. Designer Kim Seung Woo's clever Universal Plug has a nice, obvious grab area. The idea won a Red Dot Design Concept Award 2008. ...

Universal Plug: Stromstecker mit Abziehhilfe
Ausgefallene Gadgets & Geschenkideen — ... Stromstecker gehören ja nicht gerade zu den Gegenständen, von denen wir große Innovationen erwarten würden. Muss ja auch nicht sein, denn manchmal reichen ganz simple Veränderungen aus, um einem alltäglichen Gegenstand, den wir zigfach am Tag benutzen, eine neue, sinnvolle Funktion hinzuzufügen. Ein gutes Beispiel dafür ist der Universal Plug, der eigentlicht nichts anderes ist, als ein ganz normaler Stromstecker mit einem Loch in der Mitte. Die Problematik mit festsitzenden Steckern, die sich schlecht greifen lassen, kennen ja sicher ...