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Clever, minamalist, design.

The Albatros is new kind of bookmark that follows your reading. No need to remember the page number, each time you turn one, it inserts itself at the right place.

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Wonderful clever design from Eric von Schoultz. These Free Key “Press-To-Open” flat keyrings are made of sand blasted stainless steel – just press/pinch and the leverage helps you easily swap out keys.

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Empty Memory is a series of sculptural USB memory sticks. They are cast in high-quality 316 stainless steel, hand-polished by craftsmen and finished with various colours. More at Logical Art.

“Each design contains a physical emptiness in its sculptural form, giving the metaphor that you can fill the space with your own memory.” 

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This made me smile. Old School by Anton Repponen.

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Innovative rubbish bins – look forward to seeing these in London ahead of the 2012 Olympics.

Created by London-based firm Renew these high-tech bombproof recycling bins carry an LCD display on each side to display market moves, weather forecasts and breaking news. They also boast Wi-Fi connectivity. See more here.

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These are lovely. Slim, portable speakers for iPad. The Zooka is a Bluetooth speaker made of silicone that slides onto any iPad, “with 5x the sound compared to the tiny, in-board iPad speakers”.

(via Moco Loco)

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Will be keeping my eyes peeled for Clear when it is released soon.

Clear is designed to help you manage your life without adding clutter. It’s a beautifully-designed, gesturally-driven app that we’ve created to improve on a pencil and notepad for flexibly keeping quick, simple todo lists.

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