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July 15-25, 2009
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October 18-20, 2009
NEW YORK DESIGN WEEK 2009
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MILAN DESIGN WEEK 2009
Core77's massive galleries of all the best exhibitions, events, and parties from Milan!657 images
PICTOPIA FESTIVAL 2009
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HOME AND HOUSEWARES SHOW 2009
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TRANSVERSALE 2009
Transversale 2009 is a wide range of objects and installations by artists, designers, and craftsmen exploring the boundaries where art and design meet.71 images
NEW YORK CITY TOY FAIR 2009
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IMM COLOGNE INTERNATIONAL FURNISHING SHOW
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NORTH AMERICAN INT'L AUTO SHOW '09
The 2009 North American International Auto Show focused on product, especially high efficiency and electric vehicles. 110 images
TOKYO DESIGN WEEK 2008
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LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 2008
Now in its sixth year, The London Design Festival offers an amazing array of design and celebration.213 images
BICYCLE
A 100-day Dutch event anchored by an exhibition at the Designhuis in Eindhoven.100 images
100 PERCENT DESIGN SHANGHAI
Designers Richard Hutten, Michael Young & Patrick Jouin join creative directors Tobias Wong & Aric Chen.61 images
Not too long ago, we reported on electrical engineer Scott Amron's pet project, Die Electric, where he experiments with strange objects that abstractly conserve power. His newest product is the Off light switch hook that grants extra utility to a normal light switch in order to add a real incentive for the user to keep it in the "off" position as often as possible. Lights on? Then you can't hang your undaroos here, sorry...
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Really nice Scott! Excellent concept!
Cheers,
Raf.
All very well, but convention in many parts of the world (Australia & Malaysia for example - all Commonwealth countries?) is for DOWN to be ON.
Cute, but what happens when somebody brushes up against the wall or backs into it?...snap, no hook, no light switch.
Sad to say, I was just thinking of rewiring a couple of lightswitches to down. Efficiency takes many forms.... what about timesaving of turning on the light by hanging up your coat? why not take the next obvious step and combine the coatrack and eliminate the switch altogether!
I feel like it is mixed up. I come home and want to hang up my coat which could turn on the lights. When I grab my coat to leave the lights turn off. So I agree with Matthew, but I don't *always* have a coat to hang up so I'm not sure I'd want to get rid of the light switch altogether.