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Quirky's UnHampered: Imitation is the sincerest form of laundry
Is it possible to by this anywhere ?
www.designwright.co.uk.
I think there is a patent on the particular corner detail.
However the idea of using living hinges in polypropylene is hardly new or protectable, its been around for ages, and is more a material property than a "design" per se. It happens because the long polymer chains in PP align when stress is applied to them, making the material actually become stronger where it has been folded. A great design which makes use of this principle is the "folding chopping board" by Mark Sanders, which has been in the MoMA collection since the eighties.
www.mas-design.com/chopping_board.html.
It has recently come back into production with joseph and Joseph, too.
Elijah, I don't think they've ripped off your wheels, in fact I think your wheels look off the shelf- that wheel design is fairly generic. I was expecting to see something quite different when I visited your site.