It’s always nice to have a relaxing cup of tea during a break and there are ways to make that cup of tea more enjoyable, not in terms of taste but visually.
Here’s one tea infuser that comes in the form of a sea creature, a manatee. They are thought to have been mistaken for mermaids and thus could very well be the origin to the legend of mermaids. Though they may not not look like mermaids, this manatee shaped tea infuser will still let you brew a cup of tea with it.
Put some loose tea leaves within the manatea silicone tea infuser, dunk it in a cup of hot water, and as the manatee sits with its flippers hanging out of the cup your tea will start to brew. One cute-looking animal shaped tea infuser that will surely get more than just a single glance at.
The Manatea manatee-shaped tea infuser retails for $11.50 from Amazon.
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A coffee table is good for many purposes, such as for placing your coffee and for reading the news. However coffee tables aren’t made to be very tall, so if you plan to use it for working with a laptop computer, it may be bad for your back and eyes.
Here’s one coffee table that comes with a section that pops out of its top surface. What this does is that it provides a higher platform compared to it in its original form so you can view stuff at a more comfortable level. Not only does it help to prevent slouching over while using the laptop, it also lets you sit back and watch a movie from a portable device at a more comfortable angle.
The pop-out section also acts as the lid for storage area found at the bottom. Inside is where you can store stuff like magazines when not needed. Return the the hinged surface back into its original position and from the outside, nobody will even notice that it even has the ability to store stuff within itself.
A clever and creative design for a coffee table that can transform into a working area in the living room.
The Nikka Lift-Top coffee table retails for $429.99 from Amazon.
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There are many uses for a micro USB cable. It is most commonly used for charging and transferring data to and from our portable gadgets like smartphones, portable media players and tablet PCs today. Here’s one micro USB cable, that doesn’t even look like a cable, but still does the job.
The credit-card shaped micro USB cable, just like the typical USB to micro-USB cable, will connect your portable devices to a power source like a laptop or USB AC adaptor for charging. The big difference obviously is its unique shape, with a soft flexible body that conforms to any position the jacks can be adjusted to fit the ports of a smartphone and laptop.
You will find it hard to carry around a normal USB charging cable in your wallet, but definitely not with the ChargeCard. Since it’s shaped like a credit card, you can fit it into one of the slots in your wallet and you’ll always have a charging cable available. As it’s always in your wallet, you can use it as your main charging cable for convenience or have it sitting around as a spare cable in case of emergencies.
An innovative design for a USB micro charging and data transfer cable suitable for those who don’t usually carry bags around with them.
The ChargeCard credit-card shaped micro USB cable retails for $24.99 from Amazon.
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There can be many ways a wall can be made useful other than just being a flat vertical surface that comes with a color. One of the ways is to mount some hooks on it so they can be used for hanging stuff. Here’s one way of doing just that without making it look messy.
The Dots Hooks by Muuto is a collection of colored wooded hooks that not only act as decorative elements for a wall, but also serve as hooks for hanging stuff on. They come in different sizes for an unconventional look, while acting as the main focal point of an otherwise plain-looking wall. They are made of wood and come in many different colors that can be chosen to blend with the color of the wall or for a bold contrasting effect.
As the dots come with a neck on the hidden side, stuff like coats or your bag collection can be hung up for display. Even when not in use, you’ll still be able to proudly showcase your prized collection of items right on the wall.
A beautiful yet useful design for a set of wall hooks made for a stylish modern home.
More info on pricing and availability of the Dots Hooks at Muuto’s website.
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Mirrors and shelves have always been suitable for mounting on walls. Here’s a set of wall mounted shelves and mirror that have been made into a single item.
The shelves from the Mirette series by Guillaume Delvigne come with a mirror integrated into the design, which makes it multipurpose, where the presence of a mirror can help to make a room look more spacious, apart from its primary purpose allowing you to check yourself out. In addition the shelf allows a place for decorative items or accessories to be placed on.
A set of beautiful designed wall-shelf mirror combo that will fit the style of a modern home.
More info on the Mirette wall-mount mirror-shelf combo at French website Made in Design.
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Need a quick way to prop up your smartphone outdoors? If only there was a way to grab something out of your pocket in an instant to use as a smartphone stand… All that is possible with this key, not just an ordinary key, but a smartphone stand made to look like a key.
The KeyProp is a smartphone stand that looks more like a key than its intended purpose, a smartphone stand. It comes with jacks that connect either to the earphone port or the lightning port of an iPhone, and the rest of its body to act as a stand for propping up a smartphone.
As it’s shaped like a key, it will fit together with the bunch of keys that most of us carry around anyway, so whenever you’re outside and need a smartphone stand, you can just take the whole bunch out of your pocket or bag and use the KeyProp even without removing it from the key chain.
A cool gadget that is both small and very useful to have around with a bunch of keys for the modern techie.
More info and pricing about the KeyProp on Kickstarter.
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Sticky notes are useful not only for memos and notes, but in the case of slim sized sticky notes, they are useful for bringing attention to a particular section of a page of a book.
Here’s one set of sticky notes that will bring a lot more attention to a particular section of a page, and it’s the second most effective way apart from pointing it with your own finger – a set of sticky notes that are made to look just like human index fingers.
They come with adhesive on one side so you’ll be able to attach it to any part of a page to remind yourself to take more attention to that section of a page.
One clever design to the already useful sticky note page markers.
The human index finger sticky notes come in a box of 80 sticky note page markers and retail for $5.95 from Funslurp.
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When there’s a whisk involved in cooking, there’s a good chance that there is egg in the recipe. When there’s egg involved there’s also a chance that egg yolk separation is needed. Here’s one whisk that makes it easy to not only whisk egg or batter but also separate an egg from yolk its white.
The egg yolk separating whisk comes with its spokes designed not only for whisking liquids, but a section shaped into an inverted dome for separating an egg yolk.
All you need to do is to crack an egg onto the inverted dome-shaped recess. What will happen is that the egg yolk will stay in place right on top, while the rest of the egg will flow through the whisk. Perhaps while using the whisk you should practice cracking an egg with one hand to perform the task perfectly.
A cool whisk design that turns the ordinary whisk into one that comes with a secondary useful purpose, which is to separate egg yolks from eggs.
The multipurpose egg yolk separator whisk is currently a project design by Ivan Zhang.
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Eating potato chips is a favorite for many of us, but when the crumbs drop on the table, the result is a greasy stain. However, here’s a pack of potato chips that do not create a greasy stain, but actually protect your table instead.
This is a set of coasters that look like potato chips, specifically the ruffled potato chip. They function as drink coasters that will prevent moisture from leaving a stain and damaging the surface of a table.
It’s always nice to have something to drink to go along with potato chips, so when you prepare to grab that pack of potato chips and a drink, you’ll probably remember to grab one of these giant potato chips for use as a drink coaster on the way.
The bag that comes with the potato chip coasters also look very much like a pack of potato chips with a re-sealable opening, so there’s a nice place to keep the drink coasters when they’re not in use. Just make sure not to mistake it for a bag of real potato chips and try to consume its contents.
A funny-looking yet useful drink coaster that will be good as a housewarming gift.
The potato chip drink coasters come in a pack of 2 and retails for $5.99 from Perpetual Kid.
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If you live in an apartment, it is near to impossible to use a traditional barbecue grill in the house. Here’s one way to get a small BBQ going if you have a balcony with this handrail BBQ grill.
Instead of using a stand, this BBQ grill called the ‘BBQ Bruce Handrail Grill’ makes use of brackets to allow it to hang from a horizontal position from a handrail. With this, hosting a small BBQ party is possible and since only a small space is needed, it will fit nicely on a handrail even on a small balcony.
All that is needed is to secure the hanging BBQ grill to the handrail with the brackets and mounts provided, and you’re off to grill up a storm. Since the brackets can be removed, after the BBQ session is done the entire set can be disassembled and kept for storage until the next party.
The brackets also allow for the grill to be wall-mounted as well, which makes for even more possibilities for places where it can be used, even right in the kitchen as long you have good ventilation or an exhaust system.
A clever way to BBQ using a space-saving solution.
The BBQ handrail grill retails for £59 from Connox.
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