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Compact Coke Bottle Concept is Stunning & Space-Saving

Posted: 15 Jun 2012 10:00 AM PDT

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When process and product align, it becomes possible to see how a simple idea involves hidden complexities and to communicate the layers of impact a small change could make in real life.

Created by Andrew Kim, this EcoCoke concept was not sponsored by any company – it was an independent look at how a shift in thinking and construction could make a product leaner, meaner and greener.

The shape obviously saves storage space while shipping, but it comes with other benefits as well, including a larger brandable surface area and an easier-to-crush set of pre-creased sides for disposal.

Sketches, models and diagrams are both exploratory and explanatory – they show how the details evolved but also what is involved in marketing a new idea that while small would require a radical shift in manufacturing for a major global company.

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Sleek + Slim Minimal Desk Has a Hidden Place For Everything

Posted: 14 Jun 2012 04:00 PM PDT

[ Filed under Furniture & in the Desks category ]

The perfect, clutter-free desks in design publications always make us wonder just how much work can be accomplished in such a pristine environment. Isn’t trying to keep that workspace clean a little distracting? Finally, though, there is a desk that inspires neatness in a most unusual and completely doable way. Designer Manuelsaez created the Slimdesk, a work station designed to hide all of your day-to-day work clutter.

Rather than situating the drawers in the leg space, the Slimdesk puts them under a movable cherry veneer desktop. The top slides back to reveal a surprising amount of storage space for all manner of office detritus.

The desk includes a power strip and USB ports beneath one of the three movable top panels. It seems that using any of these outlets would be a tad uncomfortable, though, as the desktop must stay in the moved-out open position to accommodate the cords.

For computers, monitors and other desktop electronics that will stay permanently plugged in to a nearby wall outlet, the designer has incorporated a rather elegant solution to reduce visual clutter. One of the desk’s hollow legs is dedicated to managing cords and keeping them neatly out of sight and out of mind.