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‘Lightly’ — Solar Powered Clothespins Illuminate City Streets

Designers Idan Noyberg and Gal Bulka have designed the ‘Lightly’ clothespin, a sustainable twist on an everyday item that lights up the cityscape in a sea of vibrant colors.

By simply securing the cloth pegs to hanging garments on the street, an internal system autonomously shines at night. Each clasp has a small solar panel attached to the top of its clip, which collects sunlight throughout the day. By dusk, a sensor supplies a tiny battery pack with the cue to turn on, automatically illuminating the LEDs in color.

The intelligent twist on an ordinary household chore adds a visual contribution to the streetscape while maintaining an environmentally friendly design.

3 Examples of Revolutionary Product Design

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Examples of groundbreaking product design are all around us. Whether it’s your mobile phone, your car, your kitchen table or even your toothbrush, each item is lovingly conceived by designers seeking to fuse form and functionality into a product they expect you’ll treasure.

However, to get it right, a careful balance of creativity and conceptualism is required, coupled with practicality and industrious, to assuage consumers’ needs and get these products on to the market – and there are some truly stunning designs that illustrate these skills perfectly. Continue Reading

Technology and Our Homes

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Whenever you walk into somebody’s home, you can really get a sense of their personality through the layout, decoration and furniture. But there is also something else that you get a feeling for – just how much technology affects their lifestyle. Gadgets and devices have been creeping into our homes more and more over the years, some of which are used for leisure, and others that make daily tasks and processes simpler. Of course, there are some decorations in the home that have been created by interaction with technology, but you wouldn’t necessarily see the connection at first glance. Continue Reading

Resources For Planning A New Home Build

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Planning a new home can feel like an overwhelming task, especially if it is your first home.

There is a lot to understand and to keep track of; finding the right resources can help to simplify many of the complicated elements of planning new home construction. Continue Reading

Home Improvement – Do You Need To Hire a Professional?

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Doing maintenance jobs yourself can be a great way to save money. However, the tricky part is knowing which tasks are easy to do yourself and which ones should be left in the capable hands of a professional.

Here are four easy home improvement tasks you can take on yourself and four that you should leave to the professionals. Continue Reading

10 Tips on Winterizing Your Home

An Ecological Way to Heat Your Home This Winter

Changing leaves and dropping temperatures signal the coming arrival of winter. During the cold months ahead you are sure to want to keep your home warm and welcoming.

Every residence needs to be prepared to handle the climate that winter brings with it. Use this checklist to get started on winterizing and don’t have winter catch you off guard. Continue Reading

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