
Article by Martin Gibson – Twitter – 10.06.2010
The Red Dot 2010 Design Competition is now running! Find out more information about this years competition here.
| Miss Seung Je DO, Mr Tsunho WANG | Triangle+ is both a dustpan and a dustbin. The difference between its two functions is just ninety degrees. |
| Mr Cheng-Yu TSAI | With a graceful shape and a built-in bag dispenser, Trash Know is a rubbish bin that brings elegance and convenience to garbage disposal. |
| Mr Itay POTASH | With its timing device and its megaphone influences, Timer Mechanism Alarm Clock emphasises the importance of getting the proper number of hours of sleep. |
| Mr Kem GALLIONE | The Angle alarm clock utilises a new technology called Audio Spotlight (developed by Holosonic), which focuses sound at a particular target. It allows people to wake at different times without disturbing each other. |
| Miss Kyung-Young LEE, Miss Hyun-Jin LIM | Tea Bar takes the mess out of brewing a cup of tea by collecting annoying drips. |
| Mr Egor MYZNIK | More akin to an art object than an instrument of measure, Soft Clock offers a new perspective on telling the time. |
| Mr Chien-Pang LIN | Made with heat-sensitive material, Soft=Safe is a set of infants’ tableware that prevents burning by becoming dysfunctional when too hot. |
| Miss Jieun MYUNG | Rughut is an interior rug that can be transformed into a cosy hut with a simple hooking action. |
| Mr Sunman KWON | Rug with Scale presents an easy way to manage your weight and health. |
| Miss Clare Tingyu CHEN | With their tear-off floor-cleaning bottom layers, a pair of PL SLIPPERS would make cleaning hair, dust, and lint from the floor a much quicker, easier, and more pleasant task. |
| Mr Clement ELOY | Lucifer is a refillable match dispenser and an automatic match igniter. It is also a clever reinterpretation of the traditional matchbox. |
| Mr ShiKai TSENG | Offering a gesture of hope along with the money inside it, Have a Lovely Baby refashions the typical Chinese red packet. |
| Miss Hyewon JUNG, Miss Danbi KANG, Miss Ji-Hye LEE | Germs can be left outside the home and the mind can be put at ease with Fresh Hands – a digital door lock in the form of a faucet that cleans the hands with soap vapour before you go inside. |
| Miss Young soo HONG, Mr Doosan BACK, Miss Soo yeon HONG | Incorporating the effect of a shifting gravitational centre, Flip Letter Box changes its configuration to indicate that mail has been delivered. |
| Mr Cheng LI, Mr Xun ZHANG | Finger Coffee is a coffee cup with a flexible lid that allows the coffee to be stirred with the finger. |
| Mr. Damjan STANKOVIĆ | When the Cipher glass is empty, it resembles a meaningless colourful mosaic. When a drink is poured into it, the name of the drink is revealed in the mosaic. |