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This Quirky Hourglass-shaped Kitchen Container takes ‘Playing with food’ to another level

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As certain objects and traditions fade into history, their charm remains etched in our memories. One such relic is the hourglass, a timeless instrument once used to measure the intervals of time with its delicate cascade of sand. For many of the younger generation, particularly those of Generation Alpha, an hourglass is a curious antique, more likely seen in movies than in real life. But now, this iconic design has found new life in a surprising context—kitchen storage.

Designer: Vladimir Fer

“The Grains of Time” is a delightful storage container that captures the essence of the hourglass, reimagined for modern culinary needs. Designed to store grains, pasta, and spices, this container is more than just a functional kitchen accessory; it’s a nod to history, a way to keep the charm of the past alive in a contemporary setting.

For those unfamiliar, an hourglass is an instrument that measures intervals of time through the flow of sand from one bulb to another, connected by a narrow neck. This design has been adapted to The Grains of Time, with the sand replaced by your favorite kitchen staples. The glass container mirrors the traditional hourglass shape, with a narrower neck that’s ideal for storing smaller items like spices, powdered foods, or petite pasta shapes.

Encased in a wooden exterior, the container is both stylish and practical. Two sturdy rods along the sides offer a secure grip, while the hourglass-inspired neck provides an ergonomic hold, allowing your fingers to fit between the curve and the rods comfortably. This design not only prevents the glass from breaking easily but also ensures that pouring and handling are effortless.

The containers are equipped with screw lids featuring a larger opening, making it simple to fill them with your ingredients of choice. Whether you’re storing grains, spices, or pasta, the ease of use is undeniable. Available in two stunning finishes, dark wood with a black lid and light wood with a white lid. These containers are as much a statement piece as they are a practical storage solution. Their aesthetic appeal is undeniable, adding a touch of elegance to any kitchen countertop.

And why stop at the kitchen? Imagine smaller versions of the container on your dining table, perfect for holding salt and pepper. These miniature versions could extend the charm beyond the kitchen, making every meal a little more special.

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ClayClay Container’s shape is based on a stretched slinky

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ClayClay Container Inspiration

We can never have enough of quirky containers from different designers. Getting a new one every time a new design is introduced may be unnecessary, but creative enthusiasts and designers know the delight such things bring. The ClayClay Container is yet another piece that can be used in different ways. It can be a mug for your coffee or a small bowl for your cereal or fruits. It can be a pot for your small plant or a small knick-knack for your desk.

Designer: Paper Play

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ClayClay Container

This ClayClay Container comes with a soft shade and curves but is hard; of course, it is ceramic. It is made by Paper Play, a Chinese company that designs different everyday products in more innovative and creative forms. The new container’s design is based on the rainbow spring, the Slinky. The shape appears like a rainbow spring in its stretched form as one plays with it. There is a silver ball on one side as if supporting the slinky. The ball also functions as a handle for when you want to use the container as a mug.

The ClayClay Container appears to be available in purple and black. The glossy finish makes it a standout, but we can imagine it in other textures and materials too. Unlike the purple model, the black version features a matching black ball for a more neutral look.

ClayClay Container Designer

The shape of the ClayClay Container is unique but offers that modern contemporary feel. It will be an attractive addition to wherever you want to put it when not used as a mug. It may also spark creativity as its form evokes a sense of playfulness with the slinky reference.

Some kids today may not know what a slinky or rainbow spring is. Perhaps this ClayClay Container will be an excellent introduction. Drink your coffee first before showing the slinky because we’re certain your kid won’t make you stop playing with it.

ClayClay Container Design

ClayClay Container joins the roster of interesting mug designs we’ve featured here. It follows the Hug Cup and the self-filtering mug for their innovative design. It’s creative like the Creative Ceramic Tea Mug and the Earless Mug. It’s as useful as the Drop Rest Mug and is as attractive as the Slurp Mug. The slinky shape of the mug is similar to the Pet Table with its S form. But unlike the Pet Table that combines two separate parts, the ClayClay is only one unit.

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ClayClay Container Concept

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This Storage System Operates With Suction And Can Be Used On Any Surface!

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It can be extremely difficult to optimize kitchen storage space. Whether you’re in an efficient studio’s kitchenette or a spacious, open-plan chef’s playground, sometimes the hardest thing about interior design is finding the perfectly sized cranny for a bag of coffee beans or the spice rack that overflows until organizing feels like a chore. Plus, when you live in a smaller apartment space, drilling holes into drywall for spice racks isn’t always an option. Created by Jorge Álvarez, with NOS Design, Wholeder’s storage system uses suction so that it can optimize storage space in every room. (Plus it has a pretty clever-sounding name too)

The suctioned lid allows for the easy application on any wall or flat surface, making it functional in not just the kitchen, but practically any room. Whatever might need to be stowed away for later use can be stored with Wholeder. These minuscule storage bins also work for traveling as they come in varying sizes in order to store the ideal amount of anything you like. Something to keep in mind about storage systems is that they still have to be maintained. Silverware trays easily fill up with food crumbs and mason jars should be sanitized when used to store hygienic products. Unfortunately, reaching the bottom of a mason jar is no easy feat when your knuckles can’t even cram through the jar’s tapered opening. This makes it helpful that Wholeder’s storage suction containers can be well-maintained thanks to the rounded, easy-to-reach base and uniform sizing. The suction tubs are also aesthetically pleasing with their warm, muted tertiary toned tops. I’d like to believe the sizing and color scheme is really meant to pay homage to Alvin and the Chipmunks. 

As long as we have things, we’ll need more things with which to store them, and with Wholeder’s suctioned approach to optimizing storage space, that clutter can be a thing of the past. Since each container can adhere to any horizontal or vertical, flat surface, Wholeder’s storage system can be used anywhere. I can spend days consolidating and mixing spices to make room for a new one or reorganizing and cramming my knuckles into mason jars – it’s a sigh of relief to read, that those days could be over.

Designers: Jorge Álvarez x NOS Design

Why Garfield phones have littered French beaches for 35 years

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There's no better symbol of plastic ocean pollution and '80s consumerism gone wild than the Garfield phones of Brittany. The handsets, in the form of the aggressively unfunny cat, have been washing up on French beaches for decades. However, the novel...

The Biggest Food-storage Innovation Since Tupperware

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It takes a great mind to invent a product that becomes an indispensable necessity. It takes an even greater mind to make a small alteration to that product and amplify its greatness by ten. The zip-lock bag is a practical essential in homes, in the food industry, in regular packaging, offices, probably even in evidence documentation for law enforcement. It’s truly a remarkable product that is reliable, cheap, and impossible to live without. Take that simple, incredibly versatile zip-lock bag and switch its plastic construction to silicone and that bag becomes even greater. It eliminates the need for plastic, it increases the bag’s lifespan, it allows you to store practically anything in it, it can be infinitely reused, washed in the dishwasher, placed in the microwave, etcetera. If Tupperware completely revolutionized how we stored food in rigid containers, the Silicone Zip Top completely revolutionizes how we store… period.

The flexible design of the Silicone Zip Top comes with a flat base, allowing it to stand on tables and other surfaces, and has the signature zip-to-seal band running across the top. The thick silicone construction and reliable zip/clip mechanism at the top makes it much more secure than regular zip-lock bags, and the fact that it doesn’t come without a lid (which just might get lost) gives it an edge over plastic containers. The platinum silicone used to build the Silicone Zip Top bags make them infinitely reusable, practically indestructible, unstainable too, impervious to heat or cold, dishwashable, and most importantly, food-grade. While you’d probably use plastic zip-lock bags for storing sandwiches, the Silicone Zip Tops can be used to store both liquids and solids, can be kept upright in food-shelves and fridges, can be used with hot and cold items, and is even built to be directly used in the microwave or even the regular oven! Regardless of what you store in it, from tomato soup to coffee powder, to even makeup, silicone is easy to wash, doesn’t stain or smell, and remains food-grade. The zip mechanism on top also ensures an air-tight seal, prolonging the shelf-life of perishable foods like fruits, veggies, or even milk.

The genius of the Silicone Zip Top is in its choice of material as well as its shape. The flat base lets the humble Zip Top replace all your plastic containers and glass jars. Its flexible design allows you to store more, while its availability in 8 different sizes makes it perfect for all your storage needs. Hell, the narrower bags even sit inside the cup-holder in your car! A perfect replacement for those environmentally disastrous single-use bags, cups and containers, each Silicone Zip Top bag can be used for years, decades even… saving you money and making life infinitely easier not just for you, but for the environment too!

Designer: Rebecca Finell

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Red Hat buys the creator of a Chrome-based OS for servers

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The underpinnings of Chrome OS have found their way into the server room in a very roundabout way. Red Hat has acquired CoreOS, the creators of an operating system for containerized apps (Container Linux) that shares roots with both Google's Chromiu...