For those of you who have been to the United Kingdom you’re sure to remember the awkward inconvenience of those bulky three-pin plugs the Brits have been using since around 1946. Well, there soon may be an ingenious new variation on the old plug thanks to the beautiful mind of a young and talented industrial designer.
Royal College of Art Graduate Min-Kyu Choi’s Folding Plug System was named overall Design of the Year at the 2010 Brit Insurance Design of the Year Awards. The idea to redesign the plug came to Min-Kyu after he discovered scratches on his laptop computer after his morning commute to College. His concept was to make a slimmer compact plug that would be as thin as the laptop and could be stored in the briefcase without damaging its contents.
We think it’s Brilliant!
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