apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

When more than one person share an office, things can get cramped very quickly, especially if you are both working from home. That's why people enjoy finding different places to work on their computers. But most of the time, these places are haphazard. Almost all of us enjoy working on a sofa or in the living room for a while. That's the reason why the Ci Desk is so interesting, since it enables you to deploy your gear easily and almost anywhere in your house, without needing an extra desk.

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What will the next form factor of the iPod Shuffle be? We know that it can be small, really small, and we've heard of integrating iPods into jewelry, but this is the first time we've seen an iPod integrated so seemlessly. This concept design is for an iPod Shuffle that has been fully put into a bracelet. Sounds perfect, don't you think?

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With recent announcements of San Francisco's massive billion dollar car charging grid gradually becoming a reality, this could be the very push needed to encourage car manufacturers to go completely hybrid or electric and abandon those extra-large SUVs. We've looked into it and found a couple of ways to prepare for such a transition...

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In terms of favourite common everyday objects, the wooden clamp is high on our list of classic useful items. Combine it with a 1GB flash drive and you have an easy store storage solution, similar to other wood USB flash drives, but with the additional feature of anywhere storage. Just imagine hanging these up across the room, each holding a to-do reminder with projects stored inside each drive. The designers at The Poor Life, creators of the SPINACZ wooden clamp drive also have additional designs inspired by the wooden accessory that we've posted below...

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Two seemingly unrelated things; the need to keep your bedroom dimly lit at night to ward off serial killers and vampires (Well, some people like vampires—look at Twilight fangirls) and the need to recharge your iPhone at night to make sure you've got enough juice for all the touch-screen texts you'll send tomorrow; find a common home in this multi-tasking gizmo from Scosche...

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No more landline at home? Sleep with your PDA?

Yesterday we were at a meeting with a fellow who was just recovering from chemotherapy. His cancer was foiled, he was totally bald, with his hair just coming back in, but he was not old. He was young - in his 30's.

Where did he get it? He didn't know, but he told us that as someone who spends full time on his cell phone/PDA, he now keeps it away from his body as much as possible because he thinks it causes cancer...

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We love a well organized desk, especially someone who can tidy up in a vertical manner. Philadelphia event planner, Elizabeth, just finished setting up her home office. We love the blue and white layout and the bottom shelf that lays just above the light switch. It hides it just enough. We're also way into the acrylic office supplies laid out around the pristine ice Macbook.

She's got a pretty nice bathroom as well. Photo after the jump...

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Our home office is littered with once-internally installed SATA hard drives that were yanked out of previous desktop machines. We've been swapping them in and out of an external hard drive enclosure in a pseudo-plug and play setup (we have to turn it off before plugging or pulling a drive out). But it looks like we don't have to do this any longer. NewerTech's Voyager Hard Drive Docking Solution allows users to insert any standard 2.5" or 3.5" SATA I/II hard drive with up to 2.0TB capacity into the compact docking base for true plug and play access...

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To Main Giveaway Page

Name: The KWIK hand vacuum and the KRUZ stick vacuum (shown below the jump)
Maker: Dirt Devil
Value: $142

Today in our Holiday Giveaway we're pleased to present these two vacuums - the KWIK hand vacuum and the KRUZ stick vacuum - from Dirt Devil's Designer Series. Adopting a "form meets function" attitude, each vacuum was designed by Karim Rashid and offers a sleek and trendy alternative to traditional vacuums. There's no reason you can't be stylish while you clean! To enter this Giveaway, please click here. To see all our Giveaways, click here.

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Are we seeing a new trend here of lamps whose packaging becomes part of the lamp itself? The cleverly-named Packaging Lamp was number one, and now we have the “Sticky Lamp” by designer Chris Kabel. With its “1UP," or 100%-Useful-Packaging (we've never heard that before!) in full effect, its shade is also its in-store container.

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We've been on a retro obsession lately - mainly old school 35mm cameras that litter flea markets like dedicated CD players from 1995. Only the difference being that those cameras can be displayed in a brilliantly and without distracting too much because of their small footprints. Just take a look at Meghan & Shawn's recent tour over at AT:SF - not only do we love the beautiful bright colors they've added to their place, but their camera collection is cleverly placed above their mantle, giving a subtle focal point without distracting from the room's spacious colorful design.

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When it comes to technology and home gadgets, Japan takes the cake. Unfortunately, while we usually find ourselves lusting over the latest humidifier or minimalist desk lamp, actually getting your hands on one means that you have a long lost high school friend that is living in Japan teaching english and is willing to pick one up and ship it to you, or else finding a website that will actually ship to North America. We don't have a friend in Japan that is willing to be your personal shopper, but how about a one stop shop for your Plus Minus Zero and Mimobot needs?

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There are tons of clever ways to hide your speakers. You can install them into your walls, build a fabric sound wall, buy furniture with speakers built-in. There's also the option to go Artcoustic. We've written about this company in the past, who specialize in speakers that are hidden behind pieces of framed art. Well now the company is offering the same kind of set-up for your digital music player...

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If you're the type to throw a big, festive Martha-Stewart-worthy holiday party, you've already probably planned a gift exchange. A lot of people are playing the klepto-favorite White Elephant exchange just because it doesn't involve much forward planning, but the game can get vicious sometimes. So to make everybody happier in the long run (including yourself, you little party planner), bring in a bit of technology in the form of thinkSecretSanta.com, a Secret Santa organizer that keeps everyone up to speed and makes sure that you are just as clueless as everybody else and can play along...

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