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Seriously, and the germs. If you're sneezing enough to need a tissue, those sneezed germs are probably making their way onto those tissues.

Very dumb, pointless idea. The tissue box protects the other tissues.

I think it's more for decoration than anything. If you go through lots of tissues then keep the box.

I'm also wondering how smart one of these would be with kids in the home... probably not a good idea. :)

Looks nice though.

I agree with Pretentious. You still have to buy the box. Then discard it, I suppose. If this is design and style the 'Emperor's New Clothes' spring to mind.

My cat Pablo, the one who thinks that kleenex are cat toys, would love this. I guess sometimes less is ... well, just less. Cheers, Joanne

I have a better idea. Now, it's a little innovative and experimental so stay with me here.

How about a hankerchief.
Think of the possible designs you could have on it. Like embroidered flowers! Or a monogram! How exciting!

Let's be honest here. Doesn't it look strikingly similar to a different kind of ring? One which might be found with tissues, but rarely in the living room?

I agree with the dust issue, the tissues would both make and produce a lot of lint.

I use hankerchiefs a lot in the winter, since I'm cursed with a perpetual mild sniffle from October through April, but when I'm sick there's no substitute for regular Kleenex. You can still buy plain white linen ones at old-fashioned drugstores upstate.

I like the way it looks, but I'm sure dust is an issue. Plus, I can see going to grab a tissue and accidentally pulling the whole thing off the table and onto the floor and then the tissues are all over the place.

Attractive yes, practical not so much.

Kejsa, I knew that reminded me of something, but I couldn't figure out what. Thanks for the clarification :)

Dust? How about water droplets in the bathroom? How about kids who will pull out the last dozen for a single blow? How about kids scattering them around the bathroom? Elderly parents who take off the ring like its supposed to "hold them down"? My kids don't pull out kleenex in a hurry. A better descripter woud be RIPPED. I don't think this will improve the qualitiy of our lives. I can see this being a big problem in less than a day.

It started as an exercise to see how minimally a problem could be solved. And btw, the weight of the ring is designed so it is supposed to work until there is onloy one tissue left.

But, c'mon, folks, this was obviously not designed for households with little kids. Not everything (Gasp!) is, you know.

I just want to meet the guy whose "other" ring inspired this design.

My favorite minimalist tissue box is this one from Muji. You remove the tissues from the box and plop them in, and they are protected from your germy kids and elderly parents (?). I have them all through my apartment and office.

it is impractical, but it is also cool looking and a good example of, if you'll pardon the expression, thinking outside the box. i'd probably never use it, but i'm glad someone came up with it.

I have seen this in a lot of design mags and on blogs... I just don't get it... not practical and while it's certainly minimalist, does its design deserve the hype?

I have two of these and I'm really happy with them. I don't have kids, or pets, and pretty much anyone who enters my apartment is capable of handling tissues in a responsible manner. They work down to the last two tissues or so. There's a little more dust than you'd normally get around a box of tissues, but it's certainly not an issue.

I hate the way tissue boxes look, and I don't particularly like the tissue box covers, in part because you never really know when you're running low on tissues. The design here appeals to me.

We usually buy the largest, most jumbo box of tissues we can find and use maybe 1/2 or a 1/4 of the box at a time. I wouldn't call this green, but we're probably saving a small amount of packaging.

Maybe for some people this would be impractical, but it's practical for me.

[when there are, say, twelve tissues left? Wouldn't one jerk pull them all through?]
No. Sometimes the last two come out together, but usually not. It works much better than the box. The main advantages are:
-- when the tissues misfire, you don't have to dig around inside a box trying to find the edge of the next one (and end up pulling out 12.)
-- you can always see how many are left and restock before running out.
-- kids love it, and treat it exactly like any other dispenser.
-- tissues are beautiful; tissue boxes are ugly.

[And dust - would it be an issue?]
About as much as a napkin holder. Or a note pad, or a TP holder. Anything will get dusty if you never use it. If you use one or more tissues a day, the top one is always clean.

Do they sell special tissues for this -- or do you need to carefully slice the Kleenex box open in order to get that tidy stack?

Well, the thing is: napkins, notes, and toilet paper aren't going near my allergenic nose, so yes, dust is more of an issue here than with those other items.

Meh.

Dust would be a minimal concern in a high volume situation, such as paper napkins at a party or [[dark humor alert!]] a send-up of reality decorating shows where a design team makes over a funeral home....

I remember when these came out a few years ago. I have always thought the idea was cool, but since I keep my tissue box under the sink (re: out of sight), and don't want yet another item cluttering up my vanity, I have taken a pass on this one.

I do remember Target carried these for a brief while, and then they went on the ubiquitous back-wall end-cap clearance shelves for about $5.00. I still didn't pick one up.

I used to work in a store where we carried these and I thought they were pretty useless, and I still do.

Please don't use handkerchiefs. There's no way you can wash them often enough to keep them sanitary.

I have two of these, got them on clearance at Bed Bath and Beyonce or somewhere. They look great - a plain white pile of tissues is far more attractive than any of the hideous boxes tissues typically come in. Dust isn't really an issue since the top tissue protects those below it. Lint from the tissues is an issue, but then that's the case with a standard tissue box.

I like never having to dig into a box when a tissue refuses to pop up. You just rip open the side of a large tissue box and plop half of 'em down on your desk. The only downside is that sometimes the ring slides off if you don't yank the tissues straight up, quickly.

Well, that and your guests wonder if you've, um, re-purposed some other, um, device.

I've recently switched over to hankies (except when I have a cold, I'll probably use tissues temporarily) for day-to-day use. Less IS better ... better for the environment, better for my pocketbook, better for my nose.

Personally I don't find a stack of white tissues attractive at all - why would I want to look at them? - have we really got such empty lives that the appearance of a tissue box upsets us enough to waste time and energy emptying tissues out of a box and buying a special ring to plonk on top of them?

"Please don't use handkerchiefs. There's no way you can wash them often enough to keep them sanitary."

Yes there is - wash them once you've used them - simple!

the ring would make an awesome braclet purse. but other than that...ehhh..its nice looking, but thats where it stops.

i also started using hankies ( as of last fall) i prefer them better.

Handkerchiefs better for the environment?

Are you not washing them in hot water (after every use?) and probably with bleach?

doesn't seem like a good idea. hankies are nasty, people. i don't care how green you think it is! lol why not just use toilet paper? or a sleeve! haha

um, dust, and not to mention, germs? the tissue box is there for a reason. yea, it's kind of obnoxious, but really? a tissue ring? besides, it'd fall off constantly.

BAD design.