Two frogs play Magic the gathering while an iPhone charges.
I went to retrieve an iPhone cable a co-worker borrowed. I found it in the middle of a game of Magic the Gathering. iPhone cables get lost and borrowed all the time.
Seattle: Laptop + USB + power cord + Cheap Clamp
Submitted by Matt Conway
Problem:
Unplug my laptop to take it to a meeting. On return, end up on my hands and knees recovering the power cable and the USB keyboard cable that fell on the floor when I unplugged the machine. Who wants to do THAT all the time?
Solution:
Grab yourself a large document clip and snap it to the leg of the laptop stand. Thread the power cord and USB cord through the handles. Now when you disconnect, the cables actually get tangled and stuck in the handles of the clamp, keeping them from sliding off the desk. This uses a cord's natural tendency to get twisted and fouled up with other cords and objects to your advantage to keep the cords from going where you don't want them to go (namely: the floor.) I love turning the tables on entropy. Bwa ha ha.
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Milan Power Supply Connector
Submitted by Mariano Cucchi
In order to compact the size of the power supply a dedicated feature on the connector has been designed. That allows the connection of the cable with the connector and the closing of the loop.
Milano The Tidiest Desk
Submitted by Simona Bariselli
Karshan, the tidiest person in the office, just some cables spoil his minimalism
Milano Digital Bookshelf
Submitted by Chiara Diana
How to integrate the external Hard Disks into the bookshelf, keeping them accessible and connectible when needed, but nice to see and integrated with the context.
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Milano Off In One Shot
Submitted by Chiara Diana
Being sure all is off, when not working: safer data, less energy consuming.
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Milano Analog Domotics
Submitted by Chiara Diana
To turn on in one shot the favourite night light setting all the cables are plugged in one multiplug.
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Shanghai Internet Cable Shunt
Submitted by Lydia Kuo
The outside of a crab shop shows a cable shunt with a water pipe. They share one internet cable amongst different neighbors and have made a frame to manage the wires.
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Shanghai Antique eletric meter
Submitted by Lydia Kuo
More than 40 years old, an electric meter at a local residence. Cables look relatively neat when they're managed in a straight line.
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Milan Power Cable Management
Submitted by Barbara Tornaghi
Shape
designed for cable management
Shanghai Computer Table
Submitted by Kaya Lee
The computer table designed with a hole to try to keep wires in order, but it is not always user friendly
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Shanghai DVI Port02
Submitted by Lydia Kuo
This multiple port management for DVI keeps all cords in a single-file provides a sense of order.
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Shanghai Fiber Line
Submitted by Lydia Kuo
Multipe fibre optic cable management in an office
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Shanghai Internet Line storage02
Submitted by Lydia Kuo
Pix two of the cables
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Milan Hidden Cables
Submitted by Barbara Tornaghi
All the cables are hidden in a dedicated space. the plugs only are exposed.
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Milan Dedicated Space?
Submitted by Barbara Tornaghi
The desks have a dedicated space for the cable management that should be kept
closed in the intention of the design, but the large amount of cables and the convenience of having it open for plug/unplug make the desk messy.
Shanghai multi-plugs in the meeting room
Submitted by Lydia Kuo
a conference system that pops out of the desk at the touch of a button, with 6 sides to plug in devices and connect
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New York Apartment Office
Submitted by Leila Stewart
To manage my active peripheral cables, I loop them on the corner of my shelving unit. Each cable is also labeled for the device it belongs to. My headphones are also there to keep their cable from getting tangled.
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New York Wifi + Cable
Submitted by Judith Hoogenboom
My wifi router is on shelf and as I’m continually having to unplug it to restart it, I leave it backwards (which means I can’t see the blinking lights to see if it’s working.) I use cable ties to manage some of the cables. This is the best I could do to manage the mess, mostly due to fat cables.
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Shanghai Office Electric Wires
Submitted by Lydia Kuo
electric wires organised across the ceiling of an office
