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Bruce Sterling
Aug 2, 2013 3:24 AM

14 Super Cheap but Brilliant Everyday Objects, Curated by a Design Genius

*To tell the truth, they're pretty good.

*Also, it's nice to see Wired Design talking about stuff that doesn't have voltage and 80,000 moving parts.

https://www.wired.com/design/2013/08/sam-hecht-on-getting-back-to-simple-efficient-design/

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