Gallery: 4 Designs That Turn Your Living Room Into a Playground

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    GOOD MEDICINE TASTES BITTER

    Weng Xinyu designed a series of objects that chooses cleverness over convenience. All of the pieces you see here have a hidden playfulness to them.
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    GOOD MEDICINE TASTES BITTER

    This is the Angry Lamp. It turns itself on and off depending on the lighting environment in a room. If it's too bright, the lamp will trigger the motor and pull the string to shut itself off.
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    GOOD MEDICINE TASTES BITTER

    When unplugged, Shadow Play looks like an opaque screen.
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    GOOD MEDICINE TASTES BITTER

    Once it's turned on, you see an ever-changing orchard leaf blowing in the wind.
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    GOOD MEDICINE TASTES BITTER

    Tangible Memory is a conceptual photo frame that remains blurry until you touch it.
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    Weng says its a nod to our habit of touching a photo to express missing someone.
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    GOOD MEDICINE TASTES BITTER

    Killing Time is a clock that kills itself. A saw cuts its way through the stump of wood, but when a human is near, it halts.
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