Gallery: An On-Off Switch for Your Inbox, and 5 Other Smart Email Gadgets

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    Brendan Dawes
    01

    nim

    Designer Brendan Dawes came up with six speculative connected devices dealing with email. Nim is a light switch to turn email off.
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    Brendan Dawes
    02

    lana

    Lana gives physical form to digital messages. When jostled, it surfaces special emails.
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    Brendan Dawes
    03

    oliver

    Oliver visualized unread messages in your inbox with red LEDs. All purple means inbox zero.
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    Brendan Dawes
    04

    sarah

    Sarah is Dawes' favorite of the bunch. It silently hoists a handwritten notification at the right moment.
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    Brendan Dawes
    05

    ham

    Ham is a lock box that stores and prints precious emails.
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    06

    lucy

    Lucy is an email-controlled desktop light.
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