A Power Pig with 17 Snoutlets (and the Design Process behind it.)

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj02VY0bdoD2wqjHPMJHP7VRsUER2fv3NlnH6J8RPcU5qt4qPxprANsJAm2JW_KeK_Wlx17xB4r_MMy34wF24iFnMrvykT8nZANxnjBoa5nrLLqlSa3jEuWhBBZYF84qmBSmmXIpCMwtx8n/s1600/Power-Strip-Pig-4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659705527478053202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj02VY0bdoD2wqjHPMJHP7VRsUER2fv3NlnH6J8RPcU5qt4qPxprANsJAm2JW_KeK_Wlx17xB4r_MMy34wF24iFnMrvykT8nZANxnjBoa5nrLLqlSa3jEuWhBBZYF84qmBSmmXIpCMwtx8n/s400/Power-Strip-Pig-4.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 473px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlkFMv-eY-f11NRXi3i2mGFutokciNR1V_DHz7cG0eeuf3TMwbieMNJ7ZQSYlA8HRLM5Q84p68-yBP9eGdySpdlUPnn0U5NoPY0sVBwaYcY9huvBGvBjOFgl_F-C19C_kNDtqTSYRMkv2d/s1600/svintus-process-05.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659701192988509730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlkFMv-eY-f11NRXi3i2mGFutokciNR1V_DHz7cG0eeuf3TMwbieMNJ7ZQSYlA8HRLM5Q84p68-yBP9eGdySpdlUPnn0U5NoPY0sVBwaYcY9huvBGvBjOFgl_F-C19C_kNDtqTSYRMkv2d/s400/svintus-process-05.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 395px;" /></a><br /><br />Russian design studio <a href="http://www.artlebedev.com">Art Lebedev</a> is always designing clever items, some as concepts, some as produced items. One of their latest concepts is something I wish would come to fruition. Check out the design process and final protoypes of their Power Strip Svintus with 17 snout-plugs (or Power Pig with 'snoutlets' as I like to call it.)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip-UNbIPdV69pmV42z0BANkPYqi3ko6muURQ9FK8TKD4uOjgIY15uMNyG7yhxHdSd0mbL0YsSiKepVs-og5wFsSejPgnt_akVPeb0tPCVAWyGnUdvjT0LFIs9hRE_gD84FbfNLQRWqht7w/s1600/svintus-process-01.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659702989270315442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip-UNbIPdV69pmV42z0BANkPYqi3ko6muURQ9FK8TKD4uOjgIY15uMNyG7yhxHdSd0mbL0YsSiKepVs-og5wFsSejPgnt_akVPeb0tPCVAWyGnUdvjT0LFIs9hRE_gD84FbfNLQRWqht7w/s400/svintus-process-01.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 304px;" /></a><br /><br />Task: <span style="font-style: italic;">to play up a conventional piggy. </span><br /><br />Svintus power strip is a multi-snout cutie that you will not want to hide behind a couch. It’s a pink, fully functional device with seventeen snout-plugs.<br /><br />Spiral cord evolved from a pig tail:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAXIuXnT8EaHvSw35pbNWGrDDTFpa8r9mHe5mi1sNNNUm1XfUTM4-76_v9MwTKFKybqYSfUyC1_6aSCz3I7_Yjmh4LaK3IApei8DmVeYIh7lxoYVMrVoBd8Ye2u3RJZCvJKhsc4mfmSuJK/s1600/Power-Strip-Pig1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659703160355586130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAXIuXnT8EaHvSw35pbNWGrDDTFpa8r9mHe5mi1sNNNUm1XfUTM4-76_v9MwTKFKybqYSfUyC1_6aSCz3I7_Yjmh4LaK3IApei8DmVeYIh7lxoYVMrVoBd8Ye2u3RJZCvJKhsc4mfmSuJK/s400/Power-Strip-Pig1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 440px;" /></a><br /><br />The built-in circuit breaker protects from overload (Circuit breaker disguised as a mono-nipple):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX8_l8K2LuKRTWRZJxQ_2GEZEsZFXnjI9UOI-K3Dohv-Fy9o9HsueeauMdgEYp8lnuA3HcODu1OGqFA3vZkf3uTye9KTv1XuORX5DHF6B_Tnkpn0fIkbHpWjn_cNNdQvzGtQIYsZ6WEnux/s1600/Power-Strip-Pig-3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659703890762959586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX8_l8K2LuKRTWRZJxQ_2GEZEsZFXnjI9UOI-K3Dohv-Fy9o9HsueeauMdgEYp8lnuA3HcODu1OGqFA3vZkf3uTye9KTv1XuORX5DHF6B_Tnkpn0fIkbHpWjn_cNNdQvzGtQIYsZ6WEnux/s400/Power-Strip-Pig-3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 327px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5OMqzVHsb0_ZiXlpv4Y5rdQrsUiIMlLKAOHFxON53urN7U0LOez4yqAqgfqN7P6XCU2WvE5tiqngA5LU-90HNzVJTPdiK1txWPbyAD89HSvPwBJRwIGYGQeKmsifO0uGb-vkP6LEJSmpJ/s1600/Power-Strip-Pig-5.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659711165670812770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5OMqzVHsb0_ZiXlpv4Y5rdQrsUiIMlLKAOHFxON53urN7U0LOez4yqAqgfqN7P6XCU2WvE5tiqngA5LU-90HNzVJTPdiK1txWPbyAD89HSvPwBJRwIGYGQeKmsifO0uGb-vkP6LEJSmpJ/s400/Power-Strip-Pig-5.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 384px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEYrFz2ks3-N3RtJm6zX1IxrY08vrdLfq33OTcrsv044QnlK6wbfGZ50EnD_-iL5R5nXvr2O1jKuLdMmsL_wu2xKUlmZ-DUYQnKGZuYYpeMNUSO4J0BVC0c6bF1RgrWmkwrvwl8_VvcP4m/s1600/Power-Strip-Pig-2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659703240069412626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEYrFz2ks3-N3RtJm6zX1IxrY08vrdLfq33OTcrsv044QnlK6wbfGZ50EnD_-iL5R5nXvr2O1jKuLdMmsL_wu2xKUlmZ-DUYQnKGZuYYpeMNUSO4J0BVC0c6bF1RgrWmkwrvwl8_VvcP4m/s400/Power-Strip-Pig-2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 429px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Design Process:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJuyGwxyOMTOw24PHZ_VUTAmZyy09zDmiXun7iT_t1xrrtFSwxlB512accqJgIDnaAJU04acIQ_VFPFFnfbiau8bC8E995eeHv0RVoT_NU1sp6VhG7gBT6O7zOZVc4lFJ9VC3SikjOg1A-/s1600/svintus-process-02.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659701583985358162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJuyGwxyOMTOw24PHZ_VUTAmZyy09zDmiXun7iT_t1xrrtFSwxlB512accqJgIDnaAJU04acIQ_VFPFFnfbiau8bC8E995eeHv0RVoT_NU1sp6VhG7gBT6O7zOZVc4lFJ9VC3SikjOg1A-/s400/svintus-process-02.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 387px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXB9a0jl1e0NmEcN_4FNR4U58Pg9Z0SFV1hCCQCPCiqSJ9_seunemhsV1IiV9M9PsxGOB3qxqIe6ruGVysd5ptLOWOC7HVBzbULexqaw6BiRUB3b0e06PsSuztH6UscfroHf55MK9R2GGb/s1600/svintus-process-03.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659701475666544050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXB9a0jl1e0NmEcN_4FNR4U58Pg9Z0SFV1hCCQCPCiqSJ9_seunemhsV1IiV9M9PsxGOB3qxqIe6ruGVysd5ptLOWOC7HVBzbULexqaw6BiRUB3b0e06PsSuztH6UscfroHf55MK9R2GGb/s400/svintus-process-03.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 658px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinwjrvcHM04KexzFaSF0etceFLTqho1gVUTKvMH0zTRof4rmZcfbTuq9RrAqkEGoFSbjm9vSme7AeXrq5a3Xh-Si-NW-rQ3gIL_Zb01dMCCQzKfkYDN0yqETBCyzQIS1fT7Drar_eJupjS/s1600/svintus-process-04.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659702045305420706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinwjrvcHM04KexzFaSF0etceFLTqho1gVUTKvMH0zTRof4rmZcfbTuq9RrAqkEGoFSbjm9vSme7AeXrq5a3Xh-Si-NW-rQ3gIL_Zb01dMCCQzKfkYDN0yqETBCyzQIS1fT7Drar_eJupjS/s400/svintus-process-04.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 366px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD101IvxLBMhboaGYe3QeQJur_iFAW-NnsgHXoCq2UZkjGjXUgxdcQjmQZvhRYzoMvKf1kZS3CHBgzteLpsL_a67KHwn_sDNMsHmIAl8U9LwVy0ObhRRPoDfDHjCTM5dsqaP4n5HTPPKTY/s1600/svintus-process-04.5.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659701927599213842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD101IvxLBMhboaGYe3QeQJur_iFAW-NnsgHXoCq2UZkjGjXUgxdcQjmQZvhRYzoMvKf1kZS3CHBgzteLpsL_a67KHwn_sDNMsHmIAl8U9LwVy0ObhRRPoDfDHjCTM5dsqaP4n5HTPPKTY/s400/svintus-process-04.5.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 367px;" /></a><br /><br />Release date: September 30, 2011<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Credits:</span><br />artistic director: Artemy Lebedev<br />art director: Timur Burbayev<br />designer: Kirill Musienko<br />industrial designer: Alexei Sharshakov<br />modeler: Alexander Pozdeyev<br />visualizator: Philipp Gorbachev<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">A special shout out to </span><a href="http://technabob.com/blog/2011/10/04/art-lebedev-svintus-power-strip-pig/" style="font-style: italic;">Technabob</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> for bringing this to my attention.</span></span>

A Power Pig with 17 Snoutlets (and the Design Process behind it.)

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Ototo's Balloon Doggy Bank Exclusive Sale- SOLD OUT

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYR18e826W1SvZbKkycXQVz1Pkg4iW90AnsR4vC1vh6WjsK7NHBx-1O0kKSWW6njptEof1sQejiOHBQOj3fqgSHzu-YZuvxW_u1hAGnLsqYM4MDlqCA0Qts4BjJvaOupOCljjgzKWMCqxV/s1600-h/doggybank.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272740002453986178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYR18e826W1SvZbKkycXQVz1Pkg4iW90AnsR4vC1vh6WjsK7NHBx-1O0kKSWW6njptEof1sQejiOHBQOj3fqgSHzu-YZuvxW_u1hAGnLsqYM4MDlqCA0Qts4BjJvaOupOCljjgzKWMCqxV/s400/doggybank.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 407px; height: 476px;" /></a><br /><br />I will be selling some limited edition design items in very limited quantities that are very hard to find in the US.<br /><br />I'm starting with this fabulous Doggy Bank by <a href="http://www.ototodesign.com/index2.html">Ototo Design Studio</a> of Israel.<br /><br />This ceramic doggy bank is glazed in high polish gold and has a slot for coins with a removable plug on the bottom. It's a nice large size, 12.5" from the tip of the nose to the tip of the tail and stands 8" tall, and looks wonderful on a mantel or shelf. Sculpted to resemble a Balloon dog, it makes a great gift for children or adults. It even has felt pads for the feet to protect any surface. Comes in the manufacturer's box, safely packaged.<br /><br />Suggested retail is $74.00 and the least expensive I could find it was for $57.00 +$25.00 shipping <a href="http://www.artlook-store.com/Doggy-Bank-P940.aspx">here</a>, so this is an excellent deal. The bank will ship priority mail (so no PO boxes) beginning Friday, December 5th and arrive in 2-3 days.<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">sorry, but these have sold out.</span><br /></span>

Ototo's Balloon Doggy Bank Exclusive Sale- SOLD OUT

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Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? If So, Here's 20 Great Places To Put It.

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Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? If So, Here's 20 Great Places To Put It.

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