Fashion & Design (152)
Wake up work-out
The Shape Up! Alarm clock designed for Fred Worldwide is dumbbell shaped and needs to be curled 30 times in order to stop it from ringing.
Why it matters
With people’s lives becoming more and more hectic there is an ever increasing need to find time to stay in shape. Is there a future of simple design that incorporates a “forced activity” into a daily routine?
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