went unpacked

I just came back from UNPACKED, the Industrial Design Exhibition 2009 by students of the NUS Industrial Design Programme.

This is my second year attending the exhibition and the ID guys never fail to impress with their creativity. While not all the projects are available in physical prototype form, but you can see the idea there. Even the eco-car KRUCE is there, so if you want to see some fuel cell car, head down there!

I was really impressed by the hotpot machine and the plastic bag handle. Let's talk about the plastic bag handle (see photo below). Looking like a cable holder or washing machine hose with a cut in the longitudinal direction, it works by distributing the load over a larger area on your palm when carrying heavy plastic bags. Not unlike some of us folding a piece of cardboard to the same effect but more high tech. While it seems to go in opposite direction of the use-less-plastic-bag campaign, you can't deny it solves some problem in life.





The exhibition opens until 4th June (Thursday) 3pm at the National Library Building.