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Product news: cable clutter is hidden away under the lid of this extension lead from Swiss design brand Punkt.

The ES 01 socket hub by Colombian designer Georges Moanack conceals five plugs under its cylindrical cover.

A central button allows all five devices to be turned off at once.

“I wanted to make crawling under furniture to untangle cables a thing of the past, and the design challenge was to find an attractive and accessible solution to this problem,” says Moanack.

The power cord is three metres long and there are six different socket types available for different countries.

Like all Punkt. products, it comes in red, black and white.

The ES 01 was presented at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan last month.

Punkt. is a Swiss product brand with Jasper Morrison as creative director. Past launches include Morrison’s DP 01 telephone and AC 01 alarm clock. See all our stories about products by Punkt.

Other extension sockets we’ve featured on Dezeen include a system that combines plugs from different countries, one shaped like a crucifix, and a combined alarm clock and extension cable that wakes you with the breeze from a fan or the smell of coffee brewing.

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Here’s some more information from Punkt:

Cut out cable clutter

Punkt. launches its third product: the ES 01. The ES 01 is an original extension socket that has been designed to tackle a ubiquitous lifestyle problem: cable clutter. The ES 01 plugs 5 sockets and is available in a range of versions to comply with the different power supply standards of a wide selection of countries.

Punkt. ES 01: finally a solution to the cable clutter that plagues modern lifestyles and makes a mess of interiors. All of your cables and plugs converge neatly in the ES 01 extension socket, tucked away under its sleek rounded lid. Convert cable chaos into a clean design feature for the home or office.

No hiding power stations under furniture, no crouching down to untangle dusty cables, and no power damage to your devices; just an attractive, sturdy design piece that blends in well with all interiors and simplifies cable management.
Get organized and power your gadgets and devices with the ES 01!

The young Colombian designer Georges Moanack designed the ES 01 under the art direction of Jasper Morrison. The ES 01 combines Georges’ fresh outlook with Jasper’s talent and experience, resulting in an ingenious solution to a ubiquitous problem.

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Milan 2011: Swiss brand Punkt. presented this alarm clock by British designer Jasper Morrison at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan last week.

Called Punkt. AC 01, the design comprises an extruded L-shaped aluminium base with a circular hole housing the clock face and mechanism.

The product comes in black, red and white and is Morrison’s second for the brand – see our earlier story on his Punkt. DP 01 telephone launched in September last year.

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The details below are from Punkt.:

“It’s an alarm clock with a shape that I designed… it sits slightly angled on an ‘L’ shaped aluminium extrusion, with the clock face set into a round hole. A rocker-switch, to set the alarm on and off, rotates around the mechanism, which sticks out of the back, and a small window below the 12 marker on the clock face indicates its status.” Jasper Morrison.

Punkt. AC 01 offers you the pleasure of going back to the traditional alarm clock for everyday use. Why have your cell phone lying on your bedside table, when you can be woken up by a superb design object such as the AC 01? No fumbling around in the dark, no radiation emissions, and no unwanted calls in the middle of the night; just the pleasure of trusting your sleeping hours to a wonderfully simple object that, thanks to its extraordinary simplicity, will delight you every time you wake up to it.

Essential and timeless
If function defines design, then the essentiality of the AC 01 is natural – like the daily routine of waking up – which makes the AC 01 a timeless timepiece.

Simple and intuitive
Set the alarm on; switch it off; prolong sleep by activating snooze; check the time in the middle of the night. Four simple actions which need to be performed intuitively; as with the AC 01.

Long lasting materials
The AC 01 dial is protected by thick scratch-proof glass and surrounded by a solid aluminium body to ensure product longevity.

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