Hasta La Ideas

German design firm Take2 Designagentur produces that brilliant breed of unapologetically over-designed solutions for common problems that I’m most accustomed to seeing come out of Japan. First off, if frustrated modernists crack their nuts using these, then Take2’s Naomi nutcracker is what a physics geek would use:

I love that the spring more or less contains the shattered nutshells.

Have you ever corked a bottle of wine at a party while trying to open it, drawing the disdain of a nearby oenophile? Well, if you’re willing to carry this John Wine piece of stainless steel in your pocket, problem solved:

(more…)