Power

How many times have we gazed admiringly at a great piece of mains-powered industrial design, only to find the ubiquitous and ugly UK plug on the end of it? US and continental consumers take for granted their compact and elegant version, avoiding unsightly bulges in their laptop bags.

Min-Kyu Choi has designed a three-pin plug which can be folded flat for travel. Thank you - about time. (via)

Biscuits

On Friday, some of my students arrived with parts of a model they are making of Platt Hall in Manchester. They were cut by laser from a sheet of MDF, and as you can see were surprisingly detailed. Platt Hall was built in 1746 in the Palladian style to designs by John Carr of York.

I thought they looked a bit like biscuits.