First, this is not just a five-way power splitter in a wall socket — it is a new pop-out plug, the Rozetkus, from Art Lebedev. Second, I am aware that I post a lot of power-plug related gizmos. It is not a fetish, it is just because my office walls look like big flat bowls of black and white spaghetti, covered as they are with the snaking electrical vines of the modern jungle.
The genius in Lebedevs design is that it looks like any other single-plug socket until you pop out the central cube, whereupon it sprouts four more sockets for an electrical five-way. Minimal until you need it to be more — a very clean and thoughtful design.
The problems? You knew we’d find some problems, right? The first is that it comes from Art* Lebedev, maker of the $1,600 Optimus Maximus so it is likely to take an age to get to market and cost a fortune. The second, more serious problem is that the Rozetkus won’t fit in a standard socket hole, so you’d end up having to dig deeper into your walls to use it.
Finally, that blue strip is just that — a blue strip, made of blue plastic, and thankfully not a glowing LED blinkenlight.
Three Dee Power Socket [Yanko]
*That’s short for Artemy. Were you aware of it?
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