This is the Plug Socket, a power-point whose designer clearly spent a lot more time on the product than the name. It is a socket which manages to cram three separate outlets into the space normally occupied by one, and do it without crowding all of the plugs together. It even finds space for a cable-tidying shelf.
The Plug Socket, designed by Xie Chen Chen, appears to have a three-pronged Chinese socket on the main plate and two dual-prong ones up top. This top flips down for access and, when open, it forms a shelf onto which phones and cords can be placed. And because the angle is adjustable, a big plug in the main hole doesn’t block up the whole thing.
Interesting fact, brought back to me from friends who recently visited China: Pretty much any plug will fit into a Chinese socket. European and U.S prongs will both fit into those up top in Chen’s design, and it looks like Australia’s will fit the front socket if turned upside-down first.
Plug on Plug [Yanko]
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