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Who can forget 'Are you being served?'. A comedy show full of humour based on sexual innuendo, misunderstandings, and mistaken identity. But what would you do if the lift door opened and there was no floor? Head for the stairs?
Well that would be pretty boring wouldn't it, and what could you tell your mates?
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All aboard the disco train! Fridays are all about the tunes here at Firebox HQ, and thanks to aurally astute designers Yuri Suzuki and Yaroslav Tenzer, you can create your very own funky music, too. The duo have carved up old vinyl records (Thomas the Tank Engine, anyone?), letting you put the tracks (see what we did there?) together in whatever order you like.
This young chap demonstrates the correct headgear for track-assembly.
The train carriages are independent speakers, needles and motors.
Try putting several trains on your track and create some choo-choo choons.
(Bonus Train Fact: in the olden days, a firebox was a chamber in which a fire would produce sufficient heat to create steam for the railway engines.)
How can you tell when an elephant's been in your fridge?
Now that a brand new university term has started and students the country over are discovering the joys of Tuna Pasta Bake and daytime tv, they won't have problems with pachyderms (elephants, or nonruminant ungulates to you and me - we're just trying to be educational) interfering with their Lurpaktm if they use this Flatshare Fridge.
Naturally, at Firebox we're all one big happy family who love nothing more than to share all our refrigerated produce, and never keep yoghurts from way back in March for accidental scientific experiments. We even butter each other's crumpets of a Monday morning.*
This doesn't stop us thinking this is a particularly neat idea. It comes in the 6th year of the Electrolux Design Lab competition. This entry is by design student Stefan Buchberger who cares about making sure you don't squabble over who finished the milk. It works with a base station (here in white) with up to 4 stackable units which can be placed on top. You can customise colours and even attach such useful extras as bottle openers and whiteboards. So (due to the lack of padlocks), you can still pinch your housemate's last slice of ham, but at least you'll be able to open a beer while you leave them a note telling them to buy some more.
*Subject to terms & conditions. And crumpet supplies.
It must be October's blustery gales that are reminding us of Halloween's approach. That said, the charmingly retro ghosties of 80s arcade nostalgia are nowhere to be seen today, but this Italian design company obviously had a nostalgic moment when creating the Poufman
Luckily Poufman is available in different colour combinations (although sadly lacking in yellow), so you can buy a whole gang of them for your living room.
We don't want the Pac fun to stop there though, so how about bringing the action out of your living room and onto your desktop with a pie chart
Or if that's still not enough, head on over to junkie lovers for some chompingly awesome jewellery.
(Bonus Geek Fact: these depict the TV series, rather than arcade game, and the ghost is purple with panic meaning our little yellow friend has just eaten a power pellet)
P-P-P-P-PAC POWER!
