My quibble is he should have added some swept faring to the flex gland/protector to project out over the pins so you can pull a lead through a nest of wires without it jamming - my pet hate about them. Perhaps he can turn his attention to how to eliminate rat's nests of cables.
Praise for a god of small things
As sensible as it is pretty, could the folding plug be the first in a line of simple revolutions from Min-Kyu Choi?
In another time and another society, Min-Kyu Choi might have been worshipped as a god of small things. The art school graduate's design for a super-slim, folding three-point plug is the stuff of design miracles. Quite why no one has beaten him to it is a mystery.
Although as safe as houses, the sturdy British three-pin plug is incongruous next to the latest digital gizmos, and when travelling it is an encumbrance and a danger to other, more delicate things. It's also downright ugly.
The folding plug isn't just sensible, it's a surprisingly pretty thing to look at. Unfolded, it resembles a butterfly as seen by some happily abstract artist. It is also easy to use, needing just two smooth movements to fold or unfold.
The choice of the plug as the winner of this year's Brit Insurance design of the year is a particularly happy one as popular taste has begun to recoil from the over-the-top, "iconic" design excesses of the past decade