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Balloon speaker and other magical things.

Home editor's pickgift ideasBalloon speaker and other magical things.

Balloon speaker and other magical things.

Dec 6, 2010 | gift ideas, people |
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the holidays are a perfect excuse to buy those neat little gadgets you lust after all year but can’t find a real reason
to buy.


Japanese design studio Yuen To is king at making fun and affordable devices that may not be necessities but do a lot to enhance our enjoyment of the everyday. The Balloon Speaker ($45), for instance, plugs into your iPod or iPhone, projecting the sound while allowing you to remain perfectly mobile.



They also make a small, globular light that suction-cups to your computer screen or other surface, designed as a solution for those with nocturnal habits who don’t want to wake those with regular sleeping habits.



My favorite is the Magic Umbrella that collapses into a plastic holder, saving your bag and hands from a sopping wet umbrella – genius. And it’s a perfect fit for a stocking.

designer: yuen to


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Perrin Drumm is nothing if not a road trip enthusiast. After moving from her hometown of LA to NY and to LA again, she hiked through half a dozen National Parks, snow-shoed a sizable portion of the Adirondacks, and resisted the overwhelming charm of the South to get back to Brooklyn, where she struggles to learn the trumpet, aspires to be a better Scrabble player, and lives and writes, and remains, as of yet, catless.

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