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With cold weather all around us, we are having to stack on layers of clothes to stay warm. And when you make your way back indoors and shed them, what do you do with all of those damp layers? 

Created to circulate air throughout all of your damp garments, DryGuy has designed Gear Tree, a coat rack of sorts. Hang any of your coats, gloves, boots or scarves and they’ll be dry and toasty the next time you need them.

Dual function to everyday items is a good approach to design. Switch plates are found in every room, and someone has taken the liberty to create a product which utilizes that prime real estate that exists around every doorway. Smart design, for sure.

The days of structurally weak, dangerously pointed umbrellas are numbered. This new umbrella design, called Blunt, takes a different approach in the redesign of an inclement weather necessity. 

With rounded tips and a flexible design that withstands up to 72-mph winds, safety is the first objective, for both you and the people you walk past when holding it. 

Blunt’s muscular, lightweight skin appears to look like something that has fallen from the ceiling of a convention center exhibitors booth. The vivid blue helps to visually soften each rounded point, while separating itself from the standard boring, black umbrellas. Simple, smart design wins again.

Keep a creative calendar at your desk or on your wall, and expect creative things to happen, right? Well, if that is the case, try to get your hands on one of these creative calendars.  

It can’t be any clearer than this: “no more great ideas down the drain.” Aquanotes cedar pencil and water resistant pad set is an ideal way to keep your new ideas and great thoughts from washing away.

It doesn’t matter if it’s coffee, hot cocoa or tea that you need this winter, as long as your mug keeps it hot and looks good doing it. Submitted for your approval: the best designed cups and mugs for 2009.

Winter is definitely here and so comes the snow.  Shovels come in a variety of styles these days. Here are a few innovative ways to manage snowfall this season.

Check out these clever designs used to hang, mount, hide and organize your favorite gifts on the walls this holiday season. 

This holiday season has consumers searching for a variety of gifts, including kitchen gadgets. Take a look at some of these red and green gadgets, all designed to be the perfect holiday gift.

Truly a wish list, these products are examples of a few desirable gadgets and gifts this year. A solar powered wallet radio, a drum kit, carbon fiber wallet, waterproof digital camera, turbine ear buds, Blackberry watch phone, leather recliner and moleskin folio. What more could you wish for?