Art Lebedev’s Rozetkus 3D vs. Letout Outlet… Fight!
Just yesterday the internets were buzzing with the latest design from Art Lebedev: the Rozetkus 3D; a standard wall outlet that expands to support multiple connections with a simple push. Lebedev, you’ll recall, made quite a name for himself by taking the Optimus Maximus programmable OLED keyboard from art to part, so to speak. Since posting about the Rozetkus 3D we’ve been informed of another very similar design concept called the Letout Outlet. So similar, in fact, that it would appear that we’ve got a copycat on our hands. Unfortunately for our friends at Lebedev, designer Damjan Stankovic created his Letout Outlet concept in January of 2009 and was recognized with a prestigious reddot design award in the “domestic aid” category back in August. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and good artists copy while great artists steal, well, then congratulations to one and all. Unfortunately, only Damjan Stankovic will be on stage during the formal reddot awards ceremony on November 24th in Singapore.
Read — Letout Outlet
Read — reddot list of winning concepts 2009 [Warning: Excel]
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