Comments on: Eubiq Plugs

By: POSB

POSB — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 11:14:06 +0000

we have 334m of this in the office

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Tue, 03 Jul 2007 19:44:58 +0000

[...] author of Gems Sty, a blog about design, thinks that while the design of the Eubiq system is pretty good, there are [...]

By: Gems Sty

Gems Sty — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:28:08 +0000

Perhaps I sounded overly critical – as a designer, I’m always enthusiastic to see new, creative developments that makes life better. Eubiq plugs (in my opinion) certainly solves many problems and bestows advantages like clean lines and flexibility.

It is perhaps in my (one way?) eagerness to hold it to a revolutionary-worthy, infrastructure-revamping standard that I find it still somewhat lacking, as I have pointed above. It’s not my intention to put this product down, but more as an open critique so that it can improve. (Maybe the folks at Eubiq would stumble upon this post and get inspired!)

Thanks Mark for your comment~~

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:03:44 +0000

There is a quite buzz in Australia with many architects who are very excited about new system re clean lines and flexibility.We are all to ready to find fault,when really we should be not trying to stifle development, but encourage it.

By: a

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:45:28 +0000

Products like this have been around for quite a while and are fairly common in retail stores where they are frequently reconfigure the store layout.

By: Gems Sty

Gems Sty — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 16:11:36 +0000

Yeah~ that actually kinda aligns with what I thought. As far as I see, this product cannot be successful if it is not mass-adopted. But it is certainly not set-up to be mass-adopted (due to various reasons, some mentioned in the post). Which, in a way points it to either failure or niche markets (e.g. image-conscious places like conference rooms).

By: linyou

linyou — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 15:18:40 +0000

hey this has actually been ard for quite some time. My boss actually knew the owner of that company. I felt the issue here is that this pdt will need the support of the whole industry. If i’m not wrong…it was designed to be used without the socket. But unless some company decided to support them, this design will become useless. Thus the extra socket comes in. Making this pdt a bit redundent. But hey if ur wall is lined up with lines of such plug….and ur wall mounted electronic pdts designed to plug straight into it. It will open up the usability of such a plug.

By: Gems Sty

Gems Sty — Thu, 31 May 2007 04:08:30 +0000

Aye aye. I do wonder though if/when the next breakthrough in power supply would be. The current standards have existed for more than a century – technological lockdown and legacy standards are definitely barriers to improved solutions – but when would they finally yield to advancements? Or is it something that doesn’t really need improvement in the first place – perhaps more incremental rather than revolutionary, just like how the brick has served us for so long.

Or maybe it could be wireless power?

By: ah.heng

ah.heng — Wed, 30 May 2007 18:28:12 +0000

It solves 1 problem of not having to locate all your power cords in 1 area. Ultimately it’s more of a want, than a need. Appeals to the design-conscious.

Also, I believe it’s a copy of a particular Japanese design, I can’t find the link at the moment but it was on display last year at the Good Design exhibition, not as a new product but as a company’s line up.