新华网6月12日电 据美国科技博客Gizmodo报道，你上一次因为外观买下一个电源插排是什么时候？答案是：从来没有，因为所有的电源插排都只专注于功能，忽略其外观设计。幸好，大卫·奥克姆将他出色的设计灵感应用于又一平凡的家居产品：一款叫做Oon的电源插排，外观精美到你永远不会想要把它藏在桌子下面。
只有三个插座的插排售价79美金有点贵，因为它的实际使用功效毕竟有限。但是，它是由木头、塑料和金属三种材质组合制作而成的“功能性雕塑”，而且，电缆在相隔的插座中单独运行意味着它可以提供一些急需的灵活性，而大多数电源插座做不到这一点。
如果你的家中有小孩，这款设计也许就不那么适合你了。从远处看，即使是成年人，也很难区分它是电源插排还是一堆五颜六色的积木。所以，你可能会期待孩子们被它吸引，但绝不希望他们跟电源插排“过度亲密”。
译者：郝斐然
A Stylish Power Strip You Won't Want To Hide Under a Table
When was the last time you bought a power strip based on looks? Never, because they all focus on functionality at the cost of being an eyesore. Thankfully, David Okum has applied hiswonderful design sensibilities to yet another mundane household product, with a power strip called the Oon that you'll never want to bury under a desk.
At $79 it's a little on the expensive side given it only gives you three non-grounded outlets, limiting what you can actually plug in. But it's made from a combination of wood, plastic, and metal that result in what could be described as a functional sculpture, and the use of the cable running through each piece means it provides some much needed flexibility that most power strips lack.
If you've got little kids at home, you might want to pass on this upgrade, though. From afar it's hard for even adults to distinguish the Oon from a pile of colorful building blocks. So you can probably expect young ones to be drawn to it, and a power strip is the last thing you want them teething on. [Okum]
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