After a much needed sunny season in Sweden, the *cordctrl blog is now back online again!
We have some upcoming news this fall, and will of course post everything on the blog.
/*cordctrl crew
*cordctrl is featured in this very nice minimal design blog!
We are now happy to announce that the *cordctrl is available at the MoMA designstore in New York City! The address is 44 West 53 Street, NYC.
that ended up getting free *cordctrls the other day!
We are happy to present the MoMA store as our new reseller for *cordctrl. The product will be launched anytime soon. More info to come…
We have now tried the *cordctrl with Apples new hyped tablet the Ipad, and we can confirm that it works perfectly well. So for all new ipad owners out there, who need to control their wires, there is a solution for you, and its called *cordctrl!
As you might already know, the *cordctrl is made out of a special type of high quality liquid injection silicone. The reason for this is the outstanding quality and durability of this material. But what exactly is silicone anyway, and what is it used for except for in the *cordctrl? Here is a couple of articles on silicone to help us shine some light on this matter. Silicone & Injection molding of liquid silicone rubber
In this blogpost from french magazine Marie Claire Maison, they refer to the red *cordctrl as the blood sausage. They really do like food in that country. (Post in French)
In Greece, they think of the *cordctrl as good way to show some attention and love for your earphone cable until the next time you use it. We can do nothing else but agree. (Post in Greek)
In Germany too, food references seems like the way to go nowadays. In this article, the tangled cables that we often find so frustrating, is referred to as the Cable Salad!
Another Japanese blog!
They shot a couple of nice pictures of the combination of black cord, and white *cordctrl, which we at the *cordctrl office really like!
Our fellow scandinavians at teknofil.no have taken a look at our *cordctrl, please check out what they think about it!
(Review in Norwegian)
If you can’t read norwegian, we can tell you that they like it!
Bonus: another norwegian review of the *cordctrl (again, if you don’t know norwegian, they like it!)
Even though we are very satisfied with the functionality of the *cordctrl, we are always excited when people come up with modifications. Here is an example which we think makes the *cordctrl look a little more animal-like.
Be sure to click the image, and pay a visit to the Ideanomads blog and website to read their thoughts on the *cordctrl!
*cordctrl has been recognized by both blogs and retailers in Japan, and even though our Japanese is not good enough to actually decipher what they say about it, we do like all the pictures!
Click the links below to see more!
Check out *cordctrls new blog for news, photos and texts about exactly why your cords always tend to tangle
For those who feel they really need to deepen their theoretical knowledge in the field of knots and tangles, we here provide a link to a class in knot theory. Knot theory can said to be the base upon which tangle theory is based. The Knot in knot theory is made up of a loop.
Courtesy of the UCLA.
In action #44