The Braun BC02 is a small analogue alarm clock designed by Dietrich Lubs, who spent decades at Braun working alongside Dieter Rams. It has a plain black dial, a yellow second hand, and nothing else on its face.
The alarm is a crescendo beep that starts quietly and gets louder until you deal with it. There’s a snooze button, and a light for checking the time in the dark. It runs on a single AA battery and is small enough to take away with you.
If your phone is currently your alarm clock, this gives you a reason to leave it charging in another room.
Waking up in summer is a lot easier than waking up in winter. The main reason being that the sun rises earlier in summer and later in winter. This is fine if you’re living like our ancestors using the sun as our evolutionary alarm clock, but you’ve got to be in the office early for that big breakfast meeting and it’s still dark when your alarm goes off… The Philips Wake-Up Light is your personal sunrise, clinically proven to naturally wake you up so you can get out of bed easier, feeling happier and more energised. The coloured sunrise simulation matches the warm red glows of an early sunrise and gradually brightens up through orange to a bright yellow light. If you find yourself still needing a nudge to get you up, The Philips Wake-Up Light comes with 5 natural alarm clock sounds from rainforest to seaside. It also has an FM radio and an auto-dimming digital clock. It’s not just ideal for waking you up though, with Sleep Mode it’s perfect for bedtime too. Reversing the process from light
On the face of it, Bento is a minimal looking storage box… but it’s much much more than that. Inspired by the Japanese lunchbox, Bento is an innovative way to keep your working space clutter free with sections inside to keep your bits neatly organised. The magic, however, lays (quite literally) on the lid. Open or closed, the top of Bento acts as a versatile stand for your laptops, tablets, notebooks and documents. Sure, some people might think it’s just a box, but use it properly and Bento is the perfect companion for your productivity.
Exploding Kittens: A Card Game About Kittens and Explosions and Sometimes Goats was the most backed game in Kickstarter history. The rules are simple. Players draw cards until someone pulls out an Exploding Kitten, at which point KABLAMMO! They explode. Well, they lose… unless they have a Defuse card which can defuse the kitten using an array of tools such as laser pointers, belly rubs, and catnip sandwiches. The rest of the cards are used to move, mitigate, or avoid Exploding Kittens. Oh, and some can activate special powers. Great fun for all the family, but if you’re after something a bit more explicit, go ahead and check out Exploding Kittens: NSFW Edition.
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