reworx design

celebrates the intuitive designs of people everywhere. These hacks, workarounds, and "thoughtless acts" may be nearly invisible at first, but look closer. And when you spot one in the wild, snap a photo and share it here.

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Your hose will hold its shape better and last longer if you coil it over a large bucket for winter storage.

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Velcro

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shower curtain hooks for hanging bags in a closet

Via Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/comments/11tokz/lpt_use_shower_curtain_hooks_to_hang_bags_in_your/

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Bedsheet storage via Buzzfeed https://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/how-to-de-clutter-your-entire-life?utm_term=.bggr8vkxL9#.wwdq8JrLPV

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Someone exploited this elevator’s emergency phone speaker to help someone else find their lost earring.  

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This door’s posh wire grate affords a place to suspend this cheap plastic information box.

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Fences are useful as much more than barriers.

We make use of opportunities present in our immediate surroundings.

Jane Fulton Suri. Thoughtless Acts, 61. 

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Is where and how he’s standing an example of reacting?

We interact automatically with objects and spaces that we encounter.

– Jane Fulton Suri. Thoughtless Acts, 141.

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One smoker has conforming to another, as you do.

We learn patterns of behavior from others in our social and cultural group.

– Jane Fulton Suri. Thoughtless Acts, 125.

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Where would urban cyclists be without fences like this one to exploit?

We take advantage of physical and mechanical qualities we understand.

– Jane Fulton Suri. Thoughtless Acts, 79.

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In the bathroom at this cafe, the drip guard on this soap dispenser wasn’t intended as place to store a beverage while using the facilities. But a survey of flat horizontal surfaces afforded in the room left no better option. So I exploited the drip guard.

We take advantage of physical and mechanical qualities we understand.

– Jane Fulton Suri. Thoughtless Acts, 79.

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I doubt this shelf at the corner of the tobacco checkout aisle was intend for dumping unwanted items, but here one is: “I’m not gonna leave these beets on the floor—I’m not an animal!”

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This trash bag has been adapted to protect the wooden tabletop from moisture until it is sealed.

We alter the purpose or context of things to meet our objectives.

– Jane Fulton Suri. Thoughtless Acts, 103.

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At this busy service station, the cashiers hang their coats on cabinet doors, because there’s nowhere else (at least not in the front of house) for them to place them.

We make use of opportunities present in our immediate surroundings.

Jane Fulton Suri. Thoughtless Acts, 61. 

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Why am i here? A new use to eggs

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But really, what is this egg doing here?

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Why is this paper towel roll exploiting the shelf-like top of the dispenser instead of sitting inside the dispenser? Is there a need for more staff to have keys to open the dispenser?

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two barstools=desk :) yes!! #look #workaround #lessismore (at Beautiful Downtown Lowell)

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Co-opting?

We make use of opportunities present in our immediate surroundings.

Jane Fulton Suri. Thoughtless Acts, 61.