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E-Line Cord Eliminates Cable Tangle and Tangle-Induced Hysteria

by Matthew Zuras on July 7, 2010 at 07:20 AM

Kim Mi Ran's e-line cord concept
Designer Kim Mi Ran hates tangled cords. Who doesn't? (Oh yeah, this dude.) We've run across some novel solutions to maddening cable issues in the past, and we've seen our fair share of quick, DIY fixes, from zip-ties to external sheaths. But all these answers are merely a Band-Aid for the tangled mess that has proven itself the digital era's 'Yellow Wallpaper.' ("I get positively angry with the impertinence of it and the everlastingness. Up and down and sideways they crawl....")

Why not, wondered Kim Mi Ran, build the cord with this frustrating and hysteria-inducing labyrinth in mind? Mi Ran's E-Line Cord concept is coated with an insulating layer that features a little tongue-and-groove design. Now your cords can clip neatly back together, and you need not worry about any cable mess again. As Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote about the terror of interior design (and like, other stuff), "Round and round and round -- round and round and round -- it makes me dizzy!" With the E-Line Cord, nevermore! (Also, you can use a handy thing called a "rubber band" until this thing hits the market -- if it won't give you the vapors.) [From: Yanko Design]

Tags: cable clutter, CableClutter, cables, CharlottePerkinsGilman, concept, cords, design, KimMiRan, organization, TheYellowWallpaper, top

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