The Thups

By Regine
on June 26, 2005 7:58 PM
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Bring me home, please

Another amusing object seen at the Touch Me exhibition. This one is for Emily...

Thumbs are increasingly needed to manipulate electronical gadgets. Designer Julia Leihener celebrates them with the Thups, drinking glasses which rest on the thumb for the new "thumb" generation of texters and computer gamers.

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Picture from The Telegraph, mine were not as good. As usual.

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» Thups: Thumb-Mounted Cups for the Technologically Inclined from Reasoner

Designer Julia Leihener apparently claims that her Thups, cups that rest on the thumb, are for those of us who, as frequent users of technology, find our thumbs in near constant use. Julia: cool cup, but how the fuck am I supposed to text my peeps wh... Read More

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