{"id":79,"date":"2005-07-31T19:21:55","date_gmt":"2005-07-31T19:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/?p=79"},"modified":"2005-07-31T19:21:55","modified_gmt":"2005-07-31T19:21:55","slug":"the-paint-buddy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/2005\/07\/31\/the-paint-buddy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Paint Buddy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s some <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Industrial design\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Industrial_design\">industrial design<\/a> for you to consider&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>One of the winners of the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"International Design Excellence Awards\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Design_Excellence_Awards\">IDEA awards<\/a> this year was this clever product. The <em><a href=\"http:\/\/images.businessweek.com\/ss\/05\/06\/idea2005\/source\/60.htm\" target=\"blank\">Paint Buddy<\/a><\/em> is a touch-up paint storage and application unit that changes the way we will think about house <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Painting\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Painting\">painting<\/a> in the very near future. Apparently.<\/p>\n<p>Designed to store the leftover paint you have after completing the walls in a room, you would store the extra paint in this device with built-in roller. Then should you scuff the wall 6 months later, you simply pop open the top and roll on the touch-up. When you&#8217;re done, the roller part comes off for cleaning or replacement. Genius!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/paintbuddy1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"737\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/paintbuddy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/paintbuddy1.jpg?fit=440%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"440,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Paint Buddy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/paintbuddy1.jpg?fit=440%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-737\" title=\"The Paint Buddy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/paintbuddy1-300x272.jpg?resize=300%2C272\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"272\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[Thanks Chris]<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?w=1165\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s some industrial design for you to consider&#8230; One of the winners of the IDEA awards this year was this clever product. The Paint Buddy is a touch-up paint storage and application unit that changes the way we will think about house painting in the very near future. Apparently. 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