Talking about sockets or power strips may sound like the last thing you want to do. Sockets are white, boring and they are everywhere.
However, it shouldn’t be that way! In the hands of creative industrial designers they can become really cool home accessories. To prove it, we want to show you these 10 really creative socket and power strip designs.
Which one would you pick for your home?

1. Power Strip Swintus



Svintus power strip really pigged up and technically is a strip no more, but rather a multi-snout cutie that you will not want to hide behind a couch. It’s pink, yet a fully functional device with seventeen snout-plugs. (Designer: Art Lebedev Studio)

2. The Ramo Branch Multi Tap


The Ramo Branch Multi Tap is a dramatic representation of power consumption and how gadget-dependent we are. It looks more artistic than practical and can literally grow to branch out by simply fitting in modular socket stubs. The tree may look good but I won’t promise beauty in the ensuing wiring chaos. (Designer: Eunsung Kwon)

3. Rotating 360°




Rotating 360° is a multi-outlet socket which allows each socket on it to rotate. It offers enough space for different shaped plugs to plug in just by rotating each socket in different directions. Besides, each socket has different color and can connect each other, so user can easily increase or decrease the number of sockets for his or her multi-outlet socket and choose different colors depends on user’s need. (Designers: Cheng-Hsiu Du & Chyun-Chau Lin)

4. Draw Rose


A vase full of Rose Plugs. (Designer: Han Hye-jin)

5. Electrici-Tree




Electrici-tree is a three-branch daisy-chainable rubber extension lead. Cast from real tree branches. Magnets in the back of each socket hold it to specially designed metal plates or any metal furnishings like radiators, filing cabinets, table legs etc. (Designer: Vahakn)

6. Rambler Socket





Rambler Socket maybe the solution most of us are looking for as far as extension cords are concerned. (Designer: Meysam Movahedi)

7. Movable Power




This power strip allows you to change the strip, not your space. (Designer: Jeff Carter)

8. Electroman Surge Protector



Meet a powerful man who is more than a boring power outlet. Perfect for home, school or office, his legs and arms have three-prong sockets with enough room even for the biggest adapter. He features a circuit breaker switch and grounded plugs for safety, and is a fun alternative to the standard, clunky multi-plug. ( buy )

9. Pivot Power Strip




Flexible power strip. (Designer: quirky)

10. Wire Pod



Joris Laarman’s WirePod is a flexible gray power pod that begins with a three-prong plug and branches out into four curled arms, each with a single three-prong socket. Its arms and body roll and unfurl as needed to adjust for your functional living space. (Designer: Joris Laarman)