“Designed to accomodate power adapters that populate but do not fit well into our living spaces, this powerstrip also makes apparent the infrastructure behind all those powercords. Most of the electronic devices in use everyday are manufactured in in a particular province in China and are delivered by containership. The biggest of these vessels can hold up to 9,000 40ft containers and is too massive for the Panama Canal. Paradoxically, they frequently return to China empty- there is nothing to bring back. People generally do not realize the extreme scale of the infrastucture needed when a single geographic area becomes the primary source, even for things that most people see as insignificant. This ship powers our electronic devices with their cords in it’s wake.”

pic and info: P32 and Yanko Design