Most shelving solutions ask you to commit before you can even start. Drill a hole here, anchor a bracket there, then live with the consequences if you change your mind six months later. The TAB, designed by Berlin-based architect Michael Hilgers for housewares brand Purstahl, takes a different approach entirely. It clamps onto any vertical panel up to 38mm thick, no drilling, no damage, and releases just as easily when you want to move it.

The form itself is the most unexpected part. Where most clip-on accessories default to a rectangle, the TAB is a circle, a 30cm disc of 2mm aluminum with a fine-textured powder coating. That’s a small but meaningful choice; a circular shelf sitting against the side of a bookcase or cabinet reads more like a deliberate design detail than a functional add-on. It comes in two versions, TAB_left and TAB_right, which simply determine which direction the shelf extends from the clamp.

Designer: Michael Hilgers for Purstahl

The thinness of the aluminum is doing more work than it looks like. At 2mm, the shelf sits flush and close to the panel face rather than jutting out awkwardly, which matters in tighter rooms. The powder coating adds color without bulk, and Purstahl offers enough options to match or contrast with the furniture underneath. That flexibility is part of the appeal: the TAB can read as an accent piece or disappear into the background, depending on the color you pick.

What makes it genuinely interesting is how widely the word “panel” applies. Hilgers frames his approach as “pragmatic design,” meaning objects that work with what already exists rather than replacing it. The TAB clamps onto a bookshelf side, the edge of a wardrobe, a balcony railing, a freestanding room divider, anywhere a flat vertical surface falls within that 38mm thickness range. That’s a broader set of possibilities than a 30cm disc might initially suggest.

The one thing Purstahl doesn’t mention is a maximum load rating, which is a fair thing to wonder about at €79 per unit. A small plant, a few magazines, or an espresso cup are probably fine. A heavy ceramic pot or a stack of hardcovers is a less certain proposition, and it would help to know the limits before buying. The screw clamp mechanism does allow for repositioning, so there’s room to adjust if the shelf shifts under load.

Hilgers has built a consistent body of work around the idea that existing furniture doesn’t need replacing, only rethinking. The TAB fits neatly into that logic. It’s a small, unhurried intervention in a room you already have, and the more interesting question is less about whether it works and more about how many panels around your home you’d actually want to put it on once you start looking at them differently.

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Si vous êtes du genre détendu, vous avez forcément un fichier texte quelque part dans votre ordi avec des bouts de code, des clés API, des mots de passe... le tout en clair dans un fichier avec un nom équivoque genre passwords.txt posé OKLM dans ~/Desktop/.

Alors bien sûr, on est nombreux à utiliser un gestionnaire de mots de passe classique pour éviter ça, mais en fait le souci c'est pas les mots de passe. C'est tous ces petits snippets qu'on copie-colle 15 fois par jour... des commandes Docker, des tokens temporaires, des regex que j'oublie à chaque fois. Bref, il nous manque un bidule entre le presse-papier et le coffre-fort.

Et c'est exactement ce que fait Sklad !! Cet outil est un gestionnaire de snippets chiffrés qui vit dans votre barre de tâches et auquel vous balancez tout ce que vous copiez-collez régulièrement. Ensuite, vous organisez ça dans des dossiers, et hop, un clic gauche sur l'icône de la barre de menu et ça copie directement le dernier snippet utilisé. C'est carrément mieux qu'un clipboard manager classique type CopyQ parce qu'il y a du chiffrement AES-256 avec dérivation Argon2, ce qui est plutôt rassurant pour stocker du token.

Du coup, tout reste en local sur votre machine et le fichier de données atterrit dans ~/Library/Application Support/sklad/ sur macOS (ou l'équivalent AppData sur Windows). Ainsi, en cas de vol de ce fichier, le gars qui l'a récupérer devra se débrouiller avec de l'AES-256... bon courage.

Côté raccourcis, y'a Cmd+K (ou Ctrl+K sur Windows/Linux) pour chercher dans vos snippets. Pratique pour retrouver vos commandes kubectl par exemple et si vous avez des snippets avec des caractères spéciaux (genre des backticks dans du code Markdown), j'ai remarqué que le copier-coller peut parfois foirer selon le terminal. iTerm2 s'en sort bien, mais sur le Terminal.app natif j'ai eu des soucis avec les guillemets échappés. Rien de dramatique, mais faut le savoir.

Y'a le thème sombre et le thème clair et l'app est dispo en binaires pré-compilés pour Windows (.msi), macOS (ARM et Intel en .dmg) et Linux (.deb et .AppImage). Notez que comme d'hab, au premier lancement sur macOS, faudra passer par Réglages > Confidentialité pour autoriser l'app... Apple oblige.

Sklad est encore un projet hyper jeune donc ça risque de bouger pas mal et surtout, ça ne remplace pas un KeePass ou un Bitwarden. Pourquoi ? Hé bien parce que c'est pas le même usage. Voyez plutôt Sklad comme votre tiroir à snippets chiffrés qui conviendra pour tout ce qui ne peut pas aller dans votre gestionnaire de mot de passe.

Bref, si ça vous tente, c'est par ici !

Merci à lorenper pour la découverte.

You know that thing where you walk into your bedroom at the end of the day and just start emptying your pockets onto whatever flat surface is closest? Keys land on the dresser, wallet gets tossed on the nightstand, watch goes who knows where. It’s a universal ritual of coming home, and it’s exactly the kind of everyday moment that aerospace engineers Javier De Andrés García and Anaïs Wallet decided to redesign.

Their brand, Unavela, takes the precision and intentionality of aerospace engineering and applies it to the mundane objects we interact with daily. The Unavela Valet Tray is a perfect example of this philosophy: it’s a catchall that doesn’t just catch, it elevates the entire experience of organization into something that feels considered and purposeful.

Designers: Javier De Andrés García, Anaïs Wallet (Unavela)

What makes this particularly interesting is the design pedigree behind it. De Andrés García and Wallet aren’t your typical product designers who sketch pretty shapes and call it a day. They come from a world where every gram matters, where form follows function with almost religious devotion, and where materials are chosen based on performance characteristics rather than trends. When aerospace engineers decide to make a tray for your keys, you can bet they’ve thought about it differently than everyone else.

The valet tray sits in that sweet spot between utilitarian and beautiful. It’s not trying to disappear into your decor, nor is it screaming for attention. Instead, it occupies space with quiet confidence, the way really good design tends to do. Think of it as the functional equivalent of that friend who just makes everything run more smoothly without making a big deal about it.

Valet trays themselves have an interesting history. Originally, they were the domain of well-appointed gentleman’s dressers, a place to organize pocket watches, cufflinks, and collar stays. But in our modern world of smartphones, AirPods, car key fobs, and whatever else we’re carrying, the valet tray has become even more relevant. We might not wear pocket watches anymore, but we’ve got more stuff to keep track of than ever before.

What Unavela brings to this category is a fresh perspective. When you look at their work across different products, you see a consistent thread: they’re interested in what they call “functional objects.” Not decorative objects that happen to be functional, but pieces where the function itself becomes the aesthetic statement. It’s a subtle but important distinction. The beauty comes from how well something works, not from applied decoration or styling tricks.

This approach feels particularly resonant right now. We’re living in an era where people are increasingly interested in buying fewer, better things. The whole concept of everyday carry (EDC) has evolved from a niche hobby into a broader cultural conversation about intentionality and quality. People are thinking more carefully about the objects they interact with daily, and they want those objects to reflect thoughtfulness and care. The Unavela Valet Tray fits perfectly into this mindset. It’s not fast furniture or disposable decor. It’s a considered piece that’s designed to be used daily and to improve with that use. There’s something deeply satisfying about having a designated spot for your everyday items, about the ritual of emptying your pockets into a tray that was designed specifically for that purpose.

From a design perspective, what’s compelling is how Unavela bridges the gap between industrial design and consumer products. Aerospace engineering isn’t typically associated with home goods, but maybe it should be. After all, if you can design components for aircraft where failure isn’t an option and weight is critical, you probably have some interesting insights about how to make a really excellent tray. The beauty of good design is that it often looks simple, even inevitable, but that simplicity is the result of countless decisions and refinements. Every angle, every dimension, every material choice has been considered. It’s the difference between something that works and something that works exceptionally well.

For anyone interested in design, tech, or the intersection of engineering and everyday life, the Unavela Valet Tray represents something larger than just a place to put your keys. It’s a statement about bringing rigor and intentionality to the objects we live with. It’s about applying aerospace-level thinking to earthbound problems. And honestly, in a world full of stuff that’s designed to be replaced rather than cherished, that’s a pretty refreshing approach.

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Recycled plastic products often fall into two camps: grey utilitarian bins or loud, speckled experiments that feel more like proof of concept than something you want on your desk. Tray210 recycled, a collaboration between Korean studio intenxiv and manufacturer INTOPS under the rmrp brand, takes a different approach, using recycled plastics and waste additives to create a tray that feels like a considered object first and an eco story second, treating material diversity as part of the design language.

Tray210 recycled is a circular tray with three compartments, an evolution of the original Tray210 form. It grew out of INTOPS’ grecipe eco-material platform and hida’s CMF proposals, which is a long way of saying it is the result of a tight loop between material science and industrial design. The goal was to pursue material diversity and break away from the cheap recycled stereotype, making something that belongs in sight rather than hidden under a desk.

Designer: Intenxiv x INTOPS

The form is intuitive, a 210 mm circle with a raised, ribbed bar running across the middle and two shallow wells on either side. The central groove is sized for pens, pencils, or chopsticks, and the ribs keep cylindrical objects from rolling away. The side compartments are open and shallow, perfect for earbuds, clips, rings, or keys. It is the kind of layout you understand at a glance without needing instructions or labels; just place your pen where the grooves are.

The material story is where Tray210 recycled gets interesting. Multiple recycled blends reflect their sources: Clam and Wood use 80 percent recycled PP with shell and wood waste, Charcoal adds 15 percent charcoal to 80 percent recycled PP, and Stone uses 10–50 percent recycled ABS. Transparent and Marble variants use recycled PC or PCABS with ceramic particles or marble-like pigment. Each colorway is visually tied to its waste stream, making the origin legible and intentional.

The aim is to create a design closer to the lifestyle rmrp pursues, breaking away from the impression recycled plastic generally gives. The Clam and Wood versions read as soft, muted pastels with fine speckling, Charcoal feels like a deep, almost architectural grey, and Stone and Transparent lean into translucency and particulate. Instead of hiding the recycled content, the CMF work uses it as texture and character, closer to terrazzo or stoneware than to injection-molded scrap that just happens to be grey.

The combination of clear zoning and tactile surfaces makes Tray210 recycled feel at home on a desk, entryway shelf, or bedside table. The central groove keeps your favorite pen or stylus always in the same place, while the side wells catch whatever tends to float around, from SD cards to jewelry. The different material stories let you pick a version that matches how you want the space to feel: calm, earthy, industrial, or a bit more playful.

A simple tray can carry a lot of design thinking, from intuitive ergonomics to material storytelling and responsible sourcing. Tray210 recycled is not trying to save the world on its own, but it does show how recycled plastic can be turned into something you actually want to touch and keep in sight. For people who care about both what an object does and what it is made from, that is a quiet but meaningful upgrade over another anonymous catch-all that eventually ends up in a drawer.

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