Robert Androué is an aspiring Italian-American designer who is currently working towards a degree at Design Academy Eindhoven. He has a handful of decent designs to his name, but his recent project Hook Sponges caught my eye, not least because I recently did a thorough cleaning of my kitchen and bathrooms. It's basically a sponge that's been cut down into a funky, even playful "C" shape so that it can 'clip' around a faucet.
One comment: considering that I had a sponge in a deathgrip for several hours on end over the weekend, I can only imagine that it would be tough to scrub, say, the molding around a staircase, with what is essentially a trimmed-down sponge.
Then again, the Hook Sponge is clearly meant for quotidian, sink-centered activity, so that's probably a moot point. In this regard, it's nice that the Hook Sponge has a "sidedness": one end of the "C" shape could be designated for greasy pots and pans, while the other could be used for more benign surfaces like countertops... for those of you (/us) who are particularly OCD.
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What we are talking about here is the idea of a sponge that hooks to your kitchen sink.
Not such an original idea in this case.
Here YOU go:
http://www.target.com/p/Scotch-Brite-Heavy-Duty-Scrub-Sponge-9-pk/-/A-10999873
http://www.smartstuff.se/pages/engelska/eng_sep_11_2.asp
http://livesavvy.com/media/show/100x/70.jpg?1189651459
And they do stay as long as you give the sponge a quick squeeze to wring it out when you're done with it... Really shouldn't be leaving your sponge saturated with water when your done with it anyway, for health reasons...
have a look
http://www.givinggallery.com/products/Casabella-Gasacolor-Grip-Side-Faucet-Sponges-Printed-Scrubby-3-Pack-p37/
i designed these for Casabella like 10 years ago. sold at BB&B
http://www.elmanco.com/2006/07/19/design-alla-coop-gli-11-progetti-selezionati/