No more missing foot gloves ?Just when you think you can't be surprised, up comes another peg from a most unexpected direction. The green pegs at the top of this picture were a Christmas present and they are called "Wizzpegs" As you can see, it is cleverly designed to be lockable as well as moulded in one piece and the packet tells me it is for holding socks together to prevent the one sock syndrome we all seem to suffer from. The design is a clever one, but the lock is quite difficult to open and would probably be too fiddly for most people.
One-piece mouldings are a challenge in the peg industry as the process negates any subsequent assembly operation or extra parts, such as springs that rust. You get a one step product with reduced costs. "Of course", I hear you say, "those push-on dolly peg things are moulded in one piece so what is so special about these?" Well, my friends, these pegs have a spring which the dolly pegs lack. Check out some of the other examples in the photo to see how different manufacturers have come up with very clever solutions to the spring problem. Have you seen any others?
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Maybe you will get some answers to thus question after the exhibition at the Triennale in Milan
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