tea and technology

How do you take your tea? Milk? Sugar? Email?

Tidy Typist No.2 is a beautiful synthesis of tradition and technology: a keyboard disguised in a tablecloth.

The electronic is woven into a fabric, which finds itself between layers of water resistant felt as sandwich material. The soft felt surface makes it a pleasure for fingers to tip – a cosy keyboard.

And, by some miracle, it's also washable.

The designer, Tonia Welter, based in Germany, has many other great products that merge form and function such as USB bracelets and cuffs. Unfortunately, her designs are still prototypes and not yet for sale.

{Link via We Make Money Not Art)