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In its quest for ‘bigger and better’ technology, mankind is facing a mountain of expanded foam pieces and polystyrene packing material used to protect items during handling. Tom Ballhatchet, a recent graduate from the Central St Martins’ MA in Industrial Design, has come up with a simple and utterly plausible solution.  Rather than throw [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a
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target="new" href="http://www.tomballhatchet.com/">Tom Ballhatchet</a>, a recent graduate from the Central St Martins’ MA in Industrial Design, has come up with a simple and utterly plausible solution.  Rather than throw away the packaging and leave nature (and a few hundred years) to deal with it, <a
target="new" href="http://www.tomballhatchet.com/">Ballhatchet&#8217;s</a> concept allows the user to slide foam casing apart after delivery and reassemble the parts to form a neat self-contained entertainment stand with built in cable management system.<br
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