The Kickit would fit perfectly into my apartment, were it not for the ridiculous €2000 ($2500) price tag. Upon my nightly arrival home from the pub, I engage in a little ritual, loosing my sneakers by crushing the heel to the floor so they hang from my toes. I then stumble forward and in my blind, inebriated state I launch my footwear pim! pam! into the living room with the miscalculated force only a drunkard can summon.
And because I cannot focus, let alone aim, the shoes inevitably hit something they shouldn't: a delicate glass vase, a carelessly placed laptop or, more usually, my flatmate's weary, resigned face.
Which is why that same flatmate should save up some cash to buy the Kickit. It's a combination shoe rack, bench and lighting fixture, made of oak, nylon bristles and fluorescent tubes. With all that, at least he'd be getting his money's worth.
The idea of the Kickit, designed by Furch and Kai Ertel, is that you actually do hurl your shoes into its bristly interior whereupon their motion is swiftly arrested and they remain suspended until you are ready for your next trip to the bar. Bonus: Those brushes will effectively scrub off all the street-crud I inevitably stumble through on my way home.
Product page [Magazin via Crunchgear]
