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No more yelling at each other to put your phones away!!

Ikea’s new Sittning Collection, which will become available in September, includes a newly designed place mat with a pocket for you to put your smartphone in. The pocket allows people to put their phones away during meals and engage in the meaningful conversations we’ve all come to miss.

 

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The place mat is called “Logged Off”, and while it does not actually log you off, it does create a barrier between us and our phones, to which we are all hopelessly addicted. But…. the material used to make the pocket is somewhat transparent, allowing you to peek at your screen if you’re sneaky. The old “put your phone in your pocket” trick seems to be working fine, so maybe let’s stick to that!

 

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BLAKE & WYLDE

(Images via Flickr, Giphy)