Allocacoc ( ) is an industrial design company established in the

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that sells redesigned everyday products such as the

PowerCube The PowerCube is a multiple electrical socket adaptor manufactured by the Allocacoc Corporation in Shanghai, China. Unlike a conventional power strip, the device is arranged like a cube, which can solve the problem of multiple AC adapters fighting ...

. Allocacoc headquartered in

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

and has a factory in

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with an R&D center in

Shenzhen Shenzhen (; ; ; ), also historically known as Sham Chun, is a major sub-provincial city and one of the special economic zones of China. The city is located on the east bank of the Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern province ...

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. Its European head office moved from

Delft Delft () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam, to the southeast, ...

Breukelen Breukelen () is a town and former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. It is situated to the north west of Utrecht, along the river Vecht and close to the lakes of the Loosdrechtse Plassen, an area of natural and tourist ...

(

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) in August 2018. The company creates innovative products by adding original designs and keeping them affordable. In 2019, Allocacoc decided on a rebranding strategy and focus their business development on DesignNest.com - a consumer product platform of a broad range of design products. DesignNest was originally founded by Allocacoc in 2016 and now aiming to help industrial designers from start to finish, such as funding, design knowledge, sourcing, pricing, production, product assembly, distribution, fighting against copycats and worldwide sales. AllocacocDelftOfficeFront

History

Allocacoc was founded by two industrial design engineers, Arthur Limpens and Yixia Jiang from Delft University of Technology, in the

Products

Allocacoc has a wide range of products, including power strip, socket, light, stationary, home gadgets, audio...etc. and it is still expanding. *

® Original and USB: A compact power strip with multiple power outlets designed to charge multiple devices and blocking each other. *

® Rewirable : A power strip in the shape of a cube with travel adapters. * DesignNest® Heng Balance Lamp : Winner of the Red Dot Design Award 2016, Heng Balance Lamp is a series of lamps with a “balance” function that reinvents how lamps are switched on.

Awards

The

was given the Red Dot Design Award for best product design category in 2014.

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Design and Innovation Award in 2015

References

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External links

Official Allocacoc Company Website

Official Allocacoc Europe Webshop

Official Allocacoc USA Webshop

Official Allocacoc China(P.R.C.) Webshop 阿乐乐可

Ukraine Webshop(authorized)
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