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We like to see designers really exploring the properties of the materials they use in their product designs, and Netherlands-based Vacu Vin has put silicone to good use with their PopSome Candy & Nut Dispenser. A cleverly-designed lid forms an airtight and watertight seal with a protrusion in the bundt-pan-like bowl; pull on the lid's "upper lip" and it pops up into a spout. Check it out:

The PopSome was awarded a 2010 Good Industrial Design Award (not to be confused with the Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization's Good Design Award; this one is conferred by a Dutch organization called Designlink).

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