Graduate shows 2016: a toaster that sneezes out bread crumbs and a vacuum cleaner that poos when it's full are among a range of "cute" products created by Royal College of Art graduate Hyerim Shin (+ movie).
The MA Design Products student explored the concept of kawaii ? a Japanese term denoting cuteness ? in her final project, producing three home appliances programmed to act in ways that might be considered cute.

This means that when her Roomba-style robotic vacuum cleaner becomes full, it wiggles its "bottom" and "poos". The poo is actually a soft grey dust receptacle, which is deposited on the floor and left for the owner to pick up.
The toaster, meanwhile, will make wheezing noises when its tray gathers too many toast crumbs. As its owner pulls back the lever to eject the crumbs into the bin, the toaster emits an audible sneeze.
The final product is a rubbish bin that mimics the behaviour of a child who thinks that by covering their eyes, no one can see them. When its liner needs changing, it will skittle to the side and turn around, "hiding" from its owner.
All of the products are made of rounded plastic and finished in a colour palette of duck egg blue, soft pink and mint green.

However, Shin's project explores a more complicated idea of cuteness than what we would usually associate with the term.
"Cuteness works in the imbalance of power," the designer told Dezeen. "So when somebody thinks something is small...