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Fail Whale Tissues

Clean the Sky - Positive Eco Trends & Breakthroughs

The Whale Tissue Holder Has a Clever Kleenex-Spurting Design

— February 3, 2011 — Pop Culture
If you're a Twitter addict, you'll get why the Whale Tissue Holder looks like the "fail whale" logo.

Even if it wasn't inspired by the Internet meme, this wooden box is still super cute and adorable. It's a clever design that the soft Kleenex gets pulled out of the top, looking like spurting water. When the soft tissues run out of the Whale Tissue Holder though, you can definitely use the term "fail whale" to describe this circumstance.
Trend Themes
1. Social Media-inspired Home Decor - Creating home decor items inspired by popular internet memes and trends presents a disruptive innovation opportunity for the home decor industry.
2. Interactive Tissue Holders - Designing tissue holders with unique dispensing mechanisms, like the Kleenex-sprouting whale design, offers a disruptive innovation opportunity for the home goods industry.
3. Novelty Functionalities in Everyday Items - Incorporating creative and whimsical features, such as the fail whale tissue holder, into ordinary products can disrupt the market and ignite consumer interest.
Industry Implications
1. Home Decor - The home decor industry can explore the incorporation of internet memes and trends, like the fail whale tissue holder, to appeal to meme-savvy consumers.
2. Personal Care - Introducing interactive and visually engaging tissue holders, such as the Kleenex-sprouting whale, can disrupt the personal care industry and enhance the consumer experience.
3. Gift and Novelty - The gift and novelty industry can capitalize on the popularity of internet memes by offering unique and functional items like the fail whale tissue holder.
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