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It's a pillow, and it's a wig: It's Pillowig, also genius. Pillowig is by New York artist and designer JooYoun Paek, who also created a "polite umbrella" that contracts with a hidden cord, so people can avoid smacking or nudging passers-by with their standard, not polite umbrellas when it rains. [JooYoun Paek, via UrbanOutfitters]
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