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Security in a Bottle

A stylish alternative to the leaky travel bottle

Posted May 18, 2007

For the New York–based designer Paul Koh, frequent air travel goes hand in hand with his work. So it is only fitting that he would devise a stylish alternative to the leaky travel bottles that clutter department-store shelves. His pliable blue and white silicone containers pass muster with the Transportation Security Admin­istration’s recent carry-on regulations for liquids; and their wide mouths, thick walls, and precision valves (also found in finer inverted ketchup bottles) help prevent messes.

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