Here is Target's product, which reflects the stylized "designer" aesthetic that Daniel Pink highlights in his book as part of the new culture of abundance. It also reminds me of the Karim quote from our 3M visit about how people want design at an affordable price. It looks like a drain protector crossed with a jelly shoe and an octopus. The suction cups are a new way to think about this compared with the sitting on top of, or coupling with the drain as the stainless and mesh ones do. It appears as if you could set this into the drain in the typical way, or invert it, as my stylist suggested:
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