Completely unnecessary, but cool nonetheless, the iRetroPhone application aims to emulate an interface left in the 20th century: the rotary phone. In development by ObjectGraph, available soon through the App Store. Watch the video of this app in action after the break. Continue reading »
Brothers Tej and Sach Chauhan of Chauhan Studio designed this futuristic phone for Suncorp Communications, fittingly named after famed Italian designer Joe Colombo. They state the design seeks to re-establish the lost relationship between earpiece and mouthpiece in modern telephones. The flash and html versions of Chauhan Studio’s site state both Spring and August of 2008 respectively as the availability date—so I’m unclear about that one. Let’s hope it’s soon. More images after the break. Continue reading »
I love when designers find ways to remove clutter and replace clumsy designs with practical ones. iriver’s new domino flash drive is a nice example of minimal design—they’ve replaced the easy–to–loose protective cap that comes with most other flash drives with a slide mechanism that exposes the USB conector when needed, and even removed the unnecessary “GB” acronym from the label, leaving a single, clean beautiful number to indicate the drive’s capacity. It comes in 2 and 4 GB capacities and in your choice of white, black, pink, chocolate or coral–pink. Unfortunately this beauty is only available in Korea for now, but hopefully will be made available in the rest of the world soon. More images after the break. Continue reading »
Despite its name this is not a prop from the famous Kubrick flick. Unfortunately, it’s not yet a real product either. Recently presented at the 2008 Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan, the concept LCD TV designed by UK based Chauhan Studio focuses on matching sound quality with the [usually] superior image quality offered by current LCD TVs, while also introducing harmony between the design of the object and its surrounding spaces. Three words: I want it. More images after the break. Continue reading »
Designed by Artemy Lebedev, the talented designer behind the Art. Lebedev Studio in Russia, the Verbarius is the first clock that actually tells time the way we—humans—are used to: It replaces the analog hand movement and the traditional digital numeric display with phrases like “five minutes to ten” and “fifteen minutes past five”. It comes with 5 preloaded languages (English, German, Spanish, French and Russian), but more languages can be programmed using the USB connector on the back. All its gadgetry aside, I love its strong minimalist look. More images after the break Continue reading »