Monthly Archives: November 2018
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A Product for All Us Phone-Addicts!
We are repeatedly warned about the repercussions of using our mobile devices immediately before going to sleep… but how many of us actually listen? Well, not too many of us, as it turns out! 62% of us are now suffering from sleep deprivation and this could be directly linked to us staring blankly into the screens!
NITE is a conceptual design where the focus centers around the reduction of mobile phone use before sleep, whilst simultaneously removing the anxiety of phones overheating during charging. The simplistic, Braun-inspired, design contains the mobile phone at night, with the locked door keeping it away from tempted hands! When closed, the transparent, electro-chromic window frosts over, to reduce the light emission so sleep is not interrupted!
But don’t worry, in an emergency the phone can still be accessed by holding the release button down for 10 seconds! I think it’s fair to say that quite a lot of us could do with a product like this!
Designer: Oliver Sinclair
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An Undeniably Unique Radio!
At first glance, you would be forgiven for staring in wonder at what this little device is, but after time, subtle details will begin to give its identity away! This is La Moderna, and it’s a Fabio Verdelli’s take on the iconic radio.
When you picture a radio, it’s likely you are envisioning the same, very similarly styled radio that the majority of people are, and it’s almost certainly not La Moderna. This is what makes it so special. All of the features have been stripped back to create an almost unbeatably simplistic aesthetic. This is partly been achievable through its operation… it’s completely analog! Protruding, rather characterfully, out of the top surface are four narrow cylinders; the lonesome one of the four is the primary dial for controlling the device!
It’s certainly a very unique take on, what is now, an extremely familiar and iconic design!
Designers: Fabio Verdelli, Manuel Frasson & Alice dal Verme