"QUANTUM SHOT" #594 Link - Article by Radhika Seth of YankoDesign and A. Abrams
Totally Spaced-out Concept Cell Phones
No, really, we've come a long way, baby (since the early 1900s, that is). Check out this Russian peasant making a call:
The good thing about concept design is that you don't have to worry too much about how the actual thing is going to be made. Can the existing technology support your concept? Is the design feasible or practical enough, or is it just a "geek magnet" like some alien gizmo from Star Wars? These questions may not seem that important at concept stage. In some cases you don't even need to build a prototype! Just come up with a wild idea, dream BIG, dish out impressive 3D renders - and you’re good to go.
Here’s a look at some downright weird and whacky cell phone designs (many were featured on the Yanko Design site).
This was created in the name of recycling... after all, how durable do we want our devices to be when they become near-obsolete in five years? The phone is made of hay (or should we say of "weed"?) and completely disintegrates in two years' time - only the screen and soft keys remain behind, and even these may be subsequently recycled. However, we have doubts about its practicality. Just one of those "nice to see, good to hold... but no thanks!" pieces of technology
What features would you like on your phone today, mister? The weather? Done! The Brits may like this glass cell phone concept, as it will predictably predict even the most unpredictable English weather, if such a thing is at all possible.
A roll-out display and cute buttons placed on the scroll are definitely hot-looking... but imagine using this piece on an everyday basis. If you'd need to pull the display out in a jiffy, then the tactile bit for keypad will last as long as you treat the baton well. Key words… treat the baton well.
What would you do if you didn’t have the iPhone or its cool apps and games to while away your time? Sorry, didn’t meant to scare you… lemme rephrase, your iPhone is SAFE and SOUND, but give the Easy Tiles Phone a second’s thought. Easily upgradable apps that slide in and around the phone, make this one of those DIY thangs that give you total control to upgrade the gizmo as you like. Let's also assume you have a postal address in Utopia and upgrades are dirt-cheap!
Who says cell phone has to be rectangular? An oddball round shape can also be suitably scintillating. No kidding, but this one might be a feasible design for Paris Hilton, who loves to talk in circles... literally!
Weirdest Material For A Cell Phone: Maple Phone by Hyun Jin Yoon & Eun Hak Lee - more info:
Weirdest Display for a Cell Phone: ... is a total absence of one! Behold the Trou Hologram Mobile Phone by Mac Funamizu:
Weirdest User Interface for a Cell Phone: A Finger Touching idea by Sunman Kwon:
Do you notice a certain paradigm shift (in cell phone fashion and design) in the next picture? Well, who knows what mind-altering new designs are we going to see in the next few years...
About the author:Yanko Design is a web magazine dedicated to introducing the best in modern international design, covering industrial design, concepts, technology, interior design, architecture, exhibition and fashion. Radhika Seth is a Graduate in Commerce, but her passion for books and writing paved the way for content writing. As a professional writer, she’s got her finger on the pulse of the readers’ expectations. However this doesn’t stop her from getting her own opinion across as well.
I am so thankful that this gallery does differentiate between concept & finished product, Just because someone cam make a picture of something doesnt mean it can actually be made.I am so sick of tech blogs telling us the flying car or whatever is just round the corner. You will never purchase any of these "products" at any price because the manufacturing processes in order to produce these phones DOES NOT EXIST! I am now two cents poorer.
This is the web-site for a pub quite near to where I live. http://www.catandcustardpot.co.uk/ No satisfactory explanation for the name has ever been found
Another one that has "reputed" origins is "The Case Is Altered". The most common origin given is "La casa alta" brough back from the peninsula campaign during the Napoleonic wars.
In the '80s, traditional pubs were bought up by the fistful by large breweries who wanted places to sell their beer exclusively. Many, many original and quite exquisite turned-wood fittings, stained-glass windows and other irreplaceable pieces of history were tossed out to make way for cocktail bars and large-screen TVs.
Ironically, in the past decade well-heeled young revellers have been craving the feel of yore. Now these breweries are spending a fortune making ersatz versions of what they ripped out to begin with.
My parents used to have a cottage in Earl Sterndale where the Quiet Woman is! It's a tiny village in a steep gorge in probably the most bleak part of the Peak District National Park - and the pub is about as bleak and quiet as its name! In fact every time I've been there it's been closed... although apparently it does open daily - bizarre place!
Great names! The Kings Head is always a popular one too, and the "Wicked Woman" looks pretty attractive from where I'm standing!
I don't know about the first vehicle but the O'keefe truck belonged to The O'keefe Brewery which was purchased by the Carling Brewery becoming the Carling O'keefe brewery which was then purchased by the Molsons Group. At no time did it ever belong to Labatts.
The swastika is a Hindu symbol, facing either way. The Nazi's stole only the right-pointing one. (This is why it's amusing once in a while to see a stupid neo-nazi with the hindu symbol for evolution of the universe, the left-facing one.)
Michael Moschen gave a ted talk years ago and discussed his philosophy and approach towards juggling. Worth watching for anyone who enjoyed the triangle piece. He's amazing!
Re Art Deco, I heartily recommend The Netherlands Plaza, at 3rd and Race St in downtown Cincinatti, OH. Furnishings purchased at the original Art Deco exposition in Paris, 192x. The 1st floor bar is probably the most surreal place to get drunk east of the mississippi.
There's a reason why all of Vegas is photographed at night. The build "quality" of these structures is mediocre. Walk around during the day and look. Vegas is a visual dump by day.
The chocolate fountain smells fantastic in person. I have tried many times to photograph the ceiling in the Venetian and the pictures always come out too dark. Loved the vintage nighttime shots though, well done!
There's a reason why all of Vegas is photographed at night. The build "quality" of these structures is mediocre. Walk around during the day and look. Vegas is a visual dump by day.
Fantastic photos! Too bad a great invention like the watch more often than not spells the demise of these old clocks - that today will carry a hefty price tag! I was reading about an ancient water clock the other day, that apparently kept time more accurately than anything else until the 17th century, or something like that anyway...
One very famous clock is missing from this collection and that's the Eise Eisinga planetarium in the modest Frisian city of Franeker. He build his clock inside his home and at present is the oldest working still acurate clock of it's kind. W
I believe the link to Recently Found 1941 Pearl Harbor Photos isn't accurate. While Snopes isn't perfect, this one seems to make sense from the points that it would be impossible to take all those photos from a single camera. http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/pearlharbor.asp A comment on the linked site also disputes the description based on the variation of images.
Glad you're back from the summer schedule. I find something interesting in all your posts.
Well.. the russian might use that term also but the history of the name comes from the days of Julius Caesar himself who adopted the Gallic term of that are that consist most of the present Germany...
@ Jyri: You're absolutely correct, and I think the fact adds even more meaning to the Russians' current use of the term, and more to the Nazis' intended use. Perhaps Herr Absolutely Ridiculous Moustache intended his World Capital to trump all - even, symbolically, Julius' plans for the region. Mitteleuropa, after all, is far from a new concept..
well, it is the same in Italian too... and Germany and Italy were allied countries during the war. I think this is less fascinating but definitely more probable: at the end of the day Hitler called this plan Germania and not Германия (not sure about the spelling, sorry)
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For a very industrial looking cell phone, there is this one made from farming tools...
sci-fi cell phone sculpture :o)
I am so thankful that this gallery does differentiate between concept & finished product, Just because someone cam make a picture of something doesnt mean it can actually be made.I am so sick of tech blogs telling us the flying car or whatever is just round the corner.
You will never purchase any of these "products" at any price because the manufacturing processes in order to produce these phones DOES NOT EXIST!
I am now two cents poorer.
Cell phone stun guns are pretty cool/weird and they already exsist.
www.ShopStunGuns.com
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