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<< Previous | Next >> June 5, 2012Facebook Phone Design
Spotted on Yanko Design, a Facebook phone as imagined by designer Michal Bonikowski. April 21, 2012Shikun Sun’s DrawBraille smartphone for the blind
[Inhabitat via Yankodesign] May 5, 2011Flexible Display PaperPhoneSpotted on Daily Mobile, a video of a touch phone responding not to a touch screen, but to bending it's flexible frame. Other paper phones blogged by textually over the years. May 3, 2011April 15, 2011Origami cell phone design concept
Spotted on Ubergizmo, an origami phone design concept by Chengyuan Wei. [via Yanko Design] Links to other origami and paper phones blogged by textually over the years. April 5, 2011Aston Martin Smartphone
Spotted on Tom's Guide, an Aston Martin smartphone concept. According to Telematics News:
March 14, 2011Elfoid: A humanoid mobile phone
Spotted on Pink Tentacle, a prototype of a handheld humanoid phone, called "Elfoid P1", developped by robotics researchers from Osaka University who teamed up with NTT Docomo and Qualcomm. The creepy concept was unveiled at a presentation in Tokyo on March 3. It should be available in 5 years. December 14, 2010Cell phone concept phones blow, kiss and touch to make talking intimateSpeaking at a TED event in Berlin, design researcher, Fabian Hemmert showed off three cellphone prototypes that would put the "touch" back in "keeping in touch." Dvice reports.
Read full article. Related, sort of: Two Pantech cellphones launched in 2009 featured "wind recognition", allowing users to blow an emoticon kiss during a video call. December 4, 2010Levitating cell phone concept
Yanko Design reports on what may just be the next big thing in smartphone/charger design.
[via PC World] October 12, 2010Innovation: The smartphone's shape-shifting futureThe smartphone of the future might lose its sleek, solid shell to become soft and squeezable, able to alter its appearance to signal an alert. New Scientist reports.
Read full article. Other squeezable cell phone concepts: -The soft phone concept by Qian October 7, 2010Nokia New Concept Phone Lets You Re-Charge in Your PocketI've gotten bored with concept phones, but this one caught my eye. The Nokia E-Cu by Patrick Hyland let's you recharge in your pocket. [via Inhabitat] May 18, 2010iPhone Killer: A statement about current tech products and status
Spotted on boingboing via Dezeen, Ronen Kadishin's "iPhonekiller". An open-source mallet for smashing up iPhones, the device features 1.6kg of laser-cut steel attached to a wooden handle.The design can be downloaded and adapted from Kadushin’s website. In his own words:
Open Design [Ronen kadishin via Dezeen] October 12, 2009Concept phones Gallery on Le MondeFrench daily Le Monde published an amazing gallery of concept phones last Friday. Below are are my two favorites: The soap phone, it's washable.
The fold-a-phone. So thin, you can fold it like paper.
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October 9, 2009The Bathphone
Spotted on Trendhunter, the bathphone concept phone. To take calls while you soak. By South Korean designer Yoon Ungnoh. September 25, 2009DoCoMo Shows Off Concept Phone Made from Wood
[via Cellular News] Related concept phones made out of wood: -- The nautical-aesthetic S-SERIES wooden mobile phone -- S-series: wood-like concept mobile phone -- Woood (2007) - Smart Phone Concept -- The Ziricote (wooden) PHONE. One of a kind by Hulger -- Gresso's mobile phone made of African Blackwood and Gold -- Wooden handmade Cellphones from Mozambique September 9, 2009The Molecular Telephone
Spotted on Yanko Design, a Molecular Telephone concept. By Tjep Design for the O2 company. September 5, 2009A new Color Rings Cell Phone Concept
Spotted on IntoMobile via Ubergizmo, a new Color Rings ‘Handset’ concept from designers bck. We haven't seen one of these since 2004. In their own words: The color rings are an accessory for cell phones that are inspired in the gestural language of the use of the phone. It is conceived as an extension of the hand, which makes their use a more natural one, and more comfortable and more attractive as well. Other Ring Phones: -- The Ring Phone - The winning submission at the 2004 Siemens Design Challenge. a competition for best new mobile phone design. -- Ring phone concept - 24-year old designer Tao Ma won first prize in the Sony Ericsson 2004 Phone Concept Design Competition in China for his Ring Phone Concept. -- Let Your Fingers and Toes Do the Talking- A Ring Phone concept for mobile phones, part of Technojewelry which incorporates emerging electronics into everyday attire. August 23, 2009X-ray Photograph of a cell phone
Nick Veasey uses x-ray machines of various sizes to create stunning photography of everyday objects. Ad Lab via The Telegraph. August 22, 2009A different-looking phone concept
A phone concept from New York based still life photographer Horacio Salinas. He works with Vogue, The New York Times, GQ amongst other to create fashion editorial or even illustrate articles. [via Trend.Land] August 19, 2009Window Phone concept predicts the weather
Spotted on Yanko Design, The ‘Window Phone’ concept by Seunghan Song that makes accurate predictions and even changes its display to reflect the climatic conditions outdoors. August 14, 2009Universal Phone Concept for both blind and sighted people
The Universal Phone, by D Seunghan Song, is designed for both blind and sighted people. How does it work? Thousands of micro pins dynamically raise and lower forming a tactile surface for all to get touchy with. Sighted people get the elusive tactile. July 19, 2009Fat burning concept phone
[via Trendhunter] June 29, 2009Take a cell phone Swig!
The “Cheers” cell phone concept is powered by an efficient, maybe even energy-saving Alcohol-cell. By Designer: Tryi Yeh. [via Yanko Design] June 23, 2009The Power Of My Wrist
The Dyson Energy Bracelet - by designers: Mathieu Servais, Camille Lefer, Clément Faydi & Mickaël Denié - is a gadget that uses Seebeck effect (= the thermoelectric effect is the direct conversion of temperature differences to electric voltage and vice versa. ) to harness energy and power your mobile phones for a few precious minutes more, when you desperately need it. [via Yanko Design] June 8, 2009Phone, Ear-Phone, Phone Concept
Spotted on Yanko Design, the Kambala, a mobile phone that transforms to an earphone. Simply pop the center piece and the earpiece clip pings out; clip this to your ear, and you got a phone-earphone. By Designer: Ilshat Garipov. Motorola celebrates 25 years of mobile phones with 12 concepts that look nothing like mobile phones
[via Core77] June 1, 2009Holographic Text MessagesSpotted on TrendHunting.
April 20, 2009Ondo Concept Phone Twists and Bends to Edit Music
Spotted on Mobiledia, the Ondo, a new concept music phone that physically twists and bends to edit music on the go. April 14, 2009Glassy Glassy Mobile Phone Concept
Spotted on Ubergizmo via Likecool, The Glassy Glassy Mobile Phone Concept by Tokyo based designer Mac Funamizu. Pretty. March 10, 2009Touch Screen Rotary Phone
Spotted on Yanko Design, a Touch Screen Rotary phone by Designer Mark Miller.
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