concept top smartphones: October 2015

We’ve seen our

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share of concepts, high tech phones with ubercool features, modular devices and crazy specs. However, sometimes designers just go back to basics and return to the roots and core of concepts. For example designer Guo Qing has envisioned the minimalistic phone below, that managed to win the Red Dot Award for Design 2015.

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The core of the idea goes like this: since this model doesn’t have a screen or keypad, all those extra functions of a modern mobile phone are removed and the fundamentals are kept. This handset can serve as a wallet and business card case and the device is meant to address the issue of global smartphone addiction. The designer killed off all components that made the device convenient to use, in order to free people from addiction to smartphones.

The body of this handset is made of wood, linen and straw fabric, in order to adopt a more eco-friendly approach. You need to perform a special sequence in order to dial a number and this complexity is supposed to make it harder to make unnecessary calls. Somehow this feels like a phone that Ikea would make.

X SHAPE INSPIRED BY THE CORE VALUE: SCREW

The JuicePresso X is a high performance slow juicer. The greatest characteristic of the JuicePresso X is its ability to squeeze fruits and vegetables slowly to make fresh, rich juice. Other juicers have sharp, quickly-spinning blades which cause frictional heat and shock to the food. On the other hand, its heavy, strong screw crushes fruit and vegetables against the sides at low speeds, so there is little damage to nutrients.

ICONIC DESIGN, OPTIMIZED FOR THE EXTRACTION EFFICIENCY

The iconic X shape is optimized for the efficiency of the juice extraction and screw structure. This shape was designed with the product’s functionality as a design characteristic. When viewed from the side, the diagonal symmetry catches the eye. External parts are minimized while the design remains unique.