Analoge Formen: Holzdesign für iPhone und iPad

Lese-Tipp: Jonas Damon versucht die These „Industrial design is dying“ mit kleinen Konzept-Entwürfen zu widerlegen, die iPhone und iPad aus ihren Formen-Zwängen (schmale Bauform, rechteckiges Display, keine „Seele“) ausbrechen lassen sollen. Führt euch die Artikel zu Gemüte.

Damon weiß wovon er spricht:

Compare that with today’s devices: a rectangular screen, tight bezel, flat back. This description can be applied to any number of devices: TVs, phones, media players (themselves endangered species), tablets. How is a device supposed to assert its identity, its soul? […] Technology really can set us free. Whereas designers in the past had no choice but to work with the bulk they’ve been given, we can now selectively build around some devices. Technology is getting small enough where a little extra physicality can go long way.