I will give you a prediction here and now. The upswing in high-tech technology integrated into every facet of our lives will soon (say 5+ years from now) experience a backlash started by none other than us; designers. The Circle Phone is an example of such a backlash.
Designer Jin Le believes there will be a yearning for simplicity. His circle phone eschews almost everything current electronic design goes for. You won’t find a touchscreen here. There’s only 3 buttons and a rotary style dial pad set in a very modern looking ring.
Designer: Jin Le
i totally agree with you. most of our devices have around 5,000 functions that we never use. okay, so i’m exaggerating. but our pace of life and other cultural forces i think will drive us to designs that help us feel uncluttered. i know i already feel this.
that’s true paul.electronic product itself should not showed so many cold and soulless technology.
but when I have to choose at least two or three things to bring with somewhere, I will pick up a multipurpose gadget….sometimes we need to have multi functional appliances instead of single functional things. If you once have a versatile unit, you will not need to buy single functional gadget…
First of all the idea of simplicity has been around for ages not a new thing(i.e the Bauhaus). If its a cell phone then it’s way to big and impractical, if it’s regular phone then is obsolete. Why are designer obsessed with putting holes in everything! Want a prediction! If we as designer don’t get off our butts and start tackling real problems that address a much larger population of the world instead off feeding our obsession for the object, we will end up with mountains made from electronics. Hummm! Oh ya that’s already happening!
where can I buy one!!!????
Simplicity is nice, but how do you hear the call?