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Nobody needed a Cybertruck-inspired Xbox gaming console, but we’ll show you one anyway

Haters are going to say this isn’t real. Design-literate haters are going to say this isn’t ergonomic. Before you lose your mind because of some deep-seated logic that every single thing needs to make sense, relax, it’s just a harmless concept.

A concept’s biggest objective is to open the mind to possibilities. To spark the imagination, to inspire… not to be feasible. That’s what this is. The Tesla CyberBox is an exploration/exercise in taking the design language of one product and superimposing it onto another as a neat CMF experiment. The CyberBox comes with an edgy console that looks borderline Alienware-worthy, and a controller to match. Made with that same nude metallic finish and sporting the same sort of edge-lighting as Tesla’s pickup concept, the console and controller do a pretty remarkable job of carrying automotive details onto consumer tech design. Designer Martin Hajek’s commitment to the tiny details is absolutely awe-inspiring too – for instance, if you take a closer look at the controller, the joysticks are styled as wheels, and you’ve even got a polygonal ring where the joystick meets the controller too, perfectly mimicking the mud-guards on the Cybertruck. Even the XYAB buttons on the controller come with a Tesla-inspired twist, sporting glyphs from the company’s logo!

I know what some of you are thinking, though. The low-poly design on the controller would be uncomfortable to hold… and a metallic body would cause it to heat up, burning your hands if you play for too long. Don’t stress yourself out, though. The world has much bigger problems than a conceptual design that doesn’t (and hopefully won’t ever) exist. Just think of it as a Render Weekly challenge!

Designer: Martin Hajek

Sarang Sheth
Sarang is the co-editor in chief of Yanko Design. He is a former industrial designer at a Bangalore-based multidisciplinary design studio, working in areas including appliances, FMCG, packaging, technology, luxury, etc. Sarang has written about design and technology for over a decade and has been a jury member on international design awards. He occasionally works on tech concepts featured on Forbes, The Verge, Hypebeast, Digital Trends, SlashGear, Tom's Guide, LetsGoDigital, and Unbox Therapy. Sarang graduated from MIT Institute of Design, Pune.
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