Let your laptop make a style-statement

I just recently saw the HP Spectre laptop in person. It’s INCREDIBLY thin (thinner than my phone too), and packs quite a punch… but to be honest, I was wowed not by its vital stats. I’m a much bigger fan of the visual aesthetic it set. Black and Gold make for an extremely premium experience (Bruce Wayne would concur) which I feel HP should seriously embrace. Ascetic is a laptop that does that. However, it also goes a step further to marry great aesthetics with incredible functionality. Ascetic is for the flourishing businessman who wants to flaunt his laptop like he flaunts his Rolex. Designed to be carried without a case/sleeve/bag, the Ascetic has a fold-out handle that enables you to carry it around as you would a briefcase. Because laptop sleeves are so passé. Plus did you check out that typewriter style keyboard?! Someone calm my beating heart!

Designer: Andre Fangueiro

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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