Posted by Harry
Misc | 07 May 07 | Comments (2) | Stumble
non·object Design Fiction No3 is out, and it's an MP3 object. "What if products could take on the diversity of nature? What if products embodied twists and contours, and off-colored spots? What if a line of MP3 players, say, could be designed to resemble an array of pebbles scattered along an ocean’s shore?". Indeed, what if and why not, the bevel on an iPod Nano was redesigned dozens of times not just for the appearance but also for tactile response...
Didn't Naoto Fukasawa do a pebble cell phone recently? Or is there more to this..
This is a fantastic idea. Besides the original intent, I can see this product as a way of cataloging classic literature or intellectual debate/philosophy or political events with commentary. I imagine a large bowl or tray of pebbles (like in the link) on a coffee or side table with head phones sitting next to it, and someone can fish through them at their leisure to listen.