‘Quartz Tele' Turns a Phone Call Into a Geological Study
Alexandra Choli — February 20, 2009 — Art & Design
References: coroflot & newlaunches
Opposing the ultra-thin craze, the luminous ‘Quartz Tele’ extends its tentacle numerals towards your fingertips and lures you in for a phone call. The daring concept incorporates large quartz crystals for each number; pushing each crystal triggers the LED lights embedded beneath to give a more dramatic tone to making a phone call.
A funky grandma design, the super-sized dial pad stirs images of a biochemistry lab, thus making the sequence selection that more important: A wrong mix of numbers may bring the end to… a phone call!
A funky grandma design, the super-sized dial pad stirs images of a biochemistry lab, thus making the sequence selection that more important: A wrong mix of numbers may bring the end to… a phone call!
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