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28 September 2006

The Black Box

I’d buy such phone right in the minute it hits the shelves. This concept from BenQ (The Black Box
User Interface Communication) received an iF Design Award China 2006 award.

Comments

Fantastic design!

florida | October 22, 2006 18:14 PM

Damnit! it the design I have been envisioning for months! SHows that what wants to be done can be done.

konzeptstudios | October 23, 2006 05:34 AM

Muy interesante el dise?o, conserva la sencillez de las l?neas rectas y el brillo le da status al producto. Sin embargo se podr?a Jugar un poco mas con el contraste de colores, sin perder la elegancia que le caracteriza.

luis fabian | October 23, 2006 09:15 AM

Poly oreo! Nice work. elegant concept that makes the interface the product, instead of something secondary.

Yani Roumeliotis | October 25, 2006 14:58 PM

Please make it!!!!

Ash | October 25, 2006 15:38 PM

I hope someone other than Paris can afford it.

Nicholas Reback | October 25, 2006 16:14 PM

I'm an industrial designer and this is finally a new design that works well and sets itself apart from all the other pieces of junk! WELL DONE!!

DSmithDesign | October 25, 2006 18:14 PM

wow...hope available at store soon.

Mikail | October 26, 2006 04:14 AM

Nice design really, but an old concept, see the nokia fingerprint poster for a 2004 design competition at www.coroflot.com/duvi, but nevertheless nice going.

MagicFlea | October 26, 2006 04:33 AM

This is not a design - its a black box with illustrator graphics on it.

dr. blah | October 26, 2006 09:14 AM

every housewife who is using an ceramic cooker knows how unconvenient it is tu use soft keys - of course you have awsome posibilities but no comfort

mc fly | October 26, 2006 10:34 AM

Yea, cool "concept"...

But design wise...yawn. A glossy black box like everything else.

Coppi | October 26, 2006 13:58 PM

anyone who knows star trek tech knows this was already done for the control interfaces all over the ship on the Enterprise D. not a new design. and buttons with no tactile click response are total crap.

raw | October 27, 2006 10:40 AM

While the solution is conceptually interesting, I question the practicality of an interface that spans the width of the phone. I imagine the buttons are actuated with the slightest touch so what happens as you reach into your pocket to answer your phone (or not answer it)? Are you inadvertently actuating random functions. Are you only able to gingerly grasp the phone on the thin edges to avoid accessing the calendar when you really want to view your address book?

For a product so focused on the interface, it seems little attention was paid to "real world" interaction. Can a 70yr old woman with arthritis use this as easily as a 35yr old lumberjack with big hands?

Jus some ideas to think about.

Designerky | October 27, 2006 14:26 PM

Yes, this design has its quirks. But solving them is what makes it interesting, isn't it?

Eugeniu Clim | October 28, 2006 03:14 AM

But will it not be easily scratched?

Aleksandersen | October 28, 2006 06:19 AM

it depends on the material used. if this concept will ever make it (I doubt it) into production of course.

Eugeniu Clim | October 28, 2006 06:28 AM

The design may also have a biometric scanner on the surface to recognise its user.-and then it functions.
Thats a add-on you may think about.

nikhil | October 28, 2006 09:08 AM

Oh Wow another box!!

| October 29, 2006 16:17 PM

Looks nice, i guess it's like a black iPod... um personatly how does the interface work? how function heavy is this thing? that first screenshot looks interesting but a bit boring, and it's not really that obvious whats going on although in the other renderings it's a lot more clearer, hopefully if they get to do some proper interaction design they can will come up with a much better resolved product.

Jay | October 30, 2006 21:59 PM