A blobject is a design product,
often a brightly-coloured household object which has smooth curves and
no sharp edges. The word is a portmanteau of "blob" and "object"
This project revolved around taking two cheap, boring, and
under-designed objects and turning them into something greater than the
sum of its parts.
The visual style of the device is inspired by the
Blobject design trend. Devices such as the iMac G3, iBook Clamshell, and
Rock Candy Xbox 360 controllers were most drawn from.
A theoretical UI was also designed in line with the related UI styling known as Frutiger Aero. The relationship between the physical human factors and the UI was focused on throughout the design process. Style board Form exploration sketches
The outcome of this project is a response to the massive amounts of soulless, cheap, and ultimately landfill destined tech. Generally, consumer tech becomes cheaper and lower quality as it ages. Devices that were once premium, well designed objects spawn cheaper, lower quality versions as they head towards obselecense. Source devicesRapid prototypingIn hand tests for scale Assembled Prototype Final Renders