MP3 BLOBJECT

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 object was designed to harness the feeling of nostalgia, despite being new. It is meant to play off the visual styles of the Blobject design trend. Devices such as the iMac G3, iBook Clamshell, and Rock Candy Xbox 360 controllers were most drawn from. By calling back to these distinct objects from a certain time period, many users may feel nostalgic, despite never having seen this object before. Can we create a more sustainable object by creating an emotional link to it, encouraging the user to keep it for longer?
The physical aspect of this project revolved around taking two cheap, boring, and under-designed objects and turning them into something greater than the sum of its parts.

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. How can we take these objects and turn them into something emotionally valuable?

Source devices
Rapid prototyping
In hand tests for scale

Assembled Prototype

Final Renders

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