There is something very appealing about these personal remote control units. They show that even something seemingly as simple as a remote control can be designed in such a way as to be both functional and visually appealing. The idea is that every member of the family has their own ‘apple’, which they can program to best suit their own TV watching needs. They respond to motion gestures; and rotating the apple left lowers the volume and rotating it right raises it. Whenever the remote is returned to the ‘bowl’ it is recharged.
The only problem with bringing something like this to the market is that you have to convince potential purchasers that the added functionality and style are worth it, given that every device they already own comes with a standard remote which is good enough to get the job done and which they are already used to. I’d be tempted though.
[From the Form Beyond Function Yanko Design website via Gizmodo]
