

Runcible - The Anti-Smartphone
Runcible is a smart pocket device made in the US by designer Aubrey Anderson and Jason Proctor. It is an elegant, palm-sized mobile phone that is circular and made out of sustainably sourced hardwood and upgradable electronics. As powerful as a smartphone, but designed with a sense of quiet serenity and longevity, this anti-smartphone can do "smartphone things" like make calls, type, take pictures & video, explore the web and get directions. The rest of the time, Runcible is

The Sustainable Wood Computer
Since most computers are designed to last only a couple of years, Americans throw away more than 9.4 million tons of e-waste each year. The designers of Volta V want to put an end to this insanity by introducing a desk computer made out of handcrafted wood. The unibody chassis is made from domestically-sourced, selectively-cut trees in the USA and can be repaired and upgraded anytime without leaving any traces of e-junk behind. It is a sustainable, powerful computer equipped

The Im-perfectly Good Wooden Radio
Behind the simple form of these wooden radios lies a deep relationship between the designer, the user and his product. Rejecting the maintenance-free approach to things, these radios push us to not only maintain but also to take care of what we buy. The radios, designed in Indonesia by the designers from Magno, only have a wooden oil-finish applied to them. However, this will not completely protect the wood and the owner will have to take additional care of it by regularly co