The Natural Year Phone
by Je-Hyun Kim
(designer: Je-Hyun Kim)
This was created in the name of recycling… after all, how durable do we want our devices to be when they become near-obsolete in five years? The phone is made of hay (or should we say of “weed”?) and completely disintegrates in two years’ time – only the screen and soft keys remain behind, and even these may be subsequently recycled. However, we have doubts about its practicality. Just one of those “nice to see, good to hold… but no thanks!” pieces of technology
