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Hey Facebook Friend, I’m Busy!

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The AVA is a Smartphone cover with unique communicative capabilities. It uses the built-in accelerometer or gyroscope of the Smartphone, to intuitively change your social network status to ‘absent’, ‘available’, ‘busy’, or ‘away’. For example, if you are logged into Facebook, and want to switch your status from ‘available’ to ‘invisible’, then simply nudge the shell to a side-face. This not only changes the status but also changes the mode from ‘ring’ to ‘silent’. The only other corresponding mode is ‘vibrate’.

  • AVA transforms your phone in your avatar by functioning as a bridge between the physical and virtual worlds.
  • Users can change their virtual status by physically interacting with their Smartphone.
  • By leaning the phone up, down or to one side or the other, the user can generate a status: ‘absent’, ‘available’, ‘busy’, or ‘away’.
  • This synchronizes with different social networks. The phone will correspondingly be set to the appropriate mode – such as ‘vibrate’, ‘ring’, or ‘silent’.

AVA is a 2013 red dot award: design concept winner!

Designer: Germain Verbrackel

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(Hey Facebook Friend, I’m Busy! was originally posted on Yanko Design)

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Form Follows Function, Maybe!

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Gotto love the cheeky tagline of the 3F Concept Vacuum Cleaner, it says ‘Form Follows Function.’ Given that Yanko Design believes that ‘Form Beyond Function’, the debate surrounding this vacuum’s form and function, can get quite heated! To tie it up for you, the Triple”F” is a cleaner that it cleans, disinfects and freshens the air in your home.

The inspiration for this vacuum comes from ballet dancing: while at work it resembles a skirt, floating gracefully over your floor. Thanks to the different built-in filters, you can interchange the scented filters to get the aroma of your choice.

Features:

  • When the vacuum is OFF, it stands erect to avoid wastage of space in compact apartments.
  • When it is ON, it extends its base to gain better stability and a wider working surface.
  • The 3F cleaner is fully autonomous and can even reach its charging base on its own.
  • It can be controlled via smartphones and tablets, so that the user can ensure cleanliness remotely.

Designer: Germain Verbrackel

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