Lucky Black Cat is IoT enabled and controls your home

Pets make for excellent company and communicating with them is a great solution to loneliness. But for some, the option for having a pet just isn’t there as the responsibility that comes with them simply doesn’t fit in with their busy day-to-day lives.

There is a plethora of Smart Hubs are on the market, but the Black Cat stands out from these as it ditches the futuristic and rigid design that these carry, and instead combines the elements of a familiar pet with Apple’s minimalist sensibility.

Black Cat not only acts as a rather hassle-free companion that’s ready to greet the user when they return home but also offers the capability of controlling the electronic devices within it. By connecting Black Cat to other smart devices, the user is able to answer their phone, check their schedule, operate the lights, etc. without leaving their digital companion’s side!

Designers: Jungho Lee & YoungWoo Jeong

Structure & CMF

“We used a matte black texture like a black cat that looks at the user from a distance but sometimes comes close and sympathetic. Also, it can be a natural harmony with space by using natural curve of the product,” Lee told Yanko Design.

Smart Home Controlling

By connecting with other smart devices, Black cat controls them with user’ information received from the other devices. People can answer the phone, check their schedule, and turn on and off the light and home appliances. This AI-based controller enables people to interact with home appliances as communicating with real pets.

Collaboration with Apple

They started the project with the idea ‘What if Apple made a smart device that shaped Siri?’ So, they added an image of a black cat, like Apple’s chic image, to a smart device and added friendliness.

Communicate with your Black Cat

They designed a friendly-looking IoT product that resembled a cat. As an example of IoT, they designed the concept using Siri A.I. system.

A Toaster that Pops up a Sanitized, Charged Smartphone!

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A phone sees a lot of use in a lot of varying environments, so it’s to be expected that during the course of the day they will pick unwanted and potentially harmful germs. While this is far from being an unknown fact, a lot of us simply do not find the time, or simply forget, to keep our phones clean!

Hello! is the answer to this problem, and it does so in a quirky and playful manner. Taking inspiration heavily from a toaster, this desk-top device sterilize the smartphone while simultaneously topping up its charge! When both processes are complete the phone will ‘pop-up’; this acts as a visual indicator to signify the end of the process, while also adding an element of fun into the product.

This all happens within a device that features a sci-fi-like aesthetic, with its transparent casing that gently glows as the sterilization process is carried out!

Designers: Jeong Hwan Sohn & JungHo Lee

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“According to the National Center for Cell Science (NCCS), the daily smartphone we carry is detected 18 times more than the bacteria in the toilet bowl,” explains Sohn.

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“In order to increase the usability of the wireless charger, We studied the user environment of the toaster and applied it”

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A Big Buttoned Iron for Dummies!

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As playful as it looks, the Pushiron’s single red button isn’t just for show… it results in enhanced safety and intuitive use. By twisting it, the design’s bright focal point gives the user complete control to adjust temperature and mode settings. By pressing it, on/off functionality can be toggled and the quick-cooling feature engaged for safety. Simple, easy to use, and aesthetically sleek, the only thing else you need is water to add a bit of steam to your press!

Designer: Jungho Lee

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