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Fiskers 88 - Designer Headphone Amplifier Concept

post #1 of 9
3/10/11 at 4:47am
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First off, some eye candy:

 

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What if Sony made cars, Apple made dishwashers and Google made furniture? This poses a unique opportunity for a designer to take a company’s brand identity and apply it to a market they don’t currently serve. Designer Edouard Urcadez took the Fiskars brand aesthetic (known for shears and garden tools) and translated it into a HDD headphone amplifier called the “88.”

It’s minimal but with just enough exaggeration to easily be identified as a Fiskars product. The 88 stores music on its HDD but also connects up to four speakers if headphones aren’t your thing.

I like these little creative exercises and I think he did a great job. I’m expecting more rubber though. Fiskars is big on ergonomics and everything the hand touches is usually coated in rubber.

Designer: Edouard Urcadez

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Love the minimalist industrial look!

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post #2 of 9
3/10/11 at 5:31pm

Man, I read about this in Engadget...cool beans.

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post #3 of 9
3/10/11 at 5:47pm

It's very pretty but I picture it falling right over once speakers are plugged in.

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post #4 of 9
3/10/11 at 5:52pm
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It's just a pity there aren't any credible specifications on output power and the works to go with them fine looks. Wonder what it will go for tho.

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post #5 of 9
3/10/11 at 5:56pm

I doubt that's an issue. It's a concept design, probably only exists as drawings and a 3D modeling file, and is not intended for production.

 

I'm sure that if a manufacturer finds it appealing enough they could probably work out a deal.

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post #6 of 9
3/10/11 at 6:20pm

How do you navigate through the music files on the  HDD? It's like a love child between  a music server and the Shuffle. Small for a music server, but  no screen nor video output.

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post #7 of 9
3/10/11 at 7:06pm
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Originally Posted by ProtegeManiac View Post

How do you navigate through the music files on the  HDD? It's like a love child between  a music server and the Shuffle. Small for a music server, but  no screen nor video output.


Music server with no screen? Absolute hell... 

 

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post #8 of 9
3/10/11 at 7:41pm
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Music server with no screen? Absolute hell... 

 


Valid point! I guess this really does remain exclusively in the realm of "concept" lifestyle products, for the moment at least!

 

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post #9 of 9
3/10/11 at 9:31pm


 

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Originally Posted by crumpler View Post

It’s minimal but with just enough exaggeration to easily be identified as a Fiskars product. The 88 stores music on its HDD but also connects up to four speakers if headphones aren’t your thing.

I like these little creative exercises and I think he did a great job. I’m expecting more rubber though. Fiskars is big on ergonomics and everything the hand touches is usually coated in rubber.

Designer: Edouard Urcadez

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Too bad this thing will never see production because I like overall aesthetic.  However, I own 3 different pairs of Fiskars and the only thing this amp has in common with them is that it's got some silvery metal. Slap a big ole hunk of orange plastic on there 'n' maybe I'll agree with Edouard abotu the "easily identified" part.

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