Based on his work at MIT and Distance Lab, Stefan Agamanolis reports on hot trends in communication and connectedness that are doing battle with quality and distance in unexpected ways.
Iso-phone / by Stefan Agamanolis (Distance Lab)
Only a couple of decades ago our primary means of telecommunication was the telephone box, which essentially provides a contextually neutral space for remote conversation. Entering a telephone box equates to a cessation of all other activities, allowing the individual to concentrate solely on the conversation. The growth of mobile telephone usage however has led to telecommunication being practiced in an efficient rather that a qualitative manner. The mobile phone decontextualizes conversation. It extracts talk from specific social context, offering the user freedom to communicate from virtually any social situation regardless of the suitability. It is down to the sensitivity and discretion of the user to decide if the circumstances are suitable for communicating.
The Iso-phone attempts to redress this awkwardness and imbalance by providing a space totally dedicated to telecommunication. Going against the grain of mainstream design, the Iso-phone trades contemporary preoccupation with efficient, ubiquitous and multi-functioning products for quality and depth of a singular experience, requiring total immersion into the telecommunications media.
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