The beads simulate the feel of smartphones gestures such as swiping and zooming.
A designer in Austria made plastic “substitute phones” to help people curb their smartphone addiction.
The “phones” have beads built into them that simulate the feel of swiping, tapping, and zooming on real smartphones.
The objects are meant to help with the “withdrawal symptoms” people experience when setting down their smartphones.
Klemens Schillinger wants to help you kick your smartphone addiction.
Schillinger, a Vienna-based designer, has created some phone-sized objects that are meant to help wean users off their real devices. The series of five “substitute phones” don’t have any digital features and can’t connect to cellular or WiFi networks. Instead, they have rows of marble-like beads that simulate the feel of swiping, zooming, and tapping on actual smartphones.
Tech: An Austrian designer created ‘substitute phones’ with plastic and stone beads to help people deal with smartphone addiction
