Pesi designs homeware that incorporates wireless charging
South Korean design studio Pesi has created a range of furniture and homeware products, which each incorporate wireless charging technology to rid smartphone users of wires and cables.
The Seoul-based studio created the range as part of Samsung's Creative Square competition, which tasked young design companies with creating new "mobile environments".
Through its project, Pesi wanted to create a space where smartphone users wouldn't feel as though they're surrounded by electronics.
They proposed doing this through the use of furniture that incorporates wireless charging technology, which sees electromagnetic induction used to power products that use coil-type batteries.
Pesi co-founder Seungjoon Song described the furniture as "charging environments", which would feel natural and less incongruous in living spaces. "As the use of mobile products is increasing today, we analysed not only the form and function of the mobile product itself, but also the environment where they are used," said Song.
"We focused on where people charge their mobile devices," said Song. "We realised that chargers are usually used on tables, desks or dressers, and we thought that if we fused them with objects usually found in these places, then they?d have new functions."
The products are split into two ranges ? Composition and On The Surface.
On The Surface combines a flat wireless-charging surface with desktop items, including a container, clo...
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