Designers make desktop computers and mice out of honey and ice
Industrial designers Hank Beyer and Alex Sizemore have made prototype computers from unconventional materials such as ice and honey to explore how people value emotional connection versus usability.
Called For the Rest of Us, Beyer and Sizemore made the retro desktops from the regional materials that can be commonly found in the US states of Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan and New York.
Top: A computer made of honeycomb. Above: The collection includes a computer made of ice
As well as ice and honey, the project comprises desktops and accessories such as mice made from coal, limestone, sandstone, lard, peat and clay.
The designers hope that their project will prompt a range of emotional responses, from the inquisitive to the humorous.
The designers made a desktop and mouse out of limestone Beyer and Sizemore said they wanted to question the nature of everyday objects in a consumerist society by selecting materials picked solely for their emotional value, rather than their usability. Some of the computers are operational, whilst others are mockups.
"Our computers aren't meant to be realistic proposals for the future of computing," Beyer and Sizemore told Dezeen.
"They are symbols of how simply shifting an object's material can change the relationship between people and the products they interact with," the designers explained.
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