[Scott Yu-Jan] is a big fan of the iPhone’s standby mode. Put the phone on charge horizontally, and it looks all stylish, with sleek widgets and clocks and stuff showing you information you presumably care about. [Scott] enjoyed this so much, in fact, he whipped up a custom charging dock to make the most of it.
The design was a collaboration with artist [Overwork], who mentioned the DN 40 alarm clock created by legendary designer [Dieter Rams]. [Overwork] sent [Scott] a draft inspired by that product, and he printed one up. It featured an integrated MagSafe charger to juice up the iPhone, and pressing into one side of the phone would pop it free. It was cool, but a little clumsy to use.
[Scott] liked the basic concept, but shows us how he iterated upon it to make it even nicer. He added in a wireless charger for AirPods in the back, gave the device adhesive feet, and a big chunky eject button to release the phone when desired.
You can also grab the files to print your own if you so desire! We’ve seen [Scott’s] work before, too, like his neat 3D scanner build. Video after the break.
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I wish I was better at mechanical design. This is very cool!
Needs a big bluetooth speaker hidden in it, that connects when the iPhone is charging. Using Shortcuts, or whatever the iPhone equivalent of Tasker is called. Really cool though
I like those passive acoustic channels that you can get to help direct the sound from a phone.
Sleek for sure I thought it was one device at first then I noticed the time. OK.
I love the look of this!
The look is great!
I would expect that the plastic feels cheap to thetouch and clunky when knocked on. I guess it should be filled with a little sand/concrete/epoxy to dampen the mostly hollow inside…