Chinese Scrolls Inspire Cell Phone Design

June 27, 2007

Yun Liang’s scroll cell phone drew inspiration from how traditional Chinese paintings are unfurled. It may be wildly untraditional given our current cell phone market (as in, it must be sleek and chic and have a touchscreen), but it offers a user experience far more unique and tactile than other concepts like the Rainbow gem phone.

When you're not using it, the phone rolls into a neat little tube. All numeric key functions run along the side of the screen, which means it doesn't necessarily have to be unrolled to work. For an additional image, read more

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21 Comments

c0rkie 5 years 40 weeks

uhhh.... no? interesting though

c0rkie 5 years 40 weeks

uhhh.... no?interesting though

woodycakes 5 years 46 weeks

thats so zen. LoL cute though.

lovealways 5 years 46 weeks

I would love something like this :P Awesome idea.

poetess 5 years 46 weeks

Innovative.

poetess 5 years 46 weeks

Innovative.

ninjastarlett 5 years 46 weeks

the idea is pretty cool but it doesn't seem very practical.

saffy1227 5 years 47 weeks

rocking cool

Schaianne 5 years 47 weeks

That is pretty cool! Not sure it's practical enough for me ... but with my Bluetooth ... it would work, hehe.

hotchickrules 5 years 47 weeks

wow

hotchickrules 5 years 47 weeks

wow

bugness 5 years 47 weeks

pretty!!

bugness 5 years 47 weeks

pretty!!

tdamji 5 years 47 weeks

thats so unique! I love that you can roll it all up.

saem 5 years 47 weeks

Finally, someone didn't do what is obvious, a new inspirational design. That is great. Although, I'm not sure how practical talking into/along a cylinder will be.