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We are feeling a special kind of love for Chris Kabel’s Porcelain Kettle
via Dezeen

We’re not interested in all retro technology at Hulger. But we do like this keyboard and LCD monitor from Steampunk. Beautiful to look at, beautifully made and has an integrity that moves it from a gimmick to something truly desirable.

These cellphone mods we found on Make are interesting.

One minute telephone conversations embroidered into ‘home sweet home’ frames by artist Louisa Bufardeci.
via vvork

Artwork by Robert Wechsler
via vvork

From Giffin’Termeer at P32:
Designed to accommodate the many power adapters cluttering our living space, this ship powers our electronic devices with their cords in its wake. It also makes apparent the infrastructure behind all those power cords.
Most electronic devices in use everyday are manufactured in one province in China and are delivered to us by [...]

We like Duncan Wilson’s updated cup phone, entitled the Cup Communicator

These paintings see some kind of beauty in all the technical mayhem we usually find an irritation. With wi-fi permeating every known device, we’ll soon look on wires with the nostalgia already present in these images. I met Miltos Manetas briefly at a Neen show a couple of years ago.
from ikiniki

David Moises created this controllable matrix of cigarettes. The brightness of the burn is controlled by suckers so any shape can be displayed.
from vvork 

Looks like we’re not the only retro phone lovers. from core77