Since my phone is always tossed in my purse, I need to have it set to vibrate and ring to be able to tell that someone is calling me. Now the CopyLight phone light by designer Sang-Hoon Lee adds another sensory (tactile and auditory being the other two senses) experience into the call-reception mix.
The CopyLight phone light is not just an ordinary light that flashes on your phone as it rings; rather, the light is designed to “flow like water,” Lee tells The Design Blog. Because the light will essentially flow outward, the phone user knows when he or she is getting a call because they can see the light flowing from out of their pocket or handbag.
What's Driving This Trend
- Flowing Phone Lights
- Opportunity to develop more innovative ways to enhance the sensory experience of phone calls beyond just vibration and sound.
- Design-led Phone Accessories
- Opportunity for designers to integrate aesthetically pleasing and functional elements into everyday phone accessories.
- Enhanced Phone Notification
- Opportunity to develop more engaging and immersive notification systems for smartphones.
Who This Affects Most
- Technology
- Industry leaders could focus on improving and refining the sensory experience of smartphone use.
- Fashion
- Fashion industry could incorporate decorative and functional phone accessories into their product offerings.
- Consumer Electronics
- Manufacturers could produce more unique and innovative notification systems that differentiate their products from competitors.
