Also among the Central St Martins Nokia design concept phones was this "allmyfriends" bead bracelet designed by Jack Godfrey Wood. It's faintly similar in concept to those Buddy Beads and the Cellular Bracelet we had on here a while back. The idea is that you create your own little personalised bead (in an "allmyfriends" booth) that you can hand out freely to all your friends (and anyone you meet of a drunken evening).
They add it to their bracelet (or necklace) and squeeze your particular avatar-esque bead when they want to call you. When the call comes in, the bead on your bracelet will light up, and you can take the call using the accompanying ring, which includes a mic and also acts as a receiver, sending sounds up your cupped hand to your ear.
Neat idea, although not so fun if you don't have many bead buddies. You'd end up having to wear beads sent by your local pizza delivery company and your favoured cab firm to avoid looking like nobby no mates.
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good concept but i think there are still lots of design aspect that should be considered.