Written on January 25, 2009 – 5:36 pm | by Maria Mihale |
Maybe the best looking, this is more appropriate, because, as you can easily see in the pictures, this is a special device with a unique silhouette that is able to catch anyone’s attention. And if you thought that in this new era, which seems to be governed by economic chaos, when people don’t have the means to enjoy every caprice that might cross their minds, designers find themselves in the situation of not following their inspiration, then you’re so very wrong.



More and more concepts have the privilege to see the light of the day, showing everyone that the crisis didn’t affect (at least not yet) the imagination and the ambition of the mankind.

When I wrote about the Samsung lavender, a concept phone created by a young designer, Andrew Kim, the first thought to cross my mind was related to the fact that the technological development has nothing to do with age. Being encouraged by the reaction caused by the Samsung Lavender concept phone, he dared to do much more, coming up with the Soma MP3 player.



The name comes from “somatic sensation”, a syntagm that refers, of course, to the touch experience. This is the reason why the young designer decided to use several exotic materials, such as leather, bamboo, stainless steel, denim and plastic.

According to the designer, the most important aspect concerning this concept device is its unusual shape, a more fluid one. And Andrew Kim gives us the explanation for choosing it: “Everything is square in today’s world. We wake up in a square bed, look out in a square window, watch the news on a square TV and eat three square meals a day. All the electronics in the market share this trend. The Soma breaks this tradition with a unique, fluid shape. The elegant and dynamic curves of the Soma are exquisite but also feel great in the hand. Every surface of the Soma flows into the next, creating a intrinsic and natural feeling”.



As far as the features are concerned, they include: two displays, a large 3.5 touch sensitive LCD (this one is for displaying the key information) and a secondary one, an LCD also, placed below the first one (this one, on the other hand, is used for a better navigation) and an internal memory of 32GB SSD.

Unfortunately, we’re talking about a concept device, which will most certainly have the same fate as the Samsung Lavender concept phone. Such a shame. Because, as I said before, this might not be the best portable media player in the world, but it sure is a very good looking one.

(Source: Techpin)