Siemens Gigaset Eco Visions: Solar

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red dot award: design concept 2008

design:

Gigaset Communications Gmbh

Designer: Hans-Henning Brabänder

Formwelt Industriedesign

Designer: Henriette Deking

Gigaset Solar is the high-end phone in the Siemens Gigaset Eco Visions line. With solar cells covering its front face, it does away with cords for recharging. Pure, separable materials add to its environmentally friendly credentials.

The Gigaset Eco Visions are showcases for promising new ways to shape the future of environmentally friendly home communication. Gigaset Solar, the high-end phone in the Gigaset Eco Visions line, has solar cells covering its front to provide a self-sustaining energy supply. It recharges naturally when exposed to light. Made with pure, separable materials including metal, eco-plastics and glass, the Gigaset Solar combines a high-tech appearance with an intelligent product concept requiring less energy and fewer components.

For consumers, making the charger unnecessary is the next step in the evolution of cordless telephony. Fewer wires and parts mean more personal freedom in organising home communication and integrating it with the user’s personal living environment. The combination of a transparent OLED display with balanced sensor technology enables function-specific keypad labelling and provides easy and direct access to a wide range of product features. Another of the many ergonomic properties of the Gigaset Solar is the haptical separation of individual keys. This allows more intuitive use and gives the faceplate a clear user orientation. The eco- index on the soft-touch back of the phone lists environmentally relevant facts to give users a clear idea of the energy consumption, built-in technologies, materials and recyclability of the product.