KDDI's au design launches Media Skin, Hexagon and Machina

Those wacky designers at KDDI's au design project are at it again, this time with some slick new cellphone designs with cryptic names and even more unusual PR shots. Tokujin Yoshioka's Media Skin, (above left), may look like a new polymer coating, but actual product shots show a more conventional, albeit sleek, case (above, right). The other two designs, Machina and Hexagon, come from Waterscope Design, and are also accompanied by suitably mysterious looking pics and pointless text. We assume that, at some point, KDDI will tell us what's so unique about these, but in the meantime, we're still hoping for a version of Media Skin that looks like the concept shot; it could be the perfect solution to everything from scratched iPod nanos to chipped fingernails.

[Eric @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM]

I've always been curious about using plastidip for an ipod skin. The picture reminded me of the stuff. Has anyone tried using it?

http://www.plastidip.com/consumer/index.html

[Evan @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM]

I heard dipping your ipod in water is a better way to protect it, you should try that first

[Bible and Apologetics Teacher @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM]

Hm.... dipping an electronic device into a polymer dissolved in organic solvents... sounds like a great way to get plastic all over the circuit boards. :)