Finite Elemente's Hohrizontal 51 iPod / iPhone dock is its own shelf

The world needs another iPod / iPhone dock like it needs another billion gallons of oil floating around in the Atlantic, but there's something eerily seductive about Finite Elemente's latest piece. The Hohrizontal 51 is no average dock, and in our estimation, it's a design element first and Apple accessory second. Designed to be wall mounted and hold up to 55 pounds, this stunning shelf integrates an iPod / iPhone dock into itself, and the inbuilt speakers / video outputs make it even more functional. There's plenty of space for a bedroom-sized HDTV, and if you're careful, maybe even an iMac. Too bad the $660 MSRP all but eliminates the hope of you ever springing for one, but hey, if you ever needed encouragement to sharpen your carpentry skills, you needn't look further than the source link below.

[Sepirioth Posted May 3rd 2010 11:09AM]

I was salivating and already clearing space in my head until I reached the MSRP... still a beautiful design!

[StraightUp Posted May 3rd 2010 11:17AM]

@Sepirioth
That iPod sticking up is an accident waiting to happen. If they had any design sense they would have made the dock a horizontal slip-in on the front edge of the shelf. Sure the shelf would be thicker but you could then fit better (and/or bigger) speakers.

[rutter9 Posted May 3rd 2010 11:26AM]

@StraightUp

I can make you one for $400, which in reality will cost me $60 to make.

[AppleDrank Posted May 3rd 2010 11:34AM]

@Sepirioth

This is definitely a DIY...

get any iDock (spend what you want on quality)

pir it apart and then stupp the innards in any shelf from IKEA...

[Sepirioth Posted May 3rd 2010 3:18PM]

@Sepirioth
I can make one as well, doesnt mean it isnt a very clean and nice looking design :)

[keilarina Posted May 3rd 2010 9:47PM]

@Sepirioth This one is more like. iPod dock for an egyptian god. http://j.mp/ipod-dock-egyptian-god

[Sepirioth Posted May 3rd 2010 9:48PM]

@keilarina
HELLS no

[MoonWalkerCTE Posted May 3rd 2010 11:10AM]

Fugly

[DoctarPeppar Posted May 3rd 2010 11:11AM]

Didn't gizmodo have this same article like 3 days ago?

[stridermt2k Posted May 3rd 2010 11:12AM]

@DoctarPeppar What? Technology blogs reporting on the same stuff?

BUT HOW????

[SamTatr Posted May 3rd 2010 11:14AM]

@DoctarPeppar
Owned

[d0mth0ma5 Posted May 3rd 2010 11:16AM]

@DoctarPeppar Sans price I believe, which is the major point

[DoctarPeppar Posted May 3rd 2010 11:38AM]

@stridermt2k
I can't explain it, can you!?!?

[Zhuzhu Posted May 3rd 2010 2:36PM]

@DoctarPeppar

It was one of the rare times that Gizmodo beat Engadget to a story.

I recently commented on Giz that it's interesting how items often show up there very shorty after appearing on Engadget, and my comment got "nullified". Sensitive little buggers, those Giz pirates.

[SamTatr Posted May 3rd 2010 11:11AM]

You can get an IKEA Lack shelf for £10,
and some ipod speakers for £20

With a bit of engineering, you have saved $600! Well done you!

[ArhcAngel Posted May 3rd 2010 11:17AM]

I believe you were going for the Gulf of Mexico. Florida will most likely keep it from making it to the Atlantic any time soon.

Oh...nice shelf...very Applesque price too.

[d0mth0ma5 Posted May 3rd 2010 3:49PM]

@ArhcAngel Actually the sea currents mean that it could slip round the south of Florida if not contained soon.

[blueeyesm Posted May 3rd 2010 11:17AM]

I don't like design, as the dock seems way too up-front, allowing the ipod to be knocked off/out.

Considering the thickness of the shelf, why not allow the ipod to slip inside to a dock connector with a simple mechanical eject button next to it, a la PCMCIA tech, with a simple low-light LED screen to display the same text as seen on the ipod?

[Chaosdivine Posted May 3rd 2010 11:17AM]

Nothing some time, patience and a few parts couldn't replicate. Lets see: a drill, drill bits, an IKEA shelf unit (with wall mount included) for $24.99, and some tiny mini-speakers out of your old beige Labtec speaker kit, oh and some grey market iPod dock. I'd still come out ahead in terms of price...now if this came with a hot babe in a bikini who installs it and performs a few lap dances for me then I might reconsider.

[Stevenk Posted May 3rd 2010 11:39AM]

Looks unstable...of that shelf falls, the iPhone is going down with it.

[huzzlehoff Posted May 3rd 2010 12:12PM]

Okay

[Grusic Posted May 3rd 2010 12:25PM]

Dear Steve Jobs,

Keep sucking it!

Grusic

Sent from any of a number of non-Apple devices I own

[kulf Posted May 3rd 2010 1:08PM]

@Grusic +1
nicely put!

[SamTatr Posted May 3rd 2010 1:13PM]

ANYONE WANT ONE OF THESE???////??/ I CAN MAKE YOU ONE FOR $650!1!1!!!!!!111one11!!!! RING 076968489 FOR MORE INFO!

Hehe, they will never figure out my plan to make $600 profit on it...

What? The mic is still on? DAMN IT

[SamTatr Posted May 3rd 2010 1:14PM]

I blame that on Mr Jobs

[SCXFAN Posted May 3rd 2010 1:19PM]

Kinda cool. Wonder how it sounds?

Too damn expensive and don't like the wood color though.

[friedriches Posted May 3rd 2010 1:21PM]

Gulf of Mexico =/= Atlantic Ocean.

[LMcClure Posted May 3rd 2010 1:26PM]

Interesting that like pics of many HDTV installations, this shows no wires, yet the specifications confirm the dock requires AC power.

[SWM Posted May 3rd 2010 2:35PM]

@LMcClure The "360° View" on their site is just a blocky render, so no help there, either. I was really hoping they had some neat trick (battery packs? "hire an electrician to wire it through the mounting bracket"?) for not having a wire trailing out of this thing; ideally a trick I could use in making an Ikea version...

[bolezhinkov Posted May 3rd 2010 1:27PM]

I was expecting to see 51 devices plugged into something

[jediknight999 Posted May 3rd 2010 2:01PM]

definitely a Crapgadget

[Krispy Posted May 3rd 2010 2:47PM]

this is actually very nice, and practical but way too over priced, diy or pass

[joelaf Posted May 3rd 2010 3:05PM]

The first post I read on this (another site) implied it was a home DIY rig.

[atomic518 Posted May 3rd 2010 3:25PM]

No HTC EVO 4G attachment ?

[mrtnrwn Posted May 3rd 2010 3:54PM]

More to the point, I bet the sound quality is absolutely dire.

[michaelwub Posted May 3rd 2010 4:14PM]

Make it for the iPad, with space for the keyboard and you're onto something.

[Kid Red Posted May 3rd 2010 5:13PM]

So this is a shelf system?

[InLikeFlint Posted May 3rd 2010 6:59PM]

too soon....too soon..

[pogohackykid Posted May 3rd 2010 11:35PM]

I made one....but it's integrated into my bed and without speakers so I guess it isn't quite as good but I did make it about an hour for free....

http://i585.photobucket.com/albums/ss297/pogohackykid/b2f23145.jpg