CES 2020 – Things that made us go OOH

 

CES 2020 ends today and no doubt you’ve seen some of the amazing creative and design work across social media these last few days. The annual trade show is where the world of tech and creativity merge to give us a glimpse into what the future may look like. Here, we look at a couple of the best creative concepts and designs that popped up in our news feeds this week. 

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  • Mercedes-Benx Vision AVTR 

Mercedes based the design and aesthetic for its latest concept car on the world of Pandora from the movie Avatar (yep, that’s an actual sentence I’ve just typed?!), and we must admit, we drooled a little when we saw the below video. I’ve never been attracted to a car before but hey, new year, new me?! Chief design officer Gordon Wagener said “We didn't want to create a car, we wanted to create something like a living organism” in the keynote speech with director James Cameron by his side. The wheels are modeled on jellyfish, the batteries it runs on are fully compostable and it has vegan leather seats. We can just imagine the looks you would get driving it through town. 

More info and amazing pics in this Dezeen article.

  • Hyundai SA-1 

Another incredibly cool design that dominated the CES headlines was the unveiling of the latest drone taxi plane madness by Hyundai as aprt of the Uber Elevate scheme. One driver, four passengers. We hope we’re alive to see the taxi-rank for this one. “Any chance we can stop at the ATM pal?” 

  • Royole Tree Display

This really pretty if slightly over-the-top way to display your bending/folding screen technology definitely got us thinking of ways to implement the idea closer to home. Clean, effective and eye-catching. Lovely. 

  • LG Fridge 

We saw this and immediately wondered how the hell we didn’t think of it first?! A fridge that let’s you grow your own herbs. Surely this already exists? Nope. Granted, we’re not exactly the Diarmuid Gavin of green fingers so this may have slipped under the radar anyway but goes to show, a great design or concept is one that seems so obvious and familiar at the same time as showing you something completely new.

  • Aipower Smart Watch 

We absolutely LOVE the design here. Misplaced earbuds are fast becoming the lost TV remote of our first world problemed generation. This identifies the issue and comes up with a sleek answer to all your wireless headphones worries, and while the watch seems a little bulky it’s certainly not the worst looking one on the market. Smart. Watch. 

There are thousands of concepts, products and designs revealed each year at CES and with a quick search you’ll numerous other “round-up” lists to take a look at – Sony launched an electric car, BMW created an android car, bins now seal and deliver the rubbish bags themselves and yes 2020 is the year robots begin take over the world, so there’s plenty to digest and be in awe/afraid of. I’m retreating to my underground bunker now just to be on the safe side. 

Also, if you have any product launches or are thinking about showcasing at any roadshows or conferences this year give us a shout and we’ll be glad to talk you through processes and possible builds which will best suit your needs. 

- GC

 
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