Vinyl fans and astronomers will love this Saturn-inspired record player

[What Hi-Fi?]

The ultimate Christmas gift for the NASA shirt-wearing vinyl-lover in your life.

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[Al ears]

Cannot see that taking-off whatever the price.....

 

[Friesiansam]

Perfect for those hipsters who are not in to hifi but, buy records as a fashion statement.

 

[Deleted member 108165]

OMG what on earth were they thinking... gimmick value only. How to ruin your treasured LP's in one easy step.

 

[Techmoan]

Its a design concept, like a flying concept car at a motor show. These are often design student projects. The thing they’d turn in at the end of the course to get a grade.

They don‘t actually work and many of them only exist inside a computer not physically.

They're not intended to become real products.

Sometimes though these images get spread around the internet so much (like the Elbow cassette player) that people think they’re real. Then the designer sees the interest and has a go at making one (like the elbow cassette player) and finds that reality puts the stops on their fanciful plans. It’s one thing to draw something cool on a computer, but another thing entirely manufacturing it.

Here’s some other examples of pretend objects

Hello Cassette My Old Friend… - Yanko Design

On rare occasions, I come across a product that stops me in my tracks, and makes me all starry eyed like a little child. After a long time, the Elbow Cassette Player made me revisit that glorious feeling. What happened inside cassette players has always been a mystery. While most CD players...

www.yankodesign.com

Clearly Cool Vinyl - Yanko Design

Introducing "o-ton", a vertical, wireless turntable which lets you import and digitally enhance your vinyl records. It's almost entirely translucent, so you can see all the inner workings and, of course, your vinyl's unique cover art. The design features a digital stylus that automatically turns...

www.yankodesign.com

introducing toc, a vertical record player by roy harpaz

toc combines the power of technology and the aesthetics of design, to give the record player a new sleek and modern look.

www.designboom.com