Desk-Dock is Tidy Enough for the Worst Neat-Freak
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I picked up a new 27-inch iMac this week (actually, heaved off the ground and staggered home is a more appropriate description) and have since wondered about the tidiest way to hook up various other gadgets for syncing and charging. This concept Docking and Storage Base from designer Yaser Alhamyari has the right idea, although its lines are a little busy.
My previous setup was an aluminum MacBook propped up on the desk and hooked into enough wires to make it look like an electronic Medusa, a cyber-gorgon that would seem to sprout two cables for every one I unplugged: a monitor, USB-hubs, power, an Eye-TV and a Turbo.264 joined speakers and iPod docks on my tiny table. Now these are gone, the Bladerunner-like mess replaced with the Gattica-calm of a single, monolithic screen, a trackpad and a keyboard. I want to keep it that way.
Alhamyari’s under-screen console has three docks for a combination of iPods and iPads (hint: don’t put the iPad in the middle one) and a pair of front-facing USB-ports for temporary hookups. Best for tidiness are the two drawers in the front panel which will keep clutter off the desktop. The only thing I don’t like is the design, which seems a little busy, and has rather two many corners. That should easily be solved, though, as the dock currently only exists inside a computer graphics program.
The Docking and Storage Base [Yanko. Thanks, Radhika!]
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