While the radio business may be finished—CBS Radio, no one is going to suffer through commercials to listen to pre-selected, cookie-cutter music when they have a perfectly viable iPod in their pocket—there’s still plenty of industrial designers out there who are able to put their own little spin on the device. Take this White Fruit Radio, for example, It’s made of sycamore, a main event wood, and there’s a row of LEDs on the inside.
Where the exactly radio transmitter is, who know. More importantly, who cares.
You’re supposed to rub your finger across the top to tune it!
Looks neat, but like I said, radio is dead so, you know, best put your design skills toward something else.
I’m going to have to disagree with the whole “radio is dead” thing. I still listen to the radio several times a week. Where else can I get my fix of sports talk and news? Until there’s a reliable way to get live podcasts in the car (oh wait…isn’t that what radio is?) I think radio will live on.
I live in a city with three college radio stations (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada). The radio shows on these stations are volunteer produced and offer a diverse look at news and music (both local and global).
Commercial radio may be suffering, but I’m enjoying my radio. :)
The radio format also made an easy transition to the net, which will keep it alive for some time. All three of our college stations also stream online:
UMFM: http://www.umfm.com/
CKUW: http://ckuw.ca/
KICKFM: http://www.kick.fm/
peace.