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Purpose

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Creator

Dave Hakkens is a 25 year old Dutch desiger who is credited as the concept creator of Phonebloks. ^[2] When asked how the idea for Phonebloks came to him, he claims "It started when my camera broke. I took it apart to repair it and all the components were good except the motor — the LCD, the display, the battery, the flash, the gears, everything worked. I went online to order the spare part but I couldn’t find it. I had to throw the camera away, along with all the good components." ^[3] After developing the idea for the Lego-like modular smartphone, Dave chose to upload his brainchild to the internet,in video format. The video was designed to be an open platform "...companies will see they can make money and can start working together. The next step is to crowdsource — to set up a platform to actually start building." ^[4] This kind of collaboration is fostered at Design Academy Eindhoven , where Dave Hakkens is a recent graduate. The school's website reads "Complex social, economical and cultural problems call for the creativity of people who dare to think outside the traditional frameworks. Our designers reflect on small-scale designs and they reflect on larger-scale themes, such as sustainability, well-being, healthcare, quality of life, public spaces and the contexts within." ^[5] Dave Hakkens is also the creator of'WindOil',a device that extracts oil from nuts and seed using power from a windmill. He also developed a machine that recycles plastic, called 'Precious Plastic'. Dave states on his website that all of his projects come from a desire to "try to make the world better by making things". ^[6]

Design

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Design

Phonebloks’ modular design consists of a system that includes individual components for easy assembly, repair, flexible arrangement, and use. ^[7] The system has been used for products like cars, houses, and computers. Phoneblocks’ is the first publicly know concept for a modular phone. The phone was design to reduce e-waste and to construct an open modular platform. It’s comprised of small individual bloks that have a specific propose. The bloks are connected to a base which locks everything together into a solid phone. ^[8]

Future

Phonebloks founder Dave Hakkens has moved forwards with the development of phone by meeting with companies that were interested. Dave ended up deciding to work with Motorola because their innovation team has been working in-house on a modular phone concept, Project Ara. This innovation will create an open modular platform for independent and large companies to design and sell their bloks. We should see the phonebloks modular concept been produced in the years to come.

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