Phone Factors is a collection of mobile phones that explores alternate typologies and form factors, drawing from a history of personal electronics and other handheld goods. While each of the three phones address specific gaps in today’s market, they all endeavor to create and maintain more resilient relationships between the user and the object. How would we treasure and consider our phones differently if they carried their sentimental value in the inherent form, rather than just what’s inside?

Ayu Nguyen is an interdisciplinary designer and artist based in Portland, Oregon. Her main focus is household goods and emotionally durable objects.

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