Frog Design has piqued my interest with their “A Digital Escape” concept, which is a mask that makes you look like a robot, but more importantly makes the world look and smell however you wish it to. They suggest that it will be used to hide the damage we’ve already done to the planet, but I think there’s a demand for something like this already, especially the scent-manipulation part. This isn’t that strange an idea, if you consider how many people already personalize the sounds of the world using an iPod - why not sight and smell? I know that I’d like one of these, even if it made me look like a freaky cylon - though I think I’d use it more to augment my view of the world than replace it. I leave you with the view from inside the mask:

Images from Frog Design

Filed under: Art | Design — Max @ 7:53 pm