Je-Hyun Kim's Natural Year Phone

Cell phones made with recycled bottles? Phooey. How about a cell phone made with grass that biodegrades in 2 years?

You heard me right. Je-Hyun Kim has designed a phone that's not only green in concept, but green in color... naturally. The Natural Year Phone is meant to only last for it's functional lifespan (about 2 years), before it falls apart and biodegrades. The screen and keys are recyclable.

Je-Hyun Kim's Natural Phone

The phone is not yet commercially available.

A novel idea, but I'm not so sure it is well thought out. While the 100 million+ cell phones that are thrown into the landfills each year is a problem, I'm not sure a grassy phone is the right solution. What about the internal circuitry needed for the phone? And will it really last for 2 years? I'm not convinced.

I've also been wondering since I first saw this phone... would it give me grass stains?

Via Yanko Design








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14 Responses to “Strange Green Products - Biodegradable Grass Cell Phone”



  1. I wouldn't want to get that phone wet... lol. Perhaps a little less degradable would be more marketable. I like the general idea of a biodegradable, though.

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  2. It would easy to personalize with a few flower seeds = a flower phone!

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  3. I would love to buy such mobile phone, it looks so danm good, and it's fully recycleable. Would be the right mobile phone for me.

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  4. I saw this phone before and I think it is a great idea. Usually people only keep cell phones for a year or two anyways so why not have one that at least is biodegradable.

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  5. It's a nice idea, though it looks like it's missing some of the technical bits inside.

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  6. LOL. I have to get myself equipped with one of those!

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  7. Stefanie, it would be better, if the grass that being used to manufacturing the cell phones is wheat grass, as we can chew it after the cell phone fall apart itself!

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  8. Cool idea indeed but it is question how functional it will be...

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  9. I believe it looks really great, and sure I would buy some, if it really exists, but I've still some questions.

    *) What will happen if it falls down? I believe it would be broken and unusable.

    *) How much would this mobile phone cost, if it really exists?

    *) How functional would it be? It looks like, that it can't work, because, where are all the technical parts?

    All in all thanks for the great post.

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  10. That is funny phone ,
    I hardly imagine this phone in my arms. - But would be so much fun to gift it to my nephew, :)

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  11. Robin, I would get it we either...a forest might spring out of it in the course of time...haha :)

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  12. It's looks very nice.

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  13. Condo Blues said:

    It would easy to personalize with a few flower seeds = a flower phone!

    Lol!

    Nancy Pos said:

    *) What will happen if it falls down? I believe it would be broken and unusable.

    I'd imagine it would fall apart.

    Nancy Pos said:

    *) How much would this mobile phone cost, if it really exists?

    It's not commercially available, not sure if there are plans to release it.

    Nancy Pos said:

    *) How functional would it be? It looks like, that it can't work, because, where are all the technical parts?

    I was wondering the same thing myself, actually.

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  14. Very creative product! But I wonder if it will work well as the normal phone?

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