In my time in Tinker I have been exploring the developments made possible by the Arduino kit one of which was developed by Troglodisme, London.

Le Concretophone is an interactive and poetic telephone. The idea behind it is derived from a ‘brazillian art movement contemporary to Beat poetry which started as Poesia Concreta’.

The telephone is an interactive, retro transparent 1980′s, which simply begs one to lift the receiver. On picking up the handset the listener is ‘promptly surprised by a disturbing set of forcefully suave voices, a deranged blend of familiar instructions. Instead of sought after customer relief the listener hears poetic recitals including Ginsberg, Decio Pignatari and Eliott.’

The possibilities arising from democratic toolkits such as the Arduino and Tinkerkit make possible development of weird and wonderful concepts as the user is creating only for themselves, with lesser considerations of adoption and production cost that are core concerns to those developing on a grander scale. Making for a market of one if you will.