Name: An Internet without screens might look like this
Uploaded: 2015-10-22T14:38:50Z
Duration: 8 min 13 s
Description: Designer Tea Uglow is creating a future in which humanity's love for natural solutions and simple tools can coexist with our need for information and the devices that provide us with it. "Reality is richer than screens," she says. "We can have a happy place filled with the information we love that feels as natural as switching on lightbulb."

Tea Uglow: An Internet without screens might look like this

An Internet without screens might look like this

Designer Tea Uglow is creating a future in which humanity's love for natural solutions and simple tools can coexist with our need for information and the devices that provide us with it. "Reality is richer than screens," she says. "We can have a happy place filled with the information we love that feels as natural as switching on lightbulb."

Design that feels natural brings deeper happiness, yet most digital experiences rely on screens and plastic devices far removed from the outdoors. Humans crave simple tools and real-world texture; a fork delights more than a smartphone. Imaginative prototypes, like hacky sacks that transfer URLs or binoculars showing global landmarks through Street View, reveal how information can flow through tangible, delightful objects. The next wave of technology can weave the magic of the Internet into daily life without sacrificing the richness of reality.