Structure, materials and finish — the design thinking and inspiration behind the wireless chargers we build for brand clients.
One piece of clay shaped into a small staircase: a wide low lower slab and a narrower rear slab set back behind it, leaning at about eighty degrees, in a matte glaze with crisp edges. The phone leans on the rear slab with its screen facing the viewer and completely black; on the lower slab the smartwatch lies perfectly flat with its face up and its band closed into one seamless loop, beside a sealed white earbud case. One material, one colour, and all the hierarchy carried by proportion and the step itself.
The three functions split into three separate pieces: a small rounded block with a shallow circular recess on the left, a slim upright plate in the middle, and a low flat tray on the right, all in matte sand-grey aluminium with matching rounded corners, sitting close together but with narrow gaps so they still read as one set. The phone stands on the middle plate with its screen facing the viewer and completely black; in the left recess the smartwatch lies flat with its face up and its band closed into one loop; on the right tray sits a sealed white earbud case. Arrange it as a set or split it to fit the desk.
The lightest of the set structurally: a matte black metal dish with a gently raised rim, and from its rear edge a slender curved arm reaches forward, ending in a small vertical magnetic face toward the viewer so the phone attaches flat and floats above the dish, its lower edge entirely free and its screen completely black. Inside the dish the smartwatch lies directly flat with its face up and its band closed into one seamless loop, beside a bright white sealed earbud case. The slender cantilever makes the whole thing seem to hover while the weight stays in the disc.
Desk tidying and charging merged in one shallow tray. Solid walnut with visible grain and rounded corners, lined in pale grey wool felt, with a walnut panel rising at about seventy degrees along the rear and felt-facing forward. The phone leans on the felt with its screen facing the viewer and completely black; in the front left of the tray the smartwatch lies directly flat with its face up and its band closed into one seamless loop, while a sealed white earbud case sits to the right. Warm wood against cool felt makes it read as furniture rather than electronics.
Deliberately soft: the base is a firm low cushion wrapped tightly in oatmeal coarse-weave fabric with a darker piping seam running along its top and bottom edges, while a matching upholstered backing plate rises at the rear, edged by a hair-thin matte black rim. The phone leans against it, screen facing the viewer and completely black; on the cushion top the smartwatch lies directly flat with its face up and its band closed into one loop, beside a bright white sealed earbud case. The textile takes all the glare away and leaves only soft silhouette.
Natural stone veining takes the leading role. A thick disc of glazed porcelain, warm off-white crossed by pale grey veining, softly rounded with a highlight caught along its rim, and behind it a very thin polished stainless plate with rounded corners rises up. The phone rests on the steel with its screen facing the viewer and completely black; on the ceramic the smartwatch lies flat with its face up and its band closed into a seamless loop, beside a sealed white earbud case. Warm porcelain against cold polished steel gives one clean contrast.
Natural cork as a base is the deliberate choice here: a rounded rectangular cork block in warm oat beige, its speckled grain clearly visible and its surface dry to the touch. From its rear a slim matte black aluminium post leans gently back and a short arm reaches out at the top, ending in a vertical magnetic face toward the viewer, so the phone attaches flat with a completely black screen. On the cork top the smartwatch lies directly flat with its face up and its band closed into one loop, beside a sealed white earbud case. Cork and matte black metal make a soft, matte pairing.
Aimed at the executive desk: a shallow rectangular tray lined and wrapped in espresso leather with neat stitching along the seams and a very thin brushed brass frame. A leather-covered panel rises at the rear, clearly taller than the front rim. The phone stands in the tray against that panel, screen facing the viewer and completely black; in the front half the smartwatch lies perfectly flat with its face up and its band closed into a seamless loop, beside a sealed white earbud case. Leather and brass give electronics the vocabulary of desk stationery.
A bedside night lamp and a three-in-one charger folded into one object: a frosted glass globe floats above a slim ceramic column whose front carries an almost flush magnetic pad, so the phone attaches with its screen facing the viewer and completely black. A short stem on the right holds a small round pad where the smartwatch lies perfectly flat and level, glass face up, its band closed into one seamless loop. A sealed white earbud case rests on the ceramic disc in front. Matte ivory glaze, a warm glow from the globe and softly rounded edges throughout, with no cable in sight.
The idea is a bedside clock fused with a desktop base. A low wedge of matte dark grey aluminium carries a slim amber light strip across its sloped front as a time readout. On the right half of the top a gently reclined magnetic pad holds the phone, its screen facing the viewer and completely black; on the left a shallow circular recess lets the smartwatch lie flat with its face up and its band closed into one loop. A sealed white earbud case sits beside it. Every edge is softened, and the low wide body keeps the centre of gravity firmly on the desk.
A foldable charging mat made for travel. A tan full-grain leather face over a dark grey microfibre back folds along its middle into a small open book: the front leaf lies flat as the base, the rear leaf rises at about sixty degrees as a backrest, and a dark anodised aluminium spine joins the two. The phone leans on the upright leaf, its screen facing the viewer and completely black; on the flat leaf the smartwatch lies directly flat with its face up and its band closed into a seamless loop, next to a sealed white earbud case. Softly finished edges, and it folds down to the thickness of a book.
A brutalist take: fine grey architectural concrete cast into a low round puck with softened edges and a flush brushed aluminium trim ring. A slim aluminium post rises from the rear edge and ends in a small round magnetic face turned toward the viewer, so the phone hangs with a completely black screen and its lower edge free in the air. In front, the smartwatch lies directly flat on the concrete with its face up and its band closed into one circle, beside a sealed white earbud case. Concrete grain against polished metal, with a heavy low centre of gravity.
