We trashed the whole idea of Siemens trying to launch of a line of fashion cellphones when we first learned of it, as we were incredulous that Siemens could actually be with it enough to create phones that could be considered fashionable. And when we saw the first few XELIBRI phones, our suspicions were confirmed. Most of the handsets are embarrassingly gaudy, crass, and ugly, and total failures as fashion accessories. But believe it or not, we do like one of the phones from their forthcoming Spring/Summer “Space on Earth collection, the XELIBRI 1 (pictured at right), which reminds us of the work of Italian furniture designers Joe Colombo and Anna Castelli. Go figure.
