Honestly, I'm as shocked as you are that there are 7,683,291 different iPhone cases out there today, but no iPhone cases that print photos out like a Polaroid. Why?!

When designer Mac Funamizu tired of his cellphone being just another lump on his desk, he didn't get mad. He got concepty.

I thought it was a sleek CD launcher, maybe a DIY weapon, but the reality of the Quackie CD Player concept isn't too horrible either. You open up the "beak" to turn up the volume, close it to power down.

This isn't the first cellphone concept to incorporate glass, but I'll be dammed if it isn't one of the prettiest. There aren't any details on functionality, but it is clear that designer Mac Funamizu's "Glassy Glassy" concept takes minimalist design about as far as it can go without ditching the physical phone…

Exactly like the old animator's trick of having stacked gels photographed at different depths in front of the lens, this concept display by designer Mac Funamizu has a dual-layered transparent LCD screen. The idea being that by displaying suitable images on both screens, you'll get a sense of depth when you view it. A…

Welcome back to MangoBot, a biweekly column about Asian futurism by TokyoMango blogger Lisa Katayama. Mac Funamizu is a tech geek, designer, and futurist who has created quite a lot of buzz among design circles for his innovative gadgets from the future. The 38-year old Tokyo native has always loved Apple, Google, and…