- Form or function? Both are important but which has the edge for you when choosing your phones, laptops, etc and why? Always function. It defines the form. 4. Phones, cameras and laptops have all got smaller, bigger, fatter and thinner over the years. What do you think the next trends in their style and design might be? Functionality and usability. Now that technology is moving so fast, the way it’s styled is becoming more and more defined by the technology in question. We think with everything going on in technology, people will become more comfortable if the machines are styled without demanding their own bit of attention. 5. Name the five most beautiful pieces of consumer electronics of all time in your opinion? Braun PC 3-SV turntable, TDK 3 BASS Boombox, B&O’s Beomaster 1900, Braun SM31, Naoto Fukasawa’s Muji wall fan.
