- The concept of compact colorful laptop designed by Microsoft employee offers new portability ideas
- The experimental a_77 laptop shows how compact arrangements and playful design can work together
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In his free time, Braz de Pina, the main product designer at Microsoft, offers incredible material concepts that we want to be real and shares them on his website, and Behance and Instagram.
Although he found the A_77 Compactop concept over a year ago, I just tripped and I wanted to share the device with someone else who could have missed him.
The A_77 started life as a simple 3D model of a small keyboard. De Pina then added a screen and ports, ultimately shaping the model in a fully made laptop.
Co -pilot key
The process has given the device an unusual form which seems very different from traditional conceptions.
The keyboard itself is the determining element. It has a layout of 65% with function keys along the top, an oversized exhaust key and a bright orange power button.
A co -pilot key is next to the space bar (even if it is not an official Microsoft product, he works there, so a co -pilot key was always going to be part of the design), while a Nub of ThinkPad style under the key key offers a cursor control.
The speakers are seated along the lower edge, drawing the best party from the compact frame.
The screen, which, according to Pina, is compatible with tactile, does not stick to reports of standard appearance such as 16: 9. Instead, it looks like a widened smartphone screen, giving the device an unconventional but always practical format.
This choice, associated with the small imprint, makes that the laptop feels both portable and accessible.
The appearance of the A_77 is the place where it is most breaks in current design trends.
Instead of metallic finishes, he uses bold plastic, including yellow, blue and white.
The ventilator vents line the sides and the back, and four USB-C ports are divided uniformly on both edges.
Its compact size facilitates the imagination of carrying in a jacket pocket, and the USB-C load would remove the need for a large external charger.
Even if it is only a concept, the A_77 shows how laptops can be redesigned to carry the personality as well as the function, which I would personally like to see much more.
Via YANKO design
