FolderDrive transforms the Mac folder icon in the right USB device

Who says the pantry must be boring? For decades, the USB drive is treated clean as an utilitarian tool – small, black and completely deprived of personality. The Folderdrive They change this smart dose of design nostalgia. Made a designer David Delahunti In cooperation with the toy manufacturer Super fantasticThe drive takes one of the most famous icons in computing – the MacOS folder icon – and converts it to the physical object for the real world.

From the moment you see it, there is an unusual sense of knowledge. FolderDrive is a faithful, three-dimensional recreation of an iconic light blue map that was a digital house for countless documents, downloads and a disorder for the desktop over the years. Developing 3.25 inches wide 2.5 inches, a .5 inch thick, is enough compact for your pocket, but great enough to feel like a playful design object on your desk. Discrete USB-C Luka sits on the lower edge, ready to transfer up to 128 GB of files to modern speed.

The concept playfully inverted the idea of a skeumorphic design. Traditionally, the scenumorphism takes real world objects – like a solder planners or yellow legal pads – and Mimiku them in the software. FolderDrive for a reverse: Getting a clean digital icon and converting to something you can hold in your hand. The result is a functional Gaptuct Gaptal Gapt, home and Cheeky Knaping the main historical of the same design.

Delahunti calls it “literal folder for your digital maps” and until its technical specifications may not stop records, its charm is in wit and nostalgia. Whether you are a nice Mac user, a design lover or just someone appreciates a good visual punch, Folderdrive feels like a small part of the computer culture to resist.

The demand was strong – and a series 001 and a series 002 sold out quickly – so it may be hard to get it for yourself. But, the 003 series is set to launch the next month, with limited quantities available.

To update availability or to get on the notification list, visit Superfantasticois.com.

Photo courtesy super fantastic.

Christian de Looper is a consumer technology journalist in Sunny Santa Cruz, California. Christian reported more than 10 years, with many largest technological publications, including digital trends, Forbes, CNN underlines, Tomi’s guide and PCMAG. Christian has obsession with which technical companies balance a large design with great functionality and live at home with her husband, daughter and cat.