We’re very happy to present our brand new PAPPA*PHONE, the world’s first wooden VoIP phone. Made from sustainable American walnut and brass, the PAPPA* is HULGER’s first new phone design for almost three years.
PAPPA* is hand crafted in Canada by Furni from one piece of wood, so that the rich, natural grain can be seen to flow from the handset to the base, interrupted only by the solid band of brass that covers and compensates for the material lost in the cutting process.
Not a single button is found on the slender, angular form. The reason? You don’t need one. The computer interface of a mouse, screen and keyboard can manage the call much better than a fiddly on-phone button constellation. Skype’s MAC or PC software interface is a lot more efficient than the usual clunky VoIP-phone screen menus. That’s why we’ve cut out everything apart from the fundamental phone function, that of speaking and listening. Without the need for buttons the materiality and form can sing.
Like all HULGER products, the PAPPA* has been designed to “wear in” not “wear out.” The materials selected can be continually restored so that the phone becomes more individual and personal with age.
HULGER launched the ZIRICOTE* concept design made from an African wood of the same name in 2006. The design received a very warm reception which spurred us on to create the PAPPA, a design more suited to production.
The PAPPA* is now available to order from our online store at Hulgershop . Visit the site for prices in your region / currency. We now ship from the UK, USA, Canada, Australia and Japan.
