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The Digit, a Retro Mechanical-Keyed Calculator

Design firm Lofree has found success by combining modern technology with retro styling

By Rain Noe - August 16, 2018

in Object Culture

Hong-Kong-based Design firm Lofree came out of nowhere last year, quickly racking up three six-figure crowdfunding successes: $744,199 for their Dot Keyboard, $183,618 for their Four Seasons Keyboard and $185,499 for their Poison Speaker. In this age of hard-looking glass rectangles, the company's tactile, geometric, soft-radii-sporting retro-styled objects seem to have struck a chord with consumers.

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Their new crowdfunding campaign is for the Lofree Digit, a "Retro Mechanical Calculator:"

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Though there's still 29 days left in the campaign, the Digit has already reached critical mass, garnering $17,764 in pledges on a $1,273 goal. Buy-in starts at $29, and the device is expected to retail for $49 when it comes out later this year.

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David Beck

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A calculator?

What more of a complete waste of resources, that, or a horse and buggy?

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  what more of a complete waste of time...my comment about how your comment is a waste of time...or your original comment that contributes nothing and is more complaining drivel junking up comment boards?
  
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    I've come across David Beck's comments before. They're almost always trolling, negative, nonconstructive criticisms.
    Take your negativity to an architecture blog where they belong, David!
    
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  How have you made it as a sr NPD manager? What a waste of resources!
  
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