Hasta La Ideas

The Philippe-Starck-designed ZIK headphones, due out sometime this year, have classic Starck styling and some innovative interface features: Volume control and track advancement are achieved by finger-swiping the smooth surface covering your right ear, and if you’ve got an NFC (Near Field Communication) enabled smartphone, you simply tap it against the headphones to transfer audio files. Pulling the headphones off automatically kills the music, though it’s not clear if you must remove the headphones every time you want to pause.

One thing that had me scratching my head is the attendant product video, which is as amazingly cheesy as any ’80s music video. And it appears to be earnest rather than ironically cheesy:

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