Hulger

HULGER was formed from Pokia after a trademark dispute with Nokia by Nicolas Roope and Michael-George Hemus.

The company founded on the idea of old telephone handsets plugged into cellphones but soon diversified, adding voice over IP applications. Whilst Pokia handsets were modded existing designs, Hulger handsets are newly commissioned products, created specially for use. In late 2005 two Bluetooth models allowed wireless use with both cellphones and pcs/ macs

HULGER occupies a new space in consumer electronics where usefulness, humour, cultural resonance & style unite. Products range from the irreverent and idiosyncratic to the brutally pragmatic. With functionality stripped back to a minimum, the objects materiality and form preside. Their simplicity enables an interoperability across mobiles, Macs & PCs (for VoIP, e.g. skype), even as DJ headphones.

The company founded in London, England in 1994 after extensive media coverage of it’s previous incarnation Pokia, a prototype project dating back to its inception in 2002. The first production model was available to buy on the 1st June 2005 and since then a number of new designs have launched under the label.

In 2007 Hulger launched the Plumen project, an alternative design concept challenging the lack of diversity in CFL, or low energy light bulbs. The project proposes that by making more interesting and attractive bulb shapes out of the tubular formation of the CFL bulb people will be much more likely to buy and use them.

External links

* [http://www.hulger.com Hulger.com]
* [http://www.hulger.org Hulger.org]
* [http://www.hulger.info Hulger.info]
* [http://www.hulgerisation.com Hulgerisation.com]
* [http://www.plumen.com Plumen.com]
* [http://www.pokia.com Pokia.com]