Sidephone is a modular phone built around the idea that technology should adapt to its user, not compete for their attention. A focused core device and interchangeable keypad tiles let people choose the functions they need, creating a more deliberate alternative to the conventional smartphone.

I led the industrial design of the phone and its wider product system, shaping the architecture, proportions, detailing and CMF across the handset, tiles and accessories. The design balances a distinctive, tactile character with the practical demands of modularity, everyday carry and manufacture, turning an ambitious proposition into a coherent product ready for market.

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CLIENT: Side Technologies
ROLE: Industrial Design Lead, Strategy, CMF, DFM
STAGE: Concept to Manufacture

YEAR: 2025–26

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Industrial design + creative direction
Selected collaborations welcome

Collaborating with brands and studios to shape purposeful products,
experiences and identities across physical and digital worlds

Emilios Farrington-Arnas © 2026

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