Mobiado heritage · Since 2004

Engineering
Art.

Distinctive materials. Independent design.
A different idea of what a phone could be.

The layered metal grain and sculpted keypad of the Classic 712 MG. — Classic 712 MG · Mokume Gane · 2010

Origins

Vancouver, 2004.
A personal vision.

Designer Peter Bonac founded Mobiado to bring precise engineering and a distinct visual language to the mobile phone.

As lead engineer, he shaped the work from concept to production and established Mobiado’s prototyping and manufacturing capability.

Straight lines, flat surfaces and circular buttons defined the first Professional. Structure, materials and physical detail became a recognisable design language: Engineering Art.

The original red Mobiado Professional, shown from the front, side and back. — Professional2004 · Aircraft aluminium

The Professional.

A body CNC-machined from aircraft aluminium. A geometric form. A carefully ordered keypad.

The original Professional established the foundation for the material experiments that followed.

Materials

Chosen for
their character.

Wood grain. Mother-of-pearl. Meteorite. Each brought its own texture and history. Each became the starting point for a design.

The Cocobolo wood back of the Professional EM. — Professional EM2005

The warmth of wood.

Professional EM introduced exotic wood. The Cocobolo version made the natural grain its defining feature.

Meteorite surface and gold detailing on the Grand 350 Pioneer. — Grand 350 Pioneer2009

A different origin.

Grand 350 Pioneer introduced meteorite, with a surface formed long before the phone itself.

The mother-of-pearl panels and full keyboard of the Grand 350 PRL. — Grand 350 PRL2009

Light at the surface.

Grand 350 PRL paired iridescent mother-of-pearl with a full keyboard and a more expansive layout.

PRO3X with its Cocobolo grip, photographed beside a camera and leather strap. — PRO3X2015 · Cocobolo & aluminium

Wood, engineered.

Inspired by camera handles, the PRO3X Cocobolo grip sits against machined aluminium, with sapphire for the screen and buttons.

Each grip was rough-machined, dried for 24 hours, then machined to its final dimensions. This three-stage process controlled movement in the wood to achieve a tolerance of ±0.1 mm.

A milling cutter rough-machining the Cocobolo wood for a PRO3X grip. — From grain to geometryRough machining before drying

Mokume Gane

Classic 712 MG, pictured above, used a layered metal technique with a wood-grain appearance. Its flowing patterns contrast with the phone’s geometric form.

Time

A place for
mechanical time.

Professional 105 GMT brought two automatic watch movements into a phone just 9.8 mm thick.

A collaboration with Angular Momentum of Switzerland followed, and later Mobiado’s own Zaffiro wristwatch.

Close view of a gold Professional 105 GMT and its two automatic watch movements. — Professional 105 GMTTwo automatic movements

Time, integrated.

Two watch faces share the keypad’s precise geometry, making the mechanisms part of the composition.

A Zaffiro skeleton wristwatch with a blue case, worn on the wrist. — Zaffiro2019 · Skeleton wristwatch

A view into the movement.

A gradient-printed sapphire dial reveals the skeleton movement beneath.

Classic 712 MG Angular Momentum Edition with its matching decorated wristwatch. — Classic 712 MG Angular Momentum Edition2010

Art, in miniature.

Mokume Gane and Verre Églomisé decoration unite the phone and its matching watch, connecting Mobiado’s industrial forms with the decorative traditions of watchmaking.

Craft

Considered.
Inside and out.

A stone-like shell needs a supporting structure. An opening mechanism needs durable contact surfaces. Every material choice shapes the engineering beneath it.

The front and back of Grand EM – Marble, reflected against a black background. — Grand EM – Marble2012 · Corian & aluminium

The appearance of stone.
The strength of a composite.

A 0.8 mm Corian® shell was bonded to an aluminium frame. Glass fibre reinforced the areas that let radio signals pass through.

Held by a vacuum fixture, the composite was then machined to its final form: a sculpted surface built for everyday use.

A Grand EM aluminium chassis being tumble-deburred in ceramic media. — The aluminium structureTumble deburring after machining

The Corian shell bonded to its aluminium chassis, with reinforcement in the radio-frequency windows. — Joining the materialsBonding & glass-fibre reinforcement

A milling cutter shaping the Corian and aluminium composite for Grand EM. — The final formCNC machining on a vacuum fixture

The PRO3X opening key inserted beside ruby contact inserts in the battery-cover mechanism. — PRO3XRuby contact inserts

A mechanism in miniature.

Within a 1.6 mm battery cover, an integrated aluminium spring meets the opening key through wear-resistant ruby inserts.

The exposed four-part cam mechanism and SIM opening key of Grand EM. — Grand EM – MarbleCam-driven SIM release

A deliberate interaction.

Inspired by watch rotors, a four-part cam releases the SIM card. A sapphire back plate reveals the mechanism, with a spring-loaded door that retracts after use.

Close view of the illuminated sapphire buttons on the Luminoso. — Luminoso2007

Sapphire, down to the buttons.

Luminoso brought sapphire to a surface touched every day: the buttons.

Forma

Engineering,
made visible.

A quieter expression of a mobile phone.

Forma Stealth pairs black PVD-coated stainless steel with a sapphire front and buttons. A restrained interface focuses on the essentials, with blueprint blue connecting the electronics to the display.

Steel and gold finishes sit alongside Forma Sport’s m|Carbon composite. The Dong Son editions draw on Vietnamese bronze drum patterns.

Explore the Forma collection

Forma Stealth resting on dark, fractured stone. — Forma Stealth2020 · Steel & sapphire

Forma Stealth opened to show its blueprint-blue custom electronics. — The interiorCustom electronics

A blueprint, realised.

Mobiado developed the AN-01 electronics, giving the internal architecture its signature blueprint blue.

The sapphire camera and radio-frequency plates above Forma Stealth’s blue interior. — The backSapphire & blueprint blue

Clarity in the details.

Sapphire forms both the camera window and the rear radio-frequency plate.

The blueprint-blue menu on a Forma Stealth display. — The interfaceA focus on essentials

A consistent language.

The essential menus carry that same blue from the electronics to the display.

Milestones, 2004–2021

2004: ProfessionalAircraft aluminium and the beginning of Mobiado.
2005: Professional EMExotic wood joins the material palette.
2007: LuminosoSapphire buttons.
2008: Professional 105 GMTIntegrated mechanical timepieces.
2009: Grand 350 PRL & PioneerMother-of-pearl, a full keyboard and meteorite.
2010: Classic 712 MGMokume Gane and the Angular Momentum Edition.
2012: Grand EM – MarbleA Corian and aluminium composite with a cam-driven SIM mechanism.
2015: PRO3 ML & PRO3XLuminous lettering, Cocobolo grips and a ruby-contact opening mechanism.
2019: ZaffiroA skeleton wristwatch with a gradient-printed sapphire dial.
2020: Forma StealthBlack PVD-coated steel and a blueprint-blue interior.
2021: Forma SportThin-ply m|Carbon composite.