Acoustable

Designed by Jerome Spriet + Wolfgang Bregentzer Acoustable is born out of a reflection on music and ways of listening to it.

The idea of an object which combines good acoustics with user-friendly ergonomics arises from these considerations. The coffee table at the centre of the room becomes the sound system and the power terminal.

There are no visible technical elements, only the player and a remote which can both be stored in a built in pocket.

Acoustable is made from a polymer and mineral blend that combines the advantages of stone and plastic.

tags: music, furniture, audio, new products
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Ashcraft Aria headphones

Ashcraft Design created a pair of high end headphones with an eye towards using environmentally friendly materials. 

The Aria headphones are a combination of recycled materials and advanced audio technology. The headband is wrapped in wood recycled from acoustic guitars of musicians located around the world, the satin spun finished earcups are made from reclaimed aluminum.  The leather surrounding the earcups and the quilted leather lining the underside of the headband are reclaimed from bags, jackets and other articles of clothing from musicians located around the world.  The leather is reworked and conditioned to provide a soft and comfortable fit for the user’s ears.  This allows for ambient noises to be blocked out while retaining a clear, crisp sound from the music within. 

The Aria headphones houses 40 millimeter titanium-plated drivers tuned to deliver extreme clarity in highs and lows, enhancing yet maintaining the purity of the musicians true intention. 

tags: music, accessories, audio, new products, wood
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Michael Young's Portable Waterproof Speaker for EOps

The i24R3Portable is an extension of the i24R3 wireless speaker project collaboration between EOps and Michael Young studio. The i24R3Portable is a family of portable speakers with various specific functional configurations to suit different user lifestyles.



"This project is about a serious portable waterproof speaker, I have always wanted one myself but there are big constraints to achieve the best sound quality while being waterproof and lightweight. The conventional waterproof speaker drivers are simply not up to the job. We have achieved a fundamental improvement in waterproof portable speaker design by using a totally sealed sound chamber design with light weight and powerful flat panel speakers and passive radiators which can provide really strong music perfomance. And the circular form and the thickness of the i24R3Portable speaker happens to be the most appropriate form that can satisfy the challenging engineering requirement and coincidentally also look nice with the original i24R3 wireless speaker system. The i24R3Portable comes with a tube stand that is very unconventional for a portable speaker. The tube stand is something playful but people can use it like a handle for portability like carrying the speaker from indoor living room to the balcony but it is also removable so that people can mount the speaker in the wall if they want.", Michael Young (UK).



The different versions available allow the user to listen to music via PC or Mac computers, mobile phones, IPhones or MP3Players.

tags: music, accessories, Michael Young, audio, plastic, electronic, new products
designers: Michael Young
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The winners of the Fennia Prize 2009 competition

The winners of the Fennia Prize 2009 competition have been chosen. The Fennia Prize 2009 Grand Prix (€15,000) goes to Genelec for the design of the Genelec 5040A subwoofer. Four Fennia Prizes of €5,000 each are awarded to Iittala, Metso Automation, Saas Instruments and Polar Electro.

 

'Genelec 5040A' active subwoofer (2008)
Designer: Harri Koskinen, technical and acoustic design Siamäk Naghian, Jussi Väisänen / Genelec Oy Product Development
Producer: Genelec Oy

 

The Fennia Prize 2009 Grand Prix goes to the Genelec 5040A active subwoofer. The compact design of this product differs from conventional solutions. Among other features, the speaker driver and controls are placed out of sight on the base of the device and the overall form is simplified and unassuming. The enclosure is made with a new manufacturing method employing deep-drawn steel and die-cast aluminium. The same form is repeated in miniature in the remote control unit. The properties of the subwoofer represent state-of-the-art technology.

The Fennia Prizes of 2009 go to Iittala/Iittala Group Oy Ab, Metso Automation Oy, Saas Instruments and Polar Electro Oy.  A prize sum of €5,000 goes to each recipient.

 

 

'KajaaniPaperLab' automatic paper testing unit (2008-2009)
Designer: Kajaani Product Development Team
Producer: Metso Automation Oy

 

 

 

'Fireplace' table fireplace (2008)
Designer: Ilkka Suppanen
Producer: Iittala/Iittala Group Oy Ab

 

 

 

'Polar FT80' training computer (2006–2008)
Designer: Visa Rauta
Producer: Polar Electro Oy

 

 

 

'Medusa' lamp (2007)
Designer: Mikko Paakkanen
Producer: Saas Instruments

The Fennia Prize 2009 exhibition
Design Forum Finland, Erottajankatu 7, Helsinki
From February 20 to March 29 2009

tags: music, awards, lighting, new technologies, exhibitions, competitions, audio, electronic, new products
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Graphic talent on the Forum

We already told you that our Forum is frequented by many talented people. Today, we would like to introduce you to one of them who is a very active participant to the forum since more than 4 years! Posting under the name of Whitespike, Jakob Clark is a graphic artist based in Austin, Texas. Although his work is very versatile, his main inspiration comes from the mid-century modern movement.
Here is some of his work. Congratulations Jakob!

 Jakob also plays excellent music in a rock band called Living Better Electrically.

tags: music, graphic, forum
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Phonofone II

 

What is the Phonofone you ask? In short, it's like a speaker for your iPod, only it uses no power. Through passive amplification alone, these unique pieces instantly transform any personal music player + earbuds into a sculptural audio console.

Without the use of external power or batteries, the Phonofone II inventively exploits the virtues of horn acoustics to boost the audio output of standard earphones to up to 55 decibels. Now let's make this clear, 55 decibels is not going to entertain your party, but it's fine for the office or next to the bed or or for a dinner party. But honestly, if you want to get a great sounding set of speakers that you can crank up and rock out to, get a set of Bose.

 

Tristan Zimmermann studied industrial design at the Ontario College of Art and Design. Upon graduation in 2004 Tristan assumed the position of senior product designer at an international bio-medical device company. Unfortunately, early in 2005 Tristan was diagnosed with a severe case of “cubicle fever” (see cubicalia feverum), a gripping disease suffered when genius is confined to work in the field of monotony.In the pursuit of recovery Tristan formed Science and Sons, as a side venture to sate his own creative musings. Science and Sons has since remained the masthead under which the eccentric miscellany of his creative acumen is codified into a palatable format.

Available through Charles and Marie

tags: music, accessories, ceramic, audio, new products
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Fifteen Pieces for a Soundscape - First Movement

'Fifteen Pieces for a Soundscape - First Movement' is an architectural installation that is the result of geometrical experiments and investigations of 20th century music undertaken by the Städelschule Architectural Class during the last six months.



The resulting investigations have included encounters with work spanning from the experiments and recordings of Glenn Gould, via compositions of the late Karlheinz Stockhausen, to the varied work of Brian Eno.



The exhibition attempts to make sense of the evasive interface between time and space in architecture through the logics of music and matter. It presents a speculative synthesis of the temporal and auditory with the presumed stasis of the architectural object. In this sense, the exhibition continues a tradition that in modern architectural terms revolves around the Philips Pavilion Poème Electronique, by Le Corbusier, Iannis Xenakis, and Edgar Varèse (1958). In comparison, 'Fifteen Pieces for a Soundscape - First Movement' is a modest endeavour, but it explores the same vibrant interface that bears on our senses and to which architecture contributes more than material silence.





The fourteen objects are presented as floating, effervescent singularities within a space conceived as a whole, embracing and silent soundscape. The fourteen pieces are scaled, transformed and completed in the fifteenth piece, the visual backdrop formed by the photographic banners.





Conceived and directed by professors Ben van Berkel, Sanford Kwinter, and Johan Bettum with Luis Etchegorry.
The exhibition by the Städelschule Architecture Class takes place in Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Frankfurt am Main, from February 8 to April 30, 2008

tags: music, contemporary architecture, project, exhibitions
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