About the project
Political movements and trends often emerge on the street. Just think of street dance in the 80s. It is interesting to observe how and where such small movements are born and have a global impact over longer periods of time or even find their way into high culture.
Current examples can be found in fashion design: streetwear has developed as a big market in the last decades. The look and lifestyle of skaters, for example, can be found in many fashion labels, such as Carhartt, Vetements, Virgil Ablohnend or Supreme Being. Apart from clothing style, political demonstrations have also always set trends. For example, the "Black Lives Matter" or "Friday For Future" movements have a great social impact. Sometimes culture also mixes with political movements.
What is remarkable is that the objects emerge quite pragmatically from a situation; they are functional, purpose-bound, and positioned in a cultural context. They are not the invention of a marketing company, nor - as is so often the case - are they the product of a single designer's white sheet. The principle is not "top to down" but "down to top", thus linked to people and actors from its inception. The sociologist Hartmut Rosa describes in his current book "Resonance" in detail the aspects of world appropriation and world experience, which can be exemplary an interesting theoretical input/output for the respective design work.
"Walking on the BASSline" is a project inspired by everyday situations, observations and own experiences, but which also takes a close look at everyday situations and formulates and develops a product from them.
Everyday situations are for example "Dance without Dj": a secret rave in nature, where different audio devices are running on the same sequence. Roller skaters on the Tempelhofer Feld with Blututoothboxes or political demos, like the CSD in Berlin, which are also sounded by individuals and their devices.
In the project, a mobile loudspeaker was to be designed and, most importantly, built as a 1:1 prototype. To better describe the target groups in the design process, the persona method was used.
Current examples can be found in fashion design: streetwear has developed as a big market in the last decades. The look and lifestyle of skaters, for example, can be found in many fashion labels, such as Carhartt, Vetements, Virgil Ablohnend or Supreme Being. Apart from clothing style, political demonstrations have also always set trends. For example, the "Black Lives Matter" or "Friday For Future" movements have a great social impact. Sometimes culture also mixes with political movements.
What is remarkable is that the objects emerge quite pragmatically from a situation; they are functional, purpose-bound, and positioned in a cultural context. They are not the invention of a marketing company, nor - as is so often the case - are they the product of a single designer's white sheet. The principle is not "top to down" but "down to top", thus linked to people and actors from its inception. The sociologist Hartmut Rosa describes in his current book "Resonance" in detail the aspects of world appropriation and world experience, which can be exemplary an interesting theoretical input/output for the respective design work.
"Walking on the BASSline" is a project inspired by everyday situations, observations and own experiences, but which also takes a close look at everyday situations and formulates and develops a product from them.
Everyday situations are for example "Dance without Dj": a secret rave in nature, where different audio devices are running on the same sequence. Roller skaters on the Tempelhofer Feld with Blututoothboxes or political demos, like the CSD in Berlin, which are also sounded by individuals and their devices.
In the project, a mobile loudspeaker was to be designed and, most importantly, built as a 1:1 prototype. To better describe the target groups in the design process, the persona method was used.
Context
We are experiencing a time of urbanization.
From the architectural understanding of flexible spaces that will reflect the future of modern living, the concept of the Portable Frame Speaker has also evolved.
Just as the changeability of spaces enhances the quality of life, so too does the portable and versatile Portable Frame Speaker.
Whether standing on a chest of drawers or on a shelf, or hanging on the wall, it fits into many rooms with its visual appearance - without being obtrusive or too technical.
The Speaker is aimed at an unconventional target group, which attaches importance to material fairness. Thanks to its special gluing, multiplex is very robust and weather-resistant.
It is often used in furniture construction and also in interior design and thus speaks for a wide and homely range of applications.
The speaker has a removable fabric carrying strap, which is detachable and adjustable in length. Thus, the urban lifestyle is embodied and the music will be able to accompany you even when you leave the apartment.
Concept
The Portable Frame Speaker is designed as a Bluetooth speaker and combines the flexible use of digital sources with high quality sound.
Thus, the speaker meets the needs of a modern lifestyle and can be used in many living environments.
The design also respects that personal freedoms are valued in home decor and activities.
The Portable Frame Speaker accommodates the individual lifestyle in every way and not the other way around.
Thus, the premise of the design is that the speaker will not weigh down the interior and will not be limited to a single ideal location. The diverse mounting and placement options therefore allow for free positioning. Due to the valuable use of materials and the reduced form, the loudspeaker remains a permanent and time-independent object. The loudspeaker housing made of multiplex, as well as
the various possibilities to place and use the loudspeaker, make it a functional as well as aesthetic product in many areas of life.
The form and communication of the product use the functionalist-economic design concept and are designed for serial feasibility of the speaker.
The Portable Frame Speaker also asserts itself as a powerful lightweight on-the-go speaker, which accommodates the idea of using the speaker as a lightweight companion for leisure.
