Sound PartnerAN-SX7A

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Creating a speaker that provides a new physical sensation of enveloping in sound

“Enjoy beautiful displays and realistic sound with favorite movies and music at any time without hesitation.” With this goal in mind, the developers worked over six years to create this unique technology, and I want to share this with users intuitively. I undertake designs with ideas like this. I investigated a variety of approaches with “making sound technology visible” and “neck speaker comfort when relaxing on the sofa” as the two concepts. As a result, I made a flowing form of flexible material that is easy to put on and take off, and I created a design to convey the feeling of the unique sound technology with beautiful surfaces on the left and right that seem to have been carved out of the shape. For the transmitter, I used a symbolic round form that evokes sound in the same manner as the speaker unit to create an image that is unified overall.

My home in Tochigi has a wood burning stove. Right now, I am living in Chiba for work, but I return home on weekends. Whenever I have time, I split wood to prepare for the cold winter. Relaxing on the sofa, watching the flickering flames, my body and mind are restored before I know it. This winter, my Sound Partner will be with me and recharge me perfectly for the next day!

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