Concept · Self-initiated · 2024

A speaker.
Designed for mobility.

My aim was to explore how parametric patterns could be incorporated with textiles through 3D printing.

Role

  • Concept & industrial design (me)
  • UI & interaction
  • 3D modelling & rendering

Scope

A self-initiated speaker concept — parametric surface patterns realised in textile through 3D printing, together with the UI interactions, lighting and haptic feedback that surround them.

Year

2024

Three ARC speakers floating at an angle — charcoal, blue and bronze — each with a different parametric scale pattern across its textile surface
Eight ARC speakers arranged in an overhead grid on white, in blue, black, teal and brown, showing the range of parametric patterns and densities

The basics

Focusing on the basics.

The challenge was to orchestrate all kinds of variables including UI interactions, light, and haptic feedback, while exploring how these could all work together.

A blue ARC speaker lifting away from its circular charging base, the cable trailing off to the right

Interactions

Capturing core interactions

— and curating every single frame to make sure it aligns with the overall look & feel was crucial.

Four ARC speakers receding in a row — pale blue, grey, teal and bronze — against a soft graduated backdrop

Charge. Play.

Keeping the focus on the primary action.