Philipp Emrich imagines the Agnes speaker, which is small enough to rest comfortably on the desk. It is inspired by brutalist architecture, translated by the vertical and rectilinear forms. It is a direct nod to the Gallery St. Agnes located in Berlin. Originally, the church was created by architect Wener Düttmann when it was built in 1967.
After this, it was remodeled in 2013. Düttmann described his design as "The church doesn’t stand apart from everything else, it stands in the way." The speaker concept has a similar influence as its towered structure is comprised of two pieces. The system features a tower cap that houses a 360-degree sound speaker. It is joined by the bass unit on the lower side.
Architecture-Inspired Structural Speakers
Philipp Emrich Designs the Brutalist Agnes Speaker
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