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Whimsical Woven Speakers

Clean the Sky - Positive Eco Trends & Breakthroughs

Paula Vogels Explores Sounds and Labour in This Installation

— November 21, 2022 — Art & Design
Re-Sounding Yarns is a project by Paula Vogels, a graduate of Design Academy Eindhoven, that consists of eight woven speakers. The thought-provoking installation was on display during Dutch Design Week 2022. Paula Vogels wished to explore "the sounds and labor conditions of the textile industry," mixing creative curiosity with institutional critique.

The woven speakers are suspended in space and emit "a soundscape gathered from different weaving environments." Vogels has built the woven speakers from copper wire and nylon fishing lines. The construction of Re-Sounding Yarns is interesting as when a sound signal is emitted to the copper wire, the material transmits it to magnets, located on either end of the speaker tubes. This "creates an electromagnetic field that vibrates and thereby generates a sound."

Image Credit: Ronals Smits
Trend Themes
1. Textile Industry Soundscape - Woven speakers that emit sounds from different weaving environments display disruptive innovation opportunities in providing enhanced auditory experiences in museum installations.
2. Electromagnetic Field Sound Technology - The use of copper wires to transmit sound signals to generate sound vibrations opens up disruptive innovation opportunities in the audio engineering industry for creating unique soundscapes.
3. Suspended Speaker Installations - The use of woven speakers suspended in space presents disruptive innovation opportunities for enhancing the aesthetic appeal in the interior design and home entertainment industries.
Industry Implications
1. Museum Installations - Woven speakers that emit sounds from different weaving environments present a disruptive innovation opportunity for providing enhanced auditory experiences during museum installations.
2. Audio Engineering - The use of copper wires to generate sound vibrations presents a disruptive innovation opportunity in the audio engineering industry for creating unique soundscapes.
3. Interior Design and Home Entertainment - The use of woven speakers suspended in space provides disruptive innovation opportunities for enhancing the aesthetic appeal of home entertainment systems and interior design.
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