stanley ruiz: symbiosis - wood speakers

stanley ruiz: symbiosis - wood speakers

'symbiosis' is part of the selection of filipino contemporary design production that will be
shown in designboom's curated exhibition 'asia now', at dwell on design in los angeles, june 25th - 27th, 2010.

filipino designer stanley ruiz has created 'symbiosis', a series of wooden speakers.
his interpretation takes a 'lo-fi' approach to product design - he applied found objects such as
tree logs and scrap wood to create the sound structures in which to house the speakers.


'symbiosis'


the speakers were previously shown in the exhibition 'sounds like' in may 2010 in new york,
curated by designer joey roth.
roth invited nine designers and five musicians to reinterpret his ceramic speakers.






a wood log is used to house a speaker



the raw material



speaker component and log not assembled



stanley ruiz assembling his speaker



electrical components



sketches



sound check






speaker made from wooden scraps



stanley ruiz assembling the speaker



ruiz sketching



visualizations of the speaker before construction



assembling the wood speaker



ruiz with the finished products

andrea db
05.19.10  
1
i like the primitive look of it.
mike d.   05.19.10

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