lijmbach, leeuw & vormgeving: WKKR speaker

‘WKKR speaker’ playing music from an mp3 player

dutch designers herman lijmbach and jasper de leeuw have just sent designboom their project ‘WKKR speaker’. under the moniker name lijmbach, leeuw & vormgeving, they have created a speaker system that takes on the shape of an alarm clock. ‘wekker’ which is the dutch word for alarm clock, is an iconic form triggering concepts of loudness, bells ringing and getting up. likewise, the common round, dome shape of a loudspeaker evokes a similar type of idea of volume. by combining these two archetypes, a new form was created while still sustaining a level of familiarity for users about its function.

‘WKKR speaker’ can be used as a computer speaker with any device that has a mini-jack.

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at this time only one prototype is made. lijmbach, leeuw & vormgeving are currently searching for a company to team up with to put this design into production.

‘WKKR speaker’ components

production process

production process

as independent design firm ‘leeuw & vormgeving”, jasper de leeuw designs commissioned projects, as well as independently released products. leeuw & vormgeving shares a business space with lijmbach in the former philips clockbuilding at the strijp-s compound in eindhoven, within this collaboration both joint and individual projects are undertaken. both have graduated at the design academy eindhoven, in the department man & activity.