‘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.

stanley ruiz: symbiosis wood speakers - 2a wood log is used to house a speaker

stanley ruiz: symbiosis wood speakers - 3the raw material

stanley ruiz: symbiosis wood speakers - 4 speaker component and log not assembled

stanley ruiz: symbiosis wood speakers - 5 stanley ruiz assembling his speaker

stanley ruiz: symbiosis wood speakers - 6 electrical components

stanley ruiz: symbiosis wood speakers - 7 sketches

stanley ruiz: symbiosis wood speakers - 8 sound check

stanley ruiz: symbiosis wood speakers - 9

stanley ruiz: symbiosis wood speakers - 10speaker made from wooden scraps

stanley ruiz: symbiosis wood speakers - 11 stanley ruiz assembling the speaker

stanley ruiz: symbiosis wood speakers - 12 ruiz sketching

stanley ruiz: symbiosis wood speakers - 13visualizations of the speaker before construction

stanley ruiz: symbiosis wood speakers - 14 assembling the wood speaker

stanley ruiz: symbiosis wood speakers - 15 ruiz with the finished products