Hi-Fi Listening Pod

Hi-Fi Listening Pod is made for a fully immersive listening experience through the harmony of sound, light, and comfort. This project envisions an innovative/luxury listening space solution that extends Devialet’s current market.

[14 weeks / 2021 / Under the guidance of Emily Sawamura]

Industrial Design / Creative Direction / Brand Analysis

Brand Extension Project: What would the brand’s future product be?

*This project has no direct affiliation with the brand.

BRAND RESEARCH

Brand mission

Refine the space of sound in people’s lives by delivering a meaningful audio experience. A Paris-based acoustical engineering company known for innovation and excellence in audio inventions.

Target user

Audiophiles and casual listeners with luxury lifestyle who are willing to spend more for the best of hi-fi listening experience.

Current line

They created speakers, earbuds, and amplifiers but also have collaborated with Renault for their in-car audio system for the autonomous vehicle.

[Full brand book, team work]

DESIGN DIRECTION

How might we design a dedicated space for an immersive listening experience?

Designing a listening pod

Relaxing

Immersive

Surreal

A FULL PICTURE OF QUALITY LISTENING

Sound

+Light

+Comfort

Devialet already achieved delivering a high-quality sound system. But how can the experience be more immersive? To design a dedicated space for listening, I propose to bring another layer of the senses: physical relaxation and visual movement.

OVERARCHING THEME

MARSHMALLOW DREAM

# Macro rounded surfaces

# Soft and cushiony tactile

# Integration and continuity

IDEATION&ITERATION

SIZING STUDY

LIGHT

Dream Travel Light

Diffused lights from the sound layers create an immersive listening space by responding to the music.

COMFORT

Marshmallow cloud couch

The soft couch made by *Liquid Printed Pneumatics adapts its shape to the position of the user. The form is controlled with an air pressure system from the pod’s ground.

*Reference: BMW&MIT’s Self-Assembly Lab

SOUND

Spacial sound layers

Layered sound modules replace the traditional in-door speakers and subwoofers. Devialet’s amplification and SAM sound processing deliver deep bass from a small space.