Listening to music in an open environment, be it a garden or a park, is an entirely different experience. Saying that, however, it’s not always easy to move around with the bulky speakers and players or setting them up in an open area. However, a German designer has now come up with an innovative speaker design, ‘Boombench,’ that converts a regular street bench into a sound system. Coming in the size of a regular park bench, the Boombench features eight 60-watt co-axial speakers and two subwoofers that play music from passing mobile phones and PMPs through Bluetooth. [Check the video after the jump.]
Design Status:
The Boombench is an international project by Droog Design that was exhibited at the Urban Play event 2 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Usability:
Presenting 95 dB high quality sound, with over 500 watts of speakers, the Boom Bench is good enough to be clearly audible around a 10 mile radius. All, the users need to do is connect their mobile phones with the Bluetooth audio support to rock the park. Moreover, a Bass Shaker in the seat, boosts the physical sensation of your tunes by converting the deep sounds into vibrations.
Designer:
Michael Schoner is a German industrial designer who has a diploma in architecture from the Technical University in Darmstadt, Germany. He is presently located in Amsterdam and works for NL Architects.
who wants to really hear somebody else’s music 10 miles away, let alone in a park
