Functioning Speaker Playing You got time and I got money by Smerz
3D Printed CAD Modeled "Enclosure" | Transparent PVC Vinyl Wrap | Recycled Audio Components
Design Reasoning
Drawing inspiration from Dunne and Raby’s Hertzian Tales, I set out to design a speaker that utilizes its electromagnetic field as a means of aesthetic. The open-frame enclosure allows the speaker to visually express the presence of electromagnetic activity. These free wires and PCB act as a sculptural representation of the invisible energy radiating from within. The image in Fig. 1 showcases the hidden visuals of EM fields from electronic object.
Fig. 1 - Plotting leaky EM Fields for a telephone, computer, printer and fax machine
Fig. 2 - The Faraday Chair, providing shelter from electromagnetic fields invading our homes
Images © Dunne & Raby. From Hertzian Tales: Electronic Products, Aesthetic Experience, and Critical Design, 1999. Source: https://dunneandraby.co.uk/content/projects/67/0
Process
Modeled in Solidworks and 3D Printed
Components from Speaker Found at Goodwill