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VisualSpeakers is a wireless speaker system with an integrated projector dedicated to images that complement the music experience. With a “Dome Mode” – where images are projected into the VisualSpeakers integrated 12-inch dome – and a “Party Mode” – where images are projected in the ambient (ceiling, furniture, and walls), the VisualSpeakers provide different kinds of images to enhance your sound experience.

Nowadays, music is so ubiquitous that the challenge of this project was to come up with a new way to listen to music, creating a deeper and richer experience. I focused on the relationship between music and visuals, and, inspired by the concept of Cymatics, I decided to tackle the relationship between sound and image creating a new product that not only produces sound but generates and plays images that accompany your music. This design not only provides an excellent music experience with high-quality speakers but also enhances the experience with a visual layer. And with its dual lens projector, the images could be seen projected in the speaker dome, but also they could extrapolate its boundaries and be projected through the whole ambient.

In a world where the musical experience has become so frugal, the VisualSpeakers represents an effort to bring back an emotional connection with music.

The idea is that, through a visual layer dedicated to complementing the sound, we can create an even better experience of music. The VisualSpeakers also creates a new exciting and creative place for exchange between visual artists, musicians, and creatives in general, who will be able to present their artistic visual expression combined with music.