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Flotspotting: Victor Johansson's Ceramic Stereo, an Audio Device for Our Times

By Rain Noe - May 28, 2013

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Ever since we looked into the history of Braun's audio products, I am not able to look at stereos the same way. I keep picturing Dieter Rams, Hans Gugelot, and the Ulm guys sitting at the drawing board trying to figure out what those then-new audio devices ought to look like, work like, feel like. And how they could do it all with a minimum of fuss. You look at a stereo from today and you just don't get the sense that most folks have that kind of focus and more importantly, restraint.

One guy who does, however, is Victor Johansson, who's currently going for his Masters in ID at Central St. Martins. With his Ceramic Stereo degree project that intelligently considers how we ought to use modern stereos, Johansson makes a trenchant observation that even major audio manufacturers overlook:

The observation that led to this concept comes from audio consumption and more specifically the mismatch between where content usually resides today (in smartphones) and what is being used to amplify the playback (stereos and speakers). In a typical audio-playback scenario a clash of interfaces occur. The smartphone that holds the content is connected either via an audio cable or [Bluetooth] to an amplifier. More often than not you get double volume controls, double playback controls and so on. This together with the smartphones' already existing interface duality, with some functions residing on the screen and some mapped to physical keys, makes for a complex interface system.

Johansson's solution is best explained via audio/video:

While I'm not entirely sold on the unadorned circular form factor—I feel it needs some kind of static visual indication of which interaction region is where, since the form has no orientation—Johansson is clearly on to something, and hope he continues to develop this concept even after his diploma's in the frame. (He'll be graduating shortly.)

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Rain Noe is a writer and industrial designer based in New York City.

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    " Solidworks Mouse Gesture"... This does make for a good post to speak about. As for the "duality" of devices they aren't designed as a system. Apple is the closest to maintaining a closed system for its' devices. To eliminate the duality the smart phone should be source of control or have software which relinquishes control. I don't find sliding my phone around the optimal scenario. Currently one can speak to an xbox with multiple commands. To up the wow factor... Rather than the bulky interface try streaming and using software? With all the integrated bio-feedback technology being made and designed... Why not have a software system similar to the nest thermostat? Integrate it with a Pandora streaming setup. The software would analyze things such as your pulse, song tempo, spectral analysis of tones, rhythm and what instruments are used along with a few other metrics. Just a throwing a few ideas out for refinement. Kind regards, J.J.
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