Boombench: Street bench becomes ghettoblaster and passer-by DJ
November 20, 2008
Listening to the music in an open environment, garden or park, while enjoying the natural surroundings is an entirely different experience, but it’s not easy to move your bulky speakers and players every single time you go for your regular stroll in the garden. However, a German designer has 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 10 miles. All the users need to do is connect their mobile phones with 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 done a diploma in architecture from the Technical University in Darmstadt, Germany. He is presently located in Amsterdam and working for NL Architects.
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