It’s your first cup of coffee at 11 rather than 8. It’s catching up on your favourite magazine. It’s having the time to appreciate the details.
A9 Weekender Edition Sam Whyman - Brunel
B&O Proportions & Surface Language
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Sketch Exploration
The final 2 sevenths of each leg highlighted to represent the weekend. Personal time to take and enjoy what you love most.
Glossy Pantone 1545 anodised aluminium.
Sublimation print of subtle variations in tone give another level of detail to the fabric speaker cover.
Hammered copper set into each leg - a clear definition and point of interest.
Matte Ral 9010 paint finish on all back plastic parts. Contrast to legs and aluminium with slight warmth in tone to compliment copper.
Rich complexities of the grain stand out against the flat colour of the plastic parts. Finished using oil to a smooth shine.
Cut from the same blank - allowing for consistent grain along each leg.
Copper collar cut from pre-hammered sheet to size. Rolled to shape & soldered along seam.
Dual O-rings prevent rattles when screwed together using a dowel screw.
Clearance allowed in drilled pilot to prevent splitting.
Point of Purchase.
As oxidation occurs, cocobolo continues to darken; to become part of you. Just as your favourite song does.
Satin finish urethane lacquered copper maintains it’s silky lustre over time.
Sam Whyman is a final year Product Design BSc student at Brunel University, England.
P.1 & P.5 Photos courtesy of Tomas @ Fantastic Frank, Stockholm
Interested in quality acoustics via background as a guitarist. Major design project focussed around speech transmission and intelligibility in respirators with Avon Protection.
P.5a Photo courtesy of Gabriel @ Gabriel Designs, Berlin
Currently working on final year modules as well as crafting his own acoustic guitar and headphone amplifiers in free time.
P.6 Photo courtesy of Erica @ Coffe & Quinoa, Salt Lake City P.7 Photo courtesy of Adrian @ Society CafĂŠ, Bath