ASU Design Excellence Nomination Fall 2017
Brooklyn
a bluetooth turntable speaker
Inspired by Bodum's brand identity, Brooklyn is a bluetooth turntable speaker exploring an interesting "what if" concept of if Bodum were to produce consumer electronics products.
Designed by Cindy Kim
Nov 2017 - Dec 2017
6 weeks
sketches
process album
1
Quick cardboard model of design before creating renderings and laser cut files.
2
Started taking apart existing speaker bought at Goodwill.
3
Took out the woofs and parts that were going to be re-used into the Brooklyn speaker.
4
Laser cut styrene sheets to form the outer shell of the speaker.
5
Superglued the parts taken out of the existing speaker onto the front and back pieces of the laser cut styrene sheets.
6
Created an "L" shaped lining around the front and back pieces to add surface area for the glue to mend with when attaching the long piece of styrene.
7
Took a long piece of styrene and hand-bent the filleted edges, then glued the sides down, creating the remaining sides of the speaker.
8
Sanding, sanding, sanding, and some more sanding before final painting.
9
The iconic extruded dots pattern, that is an essential part of Bodum's brand identity, fell through the laser cutting machine, leaving Bodum's logo on the speaker dot-less.
10
To solve this problem (the night before final presentations), I had some styrene sticks laying around, which I then started hand-cutting 56 little styrene dots.
11
Many hours of meticulous sanding and gluing later...
Finally a complete white model.
12
Many coats of red spray paint later....
