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UNUM is a pair of conceptual headphones, created by frog to challenge the typical approach to headphone design at the time: obscuring the ear and isolating the user.
UNUM is designed so that the user can be a part of the communal world, not an isolated one. It rethinks what a headphone can be from the ground up. If a user wants to isolate themselves, they have many products available to them to do so. UNUM is meant to inspire a conversation around the future of audio and as such, takes a hard stance in the opposite direction to create a new type of product.
It reveals the ear - not only allowing the user to hear all that happens around them but also allowing all those around them to see to see that the user can still hear what’s around them. This enables the user to partake fully in their surroundings, along with the benefit of augmented audio.
UNUM was featured in Forbes and was a finalist at SXSW 2020 in the conceptual design category (the awards were cancelled that year)
skills: Conceptual Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Design, Creative Direction
year: 2019