Session Stone is a family of sound bars. It serves beyond merely providing an outstanding acoustic experience, decorating your house, room, and desk with its beautiful soft form. Attractive patterns and furniture-like CMF options seamlessly flow into your living spaces.
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The project is pushed to be as much manufacturable, assemble prototypes are developed during the process.
Target demographic: Millennials (born 1981-1996)
They value minimalist, functional designs and eco/natural materials.
Their preference for clean aesthetics and technological convenience aligns well with the appeal of decorative speakers. https://homeandtexture.com/millennial-vs-gen-z-design-trends/
Trend: Sound bar become a blend-in decor of home interior
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"Consumers are increasingly looking for audio solutions that not only deliver exceptional sound quality but also complement their home décor. This has led to a trend in the design of compact, sleek, and aesthetically pleasing soundbars." https://www.verifiedmarketreports.com/blog/top-7-trends-in-the-soundbar-market/
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Modern Millennials preferable interior designs are often clean but visually interesting to keep people active instead of being plain and boring. Organized & uniform patterns and organic textures are often applied.
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Market: TV and desktop soundbars are boring boxes
Existing TV and desktop soundbars are mostly designed as plain boxes, they lack aesthetics taste and there is no value to be a part of interior design.
There's an market opportunity to bring soundbars to
beautiful, decorative elements of their houses
Design Inspiration: Luxury but unobtrusive
Soft form (Approachable)
Lattice pattern (Organized, pleasing)
Material combination (Natural tone)
Explore form and structure
Notable Latice options
Layer discussion (Performance constraint and Aesthetics)
In general, more than 50% acoustic transparent cut surface area is recommended to achieve good sound performance. For non-professional use speaker, slightly less than 50% is ok.
Session Stone
Detail
Product Strategy
Desktop version and TV version
CMF Strategy : Modern & Natural offerings
Internal design
Exploded view
Thoughtful assemble process
Material and Manufacturing
Prototype Assembly
