From the traditional Panama straw hats worn on beaches, to the hand-woven leather accents of Danish chairs from the 1960s, blends of natural materials applied in experimental ways guided our design journey. We decided to create two different finishes that are both rooted in a Scandinavian aesthetic whilst each has a distinct design signature on their own. Beosound A5 in Nordic Weave incorporates Bang & Olufsen’s signature material of natural aluminium with a woven paper fibre front and light oak handle, creating a feeling of laid-back Scandinavian summers spent at the beach. Beosound A5 Dark Oak incorporates black anthracite aluminium paired with dark oak, creating a completely different mood, evoking winter woodlands. Both finishes can sit beautifully inside a home or outside in nature. We think that audio products have become aesthetically very gentle and almost hybrid in the combination of materials. they contain a lot of technology but it is hidden by natural materials becoming not only a functional object but a true decorative element which with its materials is capable of communicating materiality and part of a domestic "still life"
