Speaker umbrella adds soundtrack for rainy days
updated 01:35 pm EST, Fri March 2, 2007
SDesignUnit Umbrella
Korean design firm SDesignUnit recently developed the Music in the Rain, an original concept for listening to music. Four wafer-thin speakers in its fabric will play songs as long as the umbrella is open. Navigating tracks is also simple, the creative outlet claims: spinning the umbrella will skip forward and backwards through tracks. The system will also work at home by hanging on a cradle with a built-in speaker.
The concept recently won the iF Design Award and will likely lead to production models from companies outside of SDesignUnit and its home country, but has yet to receive a definite commitment from a manufacturer. [via Popgadget]
