Anatomical Board of a Speaker

Description

By taking electronics apart and rebuilding them with paper, product designer Coralie Gourguechon attempts to promote healthier relationships with everyday technologies by empowering users to create their own. With the speaker seen here, she created a template from thick paper printed with conductive ink. Users can assemble a functional speaker simply by cutting, folding and gluing the paper template. The result is an elegant object made by hand that challenges the typical “black box” model of electronics.

Anatomical Board of a Speaker

Coralie Gourguechon

2013

Accession Number

239495

Medium

Paper and electronic components

Dimensions

21 × 29.7 cm (8 1/4 × 11 3/4 in.)

Classification

design

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Architecture Purchase Account Fund