"Inspired by Ron Arad's Concrete Stereo, the RA84 is a turntable and speaker set modeled with a raw, brutalist aesthetic that pays tribute to Arad's 1984 artpiece featuring a turntable and a set of speakers made similarly from actual concrete. Arad, a prolific designer and architect, was known at the time for challenging conventions of industrial design, often using unconventional or even "anti-design" materials."
"Concrete Stereo was created as part of Arad's early career explorations. Rather than hiding the rawness of the concrete, Arad emphasized its roughness and mass, contrasting it with the delicate inner electronics typical of audio equipment. This juxtaposition created a tension between fragility and permanence. The design also subverted expectations about consumer electronics being made from conventional materials like plastics and metal."
RA84 is a turntable and speaker set inspired by Ron Arad's 1984 Concrete Stereo, adopting a raw, brutalist aesthetic that evokes concrete mass and roughness. The original Concrete Stereo contrasted raw concrete exteriors with delicate internal electronics, creating tension between fragility and permanence and subverting expectations about consumer-electronics materials. Stu Cole refines the original with smoother surfaces and a deliberately chipped corner that hints at stone texture, offering concrete-grey or terrazzo-black finishes. The RA84 is molded from post-consumer recycled plastics that convincingly mimic concrete, demonstrating recycled plastics as an attractive, viable alternative for product design.
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