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This is a small tribute to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886 – 1969), self-taught master architect and product designer. Born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies, he soon renamed himself as part of his rapid transformation from a tradesman’s son to an architect working with Germany's cultural elite — adding “van der” and his mother’s surname “Rohe” (using the Dutch “van der”, because the German form “von” was legally reserved for those with real aristocratic lineage). Yet, he soon became known simply by his surname, Mies. Mies was the last director of the Bauhaus, a ground-breaking German school of modern art, design...

It's hard to imagine that it's been almost a year since we received recognition in Wallpaper* Magazine's Smart Space Awards (2021), winning the prize for the 'Most Eloquent Speaker'. To a small design-company like us it was a momentous occasion; one shared alongside industry stalwarts no less, including furniture brand, Herman Miller®; the lighting brand, Tobias Grau®; and Samsung Electronics®.   We thought a recap worthwhile because this year's call-to-entry again highlighted the scope of the achievement, and the high ambitions of these awards. Says Wallpaper*: Good design, forward-thinking innovation, and effortless style is nothing without sustainability, quality, and longevity....

We're thrilled to have been included in two of Wallpaper* Magazine's top-10 tech stories of 2021! Thank you once again to Jonathan Bell, Wallpaper's technology editor, not only for including us, but for his always on-point, well-written and insightful articles — an invariable source of entertainment and delight. This article appeared on Wallpaper.com on 3 January 2022, with extracts shown below courtesy of the magazine.                  

Many audio companies would be thrilled if told their loudspeakers played the loudest, the deepest, or sold the most units. But we much prefer elegance to bombast. And so, we feel exceedingly honoured to have won the title, ‘Most Eloquent Speaker’ in Wallpaper* Magazine’s Smart Space Awards 2021, this week. We want to give our most sincere thanks to the brilliant Wallpaper* and to the esteemed judges, and want to congratulate or fellow winners — including the leading furniture brand Herman Miller, the lighting brand Tobias Grau, and Samsung Electronics. To a small design company this really means a great...

We are proud to announce that our range of modular audio products is the Lifestyle Product Design category-winner in the Loop Design Awards 2021. It is a great honour to be recognised in these awards, which from its Lisbon-base are slowly becoming one of Europe’s most prestigious and recognized in the fields of Product Design, Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Design, and Architectural Photography. The jury panel included renowned designers and architects from all over the world, including representatives from Zaha Hadid Architects, N+P Industrial Design from Germany, and MVRDV Architects from The Netherlands. This edition of LOOP Design Awards received...