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We've seen slick hand-crafted ceramic speakers in the past, but this
one millimeter-thick collaboration between potter Mitsuke Masagasu and
design firm Nendo is in a different league. An entirely different
league. The set is result of the so-called Revalue Nippon Project,
created by Japanese footballer Nakata Hidetoshi to revive traditional
Japanese art forms. Nakata selected five curators -- in this case the
director of the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazaw --
who were then tasked with pairing a ceramicist and designer to
collaborate on a one of a kind form. Not satisfied with simply being
31 times thinner than the emaciated Mythos XTR series as a sole basis
for artistic impact, the speaker's ravishing circuit design is also
made without a human touch. Instead, a computer-controlled process
cuts thin slices from a ceramic substrate slab, fixes them with
mercury vapor, and then mounts them via a robotic arm. Amazingly,
sound quality is still also touted as being top notch. There are no
plans however for these speakers to ever be mass produced, so if you
were hoping to snag one as the ultimate accessory for your über-
modern flat... well, let yourself down easy, alright champ?
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