Chilean designer Pablo Ocqueteau wanted to give a new idea of tradition. And he did. Made of clay, his speakers are an interface between past and present, a mix between ancient pottery cultural techniques and modern audio wireless technology.
Ocqueteau’s Mapuguaquén speakers (“sound of the earth” in the indigenous language of Southern Chile) are handmade, composed of local natural resources such as clay, olive wood and cork and using the old techniques of craftsmanship, namely a potter’s wheel. With their earthy colors, the speakers have a raw look, but the inside is as modern as modern can be. Wireless, audio….
“The idea is to give room to ancient knowledge and traditional techniques, to demonstrate that it is possible to find solutions for contemporary needs in regions where you have no or little industry,” Pablo Ocqueteau told ArchiExpo e-magazine. “It’s also about creating products that symbolically empower the hands of people, and the non-industrialized world in general, through the use of ancestral knowledge and regional materials.”
Pablo Ocqueteau is now thinking of duplicating the process in other areas of the world, using other local natural materials and regional pottery techniques.
