What’s new in design

We take a look at what’s new in design, from small appliances to home audio systems and objects.

Cast by Tom Fereday

Cast is a new aluminium speaker designed by acclaimed industrial designer Tom Fereday and produced in collaboration with Tasmanian hi-fi manufacturer Pitt & Giblin. Cast was exhibited at the Sydney-based creative’s recent show, ‘Aver’, at Melbourne gallery Oigåll Projects, alongside other recent works, including lighting pieces and cast metal furniture. The monumental speaker is 800 millimetres high and 400 millimetres wide and made from four marine-grade aluminium castings that house four loudspeaker elements. The speaker, which can be used on its own or in a pair, weighs a hefty 45 kilograms. A three-way digital amplifier and signal processing module is housed in the stand and provides simple control and a selection of audio inputs to suit any configuration.

$11,500
Tom Fereday; Pitt & Giblin; Oigall Projects

Linea Mini by Rimowa x La Marzocco

What happens when an illustrious German luggage maker teams up with a legendary Italian espresso machine manufacturer? The best-looking macchiato-at-home maker to hit the market, that’s what. La Marzocco’s Linea Mini collaboration with Rimowa debuted at Salone del Mobile, and the resulting machine boasts grooved aluminium panels reminiscent of the highly covetable, distinctive luggage. Crafted in Cologne, Germany, the Rimowa panels and accompanying custom parts are assembled in Florence at La Marzocco’s workshops, taking up to 40 hours to complete each machine. The design also integrates a bespoke hot water tap and knobs made in aluminium, emblazoned with La Marzocco and Rimowa’s iconic monograms. The machine’s custom portafilter is reinterpreted in anodised aluminium, as are its feet.

$8,499
La Marzocco

Beosystem 9000c by Bang & Olufsen

The original Bang & Olufsen Beosystem CD player is a classic piece of late 1990s high-tech home decor. The six-player CD changer made its debut in 1996 and then slowly disappeared with the gradual demise of CDs. But what to do with that CD collection you’ve painstakingly acquired? Well, Bang & Olufsen is reissuing 200 of the original design. The company acquired the units on the second-hand market, then took them to its factory in Struer, Denmark, where they were disassembled, cleaned up and repaired. It’s the second product to be reissued in the company’s Recreated Classics program – the first was the Beosystem 72s, a 1970s turntable design. The new units are sold as a package with a pair of Beolab 28 speakers.

US$55,000
Bang & Olufsen

Le Corbusier LC14 by Bottega Veneta

For this year’s Salone del Mobile, Bottega Veneta creative director Matthieu Blazy commissioned revamped editions of a deceptively simple Le Corbusier classic known as the LC14 Tabouret Cabanon. In partnership with the Fondation Le Corbusier and Cassina, Bottega Veneta reinterpreted the simple box, which was originally inspired by a wooden whiskey crate that Le Corbusier found washed up on the beach on the Côte d’Azur. These LC14 boxes – which can be used as a stool or a side table – have been made in Cassina’s carpentry workshop and finished at Bottega Veneta’s atelier in Montebello near Venice in the brand’s intrecciato technique. To give them their distinctive and textured finish, a special brushwork process has been used, where a coat of black paint has been layered over the colour and then partially removed. They are available in green, red, blue and yellow, with only 15 of each colour produced.

$21,900 each
Bottega Veneta