Close

Created in Italy

An exhibition featuring the landscape of Italian industry within the framework of Cultural and Economic Promotion and Innovation

Abet Laminati — Super-surfaces ALPI — The reinvention of wood Brembo — From 300km/h to 0 in 3.79 seconds Coex — Naturally fireproof Crea Concrete Design — Mono-material landscapes Cressi Sub — First underwater Dainese — Lifesaving design Directa Plus — Cleaning the sea with graphene Eumakers — 3D multi-color Falci — The farmers’ multinational Fizik — 3D-printed biomechanical saddles Fontana — Technological supercar trimming Foscarini — Fishing for lamps GAM — Montessori materials Gemar — U.F.O. Unpolluting Flying Objects Grivel — High Altitude Safety K-Array — New shapes of sound Kong — Inventing the carabiner Landucci — Infinite pasta shapes Limonta — Sustainable textile Magis — Enzymatic industrial management Nonino — High craftsmanship spirit Novamont — Designed to rebirth Omnicos Group — Make-up makers Pedrali — Engineered wood Petroceramics — Superpowers of materials Plastitalia — Admirable underground fittings Springa — Autonomous robotic Tecno Tessile Adler — Safety Cell Terre Davis — Ground Hero Vibram — Down side up
Created in Italy

17 — K-Array

New shapes of sound

San Pietro a Sieve, Toscana

https://www.k-array.com/

Italy has a number of important sound engineering districts, where small and medium firms have sprung up from the initiatives of engineers and musicians driven by the need to meet specific acoustic and sound reproduction requirements. K-Array, one of the most interesting enterprises in this field, designed Anakonda, a flexible, windable, crush-resistant and modular speaker. It can be considered the first “folding” speaker in the history of sound diffusion.

All images courtesy of K-Array

Anakonda KAN2oo+8 flexible speaker. Design Alessandro Tatini. The module is 2 metres long and creates a continuous line of sound up to 8 metres long.

↑ Anakonda KAN2oo+8 flexible speaker. Design Alessandro Tatini. The module is 2 metres long and creates a continuous line of sound up to 8 metres long.

K-ARRAY. Flexible Anakonda snake speaker, 2013. Photo Max Rommel

K-ARRAY. Flexible Anakonda snake speaker, 2013. Photo Max Rommel