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The headbands and cables are textile rather than plastic, making the products look and feel more like a garment and less like a mechanical product.ĭesign innovations include the Zound plug for Plattan, allowing multiple users to plug in and share music at the same time.Īnother example is the patented EarClick technology used in the design of Medis, creating a hybrid between an in-ear and a headphone. They are treated with a rubber coating that gives the headphone a matte look and a smooth feel. The Urbanears headphones are made of colored steel with aluminium detailing and handmade drivers. With the goal of moving headphones away from electronics and into the fashion and lifestyle segment, Norra Norr has focused on function, quality, details and materials to create a cohesive family of products that appeal to a variety users. "By avoiding graphics and keeping the styling to a minimum, we feel we have made something quite timeless. With Urbanears, our goal has been to create the industrial design equivalent of your favourite plain colored t-shirt, generic but with a better tailoring than everything else out there," says Erik Petersén, designer and co-founder of Norra Norr. The Urbanears headphones are akin to the basic t-shirt, with a rich palette of colors and consistent shape. Medis is an in-ear headphone, Tanto is a small over-ear headphone, and Plattan is a medium-sized on-ear headphone. Remaining faithful to their Scandinavian design heritage, Norra Norr has created a minimalistic unisex design in three models: Medis, Tanto and Plattan.
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Norra Norr, a Stockholm-based industrial design consultancy, is the design and development team behind the much anticipated Scandinavian headphone brand Urbanears, which will hit stores around the world on December 1st.
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Norra Norr carves a niche within audio fashion wear with Urbanears Here's some more information from Norra Norr: