KT By Mat Studio & Elastik

The inside of the container.

Mat Studio and Elastik teamed up to design this container-installation, which is a combination of ideas they were working on at the time.

KT: The Listening Room, is an installation that was specifically designed for the Tokyo Designer Week 2008. Afterwards, Lou Weis asked the duo to translate his work into a spatial design.

The installation 'takes a number of basic ingredients of the large scale installation and morphs it into a material system for a design event', according to the press release. The installation also integrates several elements that are incorporated in the Tokyo urban culture; the sense of confinement to a small space, separateness in a multitude of others and the option of self chosen isolation.

The design is made of corrugated fibreboard panels and compressed polyester foam panels, that have been CNC sliced. These panels are clustered to form a circle of speakers, orientated towards the listener's sofa.

More information on this project can be found on the Soundcatch website.