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Pink-tinted kitchen appears in Copenhagen's Designers Remix showroom

The rosy hues of a make-up palette partially informed the colour scheme of this pared-back fashion showroom in Copenhagen, which has been updated by Danish brand Reform.

The showroom belongs to Danish fashion brand Designers Remix, which was founded in 2002 by married duo Charlotte and Niels Eskildsen.

The brand uses existing resources to create its clothing collections, making garments from deadstock materials left over from other fashion labels.

Locally-based brand Reform, which specialises in customising IKEA kitchen suites, was brought on board to revamp the showroom's break-out area and bathroom facilities.

Charlotte Eskildsen, in particular, was keen to have a striking kitchen that resembled a make-up palette.

"I was inspired by make-up colours – shades of beige and blush," she explained.

"To me, these are the colours of sustainability – like cardboard, wood and untreated materials. The true colours of nature."

The kitchen comprises blush and rose-pink cabinets, each punctuated with small holes that serve as a door handles. Some of the cupboards are a soft peachy colour, matching the room's walls.

Contrast is created by the sink and tap faucet, which are both jet-black.

Walls throughout the rest of the showroom have been coated in white paint to create a modern, gallery-like aesthetic that acts as "a love letter to sustainability and feminism".

Clothing pieces are also hung from simple white rails, while some accessories are presented on chunky white-stone plinths.

There is additionally a flecked, mint-green counter and a couple of tall gridded shelving units that store packaging and stationery.

Reform has also created a nude-tone bathroom. Visible from the main workspace through a framed doorway, it sits in bold contrast to the showroom's otherwise all-white surfaces.

"The bathroom feels powder-coated, like a woman's powder room," added Charlotte Eskildsen. "The white sink and the white elements gives a contemporary feeling."

The colour scheme of the kitchen and bathroom is echoed in the showroom's furnishings, which includes a trio of pale-lilac lounge chairs from Normann Copenhagen, and a large vintage table with a peachy marble countertop.

Cream-coloured side tables by &tradition have also been dotted around.

Designers Remix is not the first brand that Reform has created a bespoke kitchen for.

Back in 2018, it updated standard IKEA cabinetry with brass to create a golden kitchen for the headquarters of Copenhagen fashion designer Stine Goya.

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Layer designs Bang & Olufsen speaker that "visually describes how the audio functions"

Benjamin Hubert and his studio Layer have designed Bang & Olufsen's sculptural Beosound Balance speaker, which has a two-part structure made from wood and textile.

The Beosound Balance speaker features a cylindrical top half wrapped in Kvadrat fabric and a base crafted from solid timber.

The shape and materials are meant to evoke the feeling of domestic objects and furnishings more than technology, in line with the trend for "soft" gadgetry that blends into the home.

Layer describes the two-part shape as one that "disrupts the monoblock format of most speakers in the market", with the wood base appearing like a plinth for an artwork or a vase.

But the design also speaks to how the object functions – the heavy wood contains the bass speaker, while the lighter-looking fabric cylinder contains the mid- and top-end speakers.

The omnidirectional bass driver is positioned vertically in the timber block and topped with a metal mesh dish, perforated in a Fibonacci sequence – a series of numbers that are created by adding up the two numbers before it.

The bass reflects off the metal, "maximising its acoustic potential and providing a room-filling, low-end rich sound," according to Layer.

"With Beosound Balance for Bang & Olufsen, we wanted to create a sculptural interior object for the home, while still offering the performance of high-end audio equipment," said Hubert.

"The pure, geometric volumes are driven by the acoustic performance of the speaker, visually describing how the audio functions," he continued.

"This approach delivers a product that is intuitive to use and easily fits into the domestic environment without compromising on sound quality."

Standing 38 centimetres high, the Beosound Balance can sit on a floor, shelf or mantle, and comes in two colour options – natural oak or black oak.

Similar to other Bang & Olufsen audio products, the speaker features a subtle user interface that is nearly invisible when not in use but that lights up when a person approaches.

The touch interface is indicated by symbols laser-etched into the aluminium top, and the speaker also responds to voice commands. It comes with Google Assistant built in, with Amazon Alexa support coming later in 2020.

During its set-up, the Beosound Balance applies "active room compensation technology", meaning it analyses the room with an internal microphone and adds user-defined filters to tailor the sound to the space.

While both the interface panel and bass reflector are made from pressed aluminium, Layer likens their appearance more to tableware than traditional metal gadgets.

The London-based studio's commitment to maintaining a domestic approach extended to their process, which meant blocking and turning the FSC-approved timber as in furniture construction.

Bang & Olufsen often works with leading designers on its high-end products, and has previously released a wheel-like speaker by minimalist Michael Anastassiades.

This is its first product with Hubert's London-based design studio Layer, which is known for its innovative industrial design for brands including Airbus, Panasonic and Moroso, as well as start-ups like Nolii.

The Beosound Balance is set to launch at Milan design week, which has been postponed until June due to the Coronavirus.

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