Wood, Aluminum, Canvas, adjustable, fall 2011!

Somewere in Montréal, a great artist is secretly working on a very limited hand painted series of fixies!

Going aluminum! Pre-orders soon...

Beautiful 'fixie' picture from the french photograph Charles Helleu in the latest Spray Magazine issue.

Some months ago, I came accross these vintage Braun KH500 studio headphones by Dieter Rams; while he was at the head of Braun's design department, 3 differents models of headphones were produced, the KH100, KH1000 & the KH 500. The KH500 is the latest and was produced in 1975. Unfortunately, within the years the plastic has lost its flexibility and the headband has broken into several parts. Unfortunately? Not sure: this may be a perfet occasion to think about a tribute to Dieter Rams' work.

Expect some kind of "re-braun" work on these soon. To be continued....



D.Rams' work has recently got a lot of coverage, as it becomes evident, how deeply the visual design language he has defined back then still influences today's design landscape. Dont' miss the 'Less and More' retrospective exhibition at the London Design Museum that celebrates the Design Ethos of the one who is considered among the most influential designers of the late 20th century. There will be Archive Film Footage, models (mock-ups), sketches and prototypes, alongside specially commissioned interviews with Dieter Rams' contemporary designers, including Jonathan Ive, Jasper Morrision, Sam Hecht and Naoto Fukasawa.

Parra's current exhibition at the Pool gallery in Berlin is still on until the week-end . If you're in town, just go! Also, have a walk to the Parra pop up shop at the Wood Wood store. Very nice corner decoration and products selection, Parra Edition 'fixie' among other.

Exhibition
"I like the tee shirt but I will get the painting"

Until October 10th, 2009

Pool Gallery
Tucholskystrasse 38
10117 Berlin, Germany
Phone +49 30 243 42 462



Pop Up Shop
"I like the painting but I will get the tee shirt"

Until October 10th, 2009

Wood Wood
Rochstrasse 4
10178 Berlin
Phone +49 30 280 99 039


Photo credits: Herbert Hofmann

The original 'fixie' series were featured in the House Rules shoot by Deputy Interiors Editor Benjamin Kempton and photographer Matthew Donaldson for the Wallpaper* August issue. The story was inspired by the influencial Homes for Today and Tomorrow report by the Parker Morris Committee.

Have a look at the behind the scene video on the making of the set and catch the 'fixie'!

Stay tuned for the 2nd fixie edition in the coming 2010 collection.

Based on the pro series from the upcoming 2010 collection.
Available only at Colette, Paris.

Technical Specifications:

High end beyerdynamic audio capsules
Transducer type: Dynamic
Operating principle: Closed
Frequency response: 5 - 35,000 Hz
Nominal impedance: 80 Ω
Power handling capacity : 100 mW
Connection : Gold plated stereo jack plug (3.5 mm)
 

For the first limited 'fixie' series, The Perfect Unison collaborated with the Dutch artist Parra. While sharing the same unique design and high quality audio capsules as the basic 'fixie' series, the «Parra Edition» features original artwork by the artist, with each headphone being silkscreen printed by hand.
Limited to 50 units only, the series was first available at The Lazy Dog in Paris, on the occasion of Parra's Boo to the Hoo Show.

Have a look at some pictures in the Perfect Flickr gallery.

The Parra Edition 'fixies' are now available in several more shops :

Reed Space, NYC,
Patta, Amsterdam,
HHV, Berlin,
The Lazy Dog, Paris.