By David Ponce
It’s more of an art piece and a statement than an actual product, but the OneSense headphones from Joe Doucet are striking enough to be worth a mention. The serve not only as a music-listening instrument, but they cover the eyes as well in an attempt to completely isolate you from the outside world. The spikes you see are meant to be a message to anyone passing by to leave you alone.
“One Sense not only obscures environmental sight and sound from encroaching on the wearer, but utilises the color red and a display of spikes, drawn from nature’s symbols for warning and defence, to alert others not to intrude.”
It’s a statement on the state of our society, where we are constantly bombarded by the technology we ironically seek out ourselves, but from which we end up needing respite. Of course, you don’t really need a fancy red, spiked set of headphones to accomplish this. A DIY version of the OneSense would involve simple earbuds, an eye band and a clown costume. People will leave you alone, believe us.
If you want to see the headphones for yourself however, they’ll be on display at MeetMyProject in Milan from April 17th to the 21st, 2012.
[ Joe Doucet ] VIA [ MoCoLoCo ]
