Design study · 2025 · Physical prototype

Contour

A headphone design study exploring materials, color and sculpted form.

ProjectDesign study

Year2025

ScopeConceptualization, industrial design and prototyping

StatusPhysical prototype

The opportunity

Technology with a more personal character.

Headphones are often shaped by familiar technical conventions. Contour explores how materials, color and a continuous sculpted silhouette can give an everyday audio product a more personal, expressive and refined presence.

Contour headphones worn in an everyday interior setting — The form was considered as both a personal object and something worn in public.

The idea

One continuous gesture.

Early sketches explored how the headband and earcups could feel visually connected. The selected direction uses soft transitions and a flowing profile to create a recognizable silhouette from every angle.

Contour headphone concept sketches and form exploration

Contour digital model beside the physical prototype

Development

From digital form to physical prototype.

Digital modeling resolved the main surfaces, proportions and transitions. A physical prototype then brought the design into the real world, making it possible to review its scale, presence and overall form beyond the screen.

Materials and form

One design, different expressions.

Color and material studies explored how the same sculpted form could move from subtle to expressive. Translucent surfaces, contrasting cushions and illuminated accents give each direction its own character while preserving the core design.

Contour headphones in six color and material variations

The design in motion

Form, materials and detail from every angle.

Close detail of the finished Contour headphone design — Contour
A more expressive way to experience sound.

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