Design Excellence: Philips Fidelio DS9000 Docking Speaker

In an over - saturated market of iPod docks and docking speakers, I was surprised at the quality, detail, and beauty that was achieved in the design of this product. Philips were treating the docking system as a new sort of "exclusive product," and dressed it accordingly with a rich timber shell, sensuous curves and chrome highlights.

Using this process of product form analysis, I learnt a lot more about the design intent of this technological product. Often we are bombarded with the technological features and aspects of the design - and this one was no different - though, in observing the form or the object, an insight was gained into the designer's intent, and how he perceived a music device should be shaped and presented in 2011.